Adnan Amir is an author, award-winning actor, and filmmaker, and the creator of the Back 2 Forward universe – a bold, multi-timeline world where love, memory, and destiny collide across parallel realities.
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J.J. Raine is a mother-son duo whose debut novel, Whispers From the Treehouse, began as a whisper in a high school classroom and grew into a story of memory, magic, and connection. They write to remember, to heal, and to pass the lantern forward.
A teacher by training, I now write stories about women of all shapes and sizes finding love and figuring out life.
Verity Thornhill is an emerging voice in sweet, small-town romances, creating stories that make readers believe in the wonder of realistic, enduring love. Her stories are fade-to-black tales that are deeply character-led, focusing not just on the sparks between the different love interests, but also on the strong, fun-filled relationships that anchor her main female character to the town or village she’s in. To keep things interesting, she also likes to weave a gentle mystery into the background too.
Ben Almond is a judo coach and business leader with a passion for simplifying complexity, developing talent, and delivering excellence.
Shelley Suzanne is a native East Texan who raised her hand for her debut book, I Didn’t Raise My Hand For This. She spent many years teaching elementary school math and science and the idea for her book started out as a blog called The Party Never Ends. She currently lives in the high deserts of New Mexico with her husband and three dogs with rock star names.
J.P. Coffman is a storyteller, family man, and self-proclaimed hermit in the woods. A lifelong lover of fantasy, he has been building worlds since he was old enough to write and roll dice. When not writing, he enjoys painting miniatures, playing tabletop war-games, and crafting adventures for friends. Battle for Crossroads his first book in The Arkencrest Chronicles.
Lizzy Brendel is a new author whose debut poetry collection, The Human Condition Exhibition, details her life experience for the past decade. While pursuing a career in nursing, she often daydreamed of depicting her experiences in the written word. This fueled a full-blown poetry passion; giving life to the tumultuous, traumatic, and whimsical. So much so, in fact, that she pursued a minor in creative writing alongside her nursing degree at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Her writing prowess, however, started much earlier. In her teenage years, she took two creative writing courses with Duke at Appalachian State University over two summers. She writes poems from her home in St. Louis, Missouri, where she lives with her husband and their two cats and dog. You can find her hiking, embroidering, and reading in her free time. You can find her latest work on her Instagram, where she enjoys sharing her writing and engaging with other writers.
Glenn Armocida resides in western Pennsylvania. He was a finalist in the Rash Award in Fiction (2022 and 2024). His recent work appears in The Broad River Review, Solum Journal, Black Moon Magazine, Havik, Heart of Flesh Literary Journal, The Watershed Journal, and The Ground Up. In the 1980s, Armocida attended the University of Pittsburgh as an English major in the College of Arts and Sciences’ creative writing program. During this time, he published poems in Poetry ‘n Prose, Kiosk, and Afterimage, and feature articles in Pittsburgh Magazine, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and Executive Report. He has worked as a mill laborer, cook, radio news anchor, printer, technical and business writer, editor, and the past thirty-four years as an investment manager. When he is not writing, Glenn is with his family, ministering to the homeless, tending his gardens, or pursuing outdoor life.
Amy Lanci is the author of Listen Up!, The Email Communication Bible, and Untold Storyland: The Voice Within. A memoirist, story coach, and former sea turtle geneticist, she helps people uncover and share their most meaningful stories. With a unique blend of scientific precision and creative insight, Amy guides writers, entrepreneurs, and families in clarifying their vision, building confidence, and bringing their stories to life.