I’m a retired psychologist. In my career, I focused on research, teaching and clinical work in health care. Interestingly, at the beginning of my memoir, Lady Vagabond, I described leaving a job in this line of work, because I thought…
Martin Taylor spent three decades in Oregon public life before turning to fiction. He began as a political operative, working for state legislators and campaigns, union organizing, and lobbying at the Oregon State Legislature. He went on to serve as…
Ashley Scott grew up in the Deep South with a head full of stories, a bookshelf full of fantasy, and a deep belief that cats are wiser than most people. She discovered The Lord of the Rings as a teenager…
Having worked as a translator for many years, Lizzie Mac gave that up to write. She works at least six days a week. In whatever spare time she has left, she loves endless talks with family and friends, listening to…
I’m a complex woman who’s still learning about herself. I don’t give up when something is important to me. I love to laugh and banter because in those moments, I’m free, nothing else matters, only pure joy. Since working in…
I survived a childhood on a three-generation family farm that gave me very little and asked for everything. I lived in a constant state of survival mode from a very young age.
Born in California and lived in Idaho, Vermont, and Oregon. I spent a lot of time in the country and in the mountains camping, fishing, backpacking. I hold a B.A. in English and have written three books: Enchanted Shores, We…
Dave Aretsky is a multi-media artist with over forty years of experience in the entertainment technical services business. His journey began at the age of thirteen, when he started working for local bands as a roadie, lighting director, and audio…
Diáne is the only state-certified Tibetan bowl practitioner/instructor in California. and has given over 300 educational concert programs in thirty-two states as well as in India, France Costa Rica, Mexico and St. Croix. She has been a frequent guest presenter…
Daniel Rodrigues-Martin began writing in 2004. Since then, he’s become the author of books, articles, essays, shorts, scripts, poems, and countless rants. His debut novel, Goddess from the Machine: A Prequel to the Ark Saga, was featured as one of…
Connie Senior is an engineer by training but obsessed with werewolves. She blends magic and science in her urban fantasy series set in New England, where werewolves struggle to find family while battling their ancient enemies, vampires. Blue Moon, the…
I was born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1978. In 1979, I was a last-minute addition to a Peace Corps group departing for South Korea—one of the best things that has ever…
Born in the Bronx, Alan Cohen spent his formative years on Long Island, reading, writing, bicycle riding; trips to the city, days spent at the beaches, sports on the neighborhood streets, three high school letters; band and chorus, math league,…
AnneMarie was born and raised in California. She has a vivid imagination and loves writing magical adventure stories that take place in strange lands. She is passionate about reading, art, and family; she is the youngest of seven children, the…
Worked as a manual labourer, music teacher, peace activist, and computer programmer before moving to China at the age of fifty to study Mandarin. Drawn into the world of Chinese television and film acting, I stayed for over ten years…
Deborah S. Holman is an award-winning author, genealogist, and educator whose passion for uncovering forgotten lives inspires her writing. Her books combine original historical research with compelling storytelling, inviting readers to discover the people behind the records.
Erin Hinson (MA, PhD) is a researcher, educator, author, and tea enthusiast with almost two decades of experience in cultivating curiosity and understanding in herself and others. She believes empathy is a skill, not a superpower, that burnout is a…
Kenneth Dwayne Thompson Sr., the second oldest of his mother’s seven children and the eldest biological son in his father’s clan of nine, has devoted his life to transforming responsibility into purpose. Married at nineteen to his high school sweetheart,…
Basil Creese is a former musician and culture writer whose work includes several albums and a cover feature for Tribune magazine examining the legacy of slavery in Britain. He is a recipient of the Curtis Brown Literary Agency’s Black Breakthrough…
Paul Locander is a multi-genre novelist and an award-winning spec screenwriter whose work explores emotional inheritance, family fracture, consequence, and redemption. His storytelling bridges literary drama and cinematic momentum, focusing on people forced to confront what they have buried, avoided,…