A former U.S. Army officer raised at the junction of South American, African, Caribbean, and European cultures, Andre is a disruptor of predictable tropes, a conqueror of unconventional timelines, and a slayer of unilateral perspectives.
Peter J. Boni credits his disruptive childhood, a college education from UMass@Amherst, decorated on-the-ground service as a US Army Special Operations Team Leader in Vietnam (coined his “Rice Paddy MBA”), love of his family and friendship circle, plus luck-of-the-draw DNA…
Valerie D. Wade is the author of the debut novel, Ivy Lee’s Rue, and the upcoming novella, Leaving Jacksonville. A lifelong resident of Michigan, Valerie currently lives in Detroit but was raised in Highland Park. She is an alum of…
Veronique Wallrapp is a traveler, history lover, gardener, beach bum, and dog snuggler. She loves to explore natural wonders and gawk at European architecture.
Tabatha is the author of multiple written works, including the Kingdom of Fraun series. She believes strongly in the power of helping others and is always willing to help out a fellow writer or reader. Find and connect with her…
Award-winning author Lori Croy has spent her life creating and telling stories to children. She has six children and thirteen grandchildren who have been the recipients of this creativity and imagination, and now she’s turning those stories into books to…
Liz Crowe, a native of Kentucky and a proud alumna of the University of Louisville, has carved a distinctive path through life, marked by her adventurous spirit and diverse professional roles.
I grew up in Toronto and, like many of my generation, pursued a career in nursing. It was not for me and I bailed to join American Airlines as a stewardess, known these days as a flight attendant. My love…
Evelyn Puerto reads just about anything, writes in multiple genres, and is the author of the award-winning Outlawed Myth epic fantasy series. When she married, she inherited three stepdaughters, a pair of step-grandsons, and a neurotic cat. Currently she writes…
Nanette Littlestone’s emotional stories take the reader on a journey of the heart. An award-winning novelist and gourmet, Nanette believes in happily ever after. Her pragmatic side realizes that most people don’t live fairy tale lives, so her stories explore…
Ferne Arfin is an American writer in London. Her short stories have appeared in The Literary Review (Fairleigh Dickinson), The Arkansas Review, Wild Cards: The Virago Writing Women Anthology, and other literary magazines. She has worked as a travel writer,…
R. Christian Bohlen is a bestselling author and an award-winning consultant to Fortune 500 companies, providing instructional design services and developing human performance improvement programs. He has been involved in ministry and church leadership for more than thirty years and…
As with any journey, life has offered me more strange twists and turns than I could have imagined. At seven, sure I was destined to be a fireman or a forest ranger, my parents gave me a toy printing press.…
As an eighty-year-old, first-time published author, it is difficult to know what to tell you about my life. I thought I would do something meaningful when I was eighteen, then spent thirty years thinking I would never do something meaningful,…
Maria Leonard Olsen practices law as a commercial litigator in Bethesda, MD, and Washington, D.C. She is an author (50 After 50: Reframing the Next Chapter of Your Life), podcaster (“Becoming Your Best Version”), journalist, TEDx speaker (“Turning Life’s Challenges…
Award-winning author Beth A. Freely was born and raised in upstate New York, with a brief and very influential stint living in Great Britain that can be seen in her writing. Today she calls New Mexico home. When asked how…
Born and raised in the Adirondack Mountains in New York, Craig has lived in Idaho, Oregon, Tokyo, and today he calls Charlotte, North Carolina, his home. All of these places have greatly influenced his work. He is the author of…
Ken Conklin is a member of the Author’s Guild, the Virginia Writers Club, and the Poetry Society of Virginia. A native of Los Angeles, he has resided in Botetourt County for nearly twenty years. Conklin was presented a 2022 Kegley…
Michael Ruocco grew up in Howell, New Jersey, during the roaring 1980s. A decade with much to be influenced by, its colors and sounds were hypnotic. Moving to northeast Pennsylvania by age twelve, Michael only dove deeper into the music,…
A.P. Thayer is a queer Mexican-American living in Los Angeles. He writes cross-genre speculative fiction and is represented by Helen Lane at the Booker Albert Literary Agency. He has words in places like Dark Matter Magazine, Uncharted, and Neon Hemlock…