
Stephanie M. Allen graduated from California Baptist University in 2009 with a B.A. in English and a desire to share her imaginative stories with the world…more

Anna Hamilton lives on the beautiful North Shore of Minnesota. She may call Lake Superior home, but her generous spirit touched the further reaches of the world. She believes in giving back and helping a neighbor back on their feet. more…

Liz Alterman lives in New Jersey with her husband and three sons. Her work can be found in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Parents, McSweeney’s, and other publications. He’ll Be Waiting is her first young adult novel.


Don Barr is an Author, artist, landlocked surfer, army brat, only child and lover (Of his dog at least!) A punk rocker attitude and a hater of the pompous and all airs… more


Chris Bedell‘s previous publishing credits include Thought Catalog, Entropy Magazine, Chicago Literati, and Foliate Oak Literary Magazine, among others. His debut YA Fantasy novel IN THE NAME OF MAGIC… more

Pernell Plath Meier grew up on the Iowa side of the Mississippi in the Quad Cities. She left behind a life of traumatic chaos to move out on her own at fifteen. She earned undergraduate science degrees with honors in biology, anthropology…more

PJ Braley Copy editor turned fiction writer, PJ Braley divides her time between writing essays for her master’s degree and stories about an alien race willing to make any sacrifice to save the planet.… more



L.C. Conn grew up on the outskirts of Upper Hutt, New Zealand. Her backyard encompassed the surrounding farmland, river, hills and mountains which she wandered with her brothers and fed her imagination. After discovering a love for… more
Steven Cross remembers his first literary success, a play about a wolfman that his English class read. His first publication was a Haiku about hearing wolves at sunset one evening as he sat on his back deck with Luke his faithful mutt… more

Elizabeth Price grew up in Redlands, California as an only child. The lack of siblings, cousins, or even kids in her neighborhood to play with sparked her imagination to life. She spent most days entertaining herself with elaborate stories, even doing so when her attention should have been elsewhere—like on her schoolwork. more…

N. Daniel currently resides in Downtown Minneapolis and works as a live-in caregiver for a quadriplegic individual. When he isn’t writing or caring for his client you can find him wandering the city’s skyways, music blasting in his…more

Robert W. Smith was raised in Chicago, enlisting in the Air Force in 1968. Following four years service as a Russian Linguist in Security Service Command, a branch of the NSA, Bob attended DePaul University and The John Marshall Law School. With over…more

Since 1995, TJ Eckhart‘s fiction and non-fiction work has been challenging readers to look at themselves and their world through a different lens. “True You 101” continues Eckhart’s challenge to reimagine a magic world… more


William Francis was raised in Newark, Delaware where he spends his days working in Corporate America and writing about the First State. He achieved a Masters Degree in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University… more

Suzanne Trauth is a novelist, an award-winning playwright and screenwriter, and the author of the Dodie O’Dell mystery series —Show Time, Time Out, Running out of Time, Just in Time, No More Time, and Killing Time—in addition more…

Kris Francoeur, writer and educator, is a grieving mother who has found joy and light again through the practices of conscious and deliberate gratitude, unconditional acceptance and connection with nature… more

L.K. White’s career spans attending Amherst College and Harvard Medical School, providing patient care with specialties in internal medicine and adolescent medicine, advising undergraduates at Washington University in St. Louis, Duke University, and Wellesley College, and more…
Samuel R. George is a graduate of CU, Boulder. He resides in a shed with his wife in Galliano, LA. He refuses to be in a room with a television, reluctantly owns a phone, and keeps a low profile. His work has been published…more

Anne Willow has a small addiction to antiques. She loves getting lost in antique shops and learning the stories behind the treasures. The Past Imperfect series was born out of her story collection. more…

Jackie Hales is a member of the Society of Authors, whose debut novel Shadows of Time was the fulfilment of an ambition nurtured during her working life as a teacher, inspired by her research into her own and others’ family histories. She has been writing as a hobby since childhood, beginning…more