About Featured Book: Christmas with Three Cowboys by Kai Lesy Three rugged cowboys. One magical Christmas. And a secret that could shatter everything. When I’m sent to a secluded Nebraska ranch for a second chance after prison, I expect a fresh start—not to end up...
Dan is an author of Christian fiction who understands the power of Christ to redeem lives. He has worked in Youth Ministry, Associate Pastor, and Christian teaching roles, in addition to a three-decade career in the Publishing, Technology, and Healthcare industries, with degrees in Theology/Pastoral Studies, Behavioral Sciences, and an MBA in Technology Management. Visit https://www.arkharbor.press/ for more info.
Danielle Spencer is a senior leader with almost 25 years of experience focused on business, finance, and acquisition management. She is a change agent; transforming and improving business operations and processes. She has two Masters degrees, one in Business Administration, the other in Information Systems, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Medical and Research Technology. She is also certified in Information Assurance (cybersecurity) and Project Management.
I was born in a small town in southern New Jersey but lived with my parents and four older siblings in a sleepy little beach town along the Delaware Bay named Fortescue.
When I was six years old, we moved to Port St. Lucie, Florida, a then small town near the east coast. Years later with a family of my own, me and my soulmate moved to another small town outside of Ocala, Florida.
Due to numerous food allergies I’ve been a vegan for four years. I love animals, especially dogs and horses. I’m an avid romance reader and movie lover, am obsessed with dark chocolate, coffee, and I enjoy crafting throughout the year.”
“Me and my husband like traveling in our thirty-five foot RV with our fur-babies, Sofie and Coco, when we have free time. Many of my sweet romance books have been created while riding with my husband at the wheel and the pups supervising.
With five adult children, and nine grandkids, I enjoy lots of family time and host gatherings for everyone to come together so we can catch up when our schedules align.
Some of my happiest moments as an author is reading emails from my fans who take the time to share something about themselves, to wish me well (especially during my cancer treatments in 2022), or to let me know what their favorite story was.
Charles S. Isaacs has been a schoolteacher, a college professor, a community organizer, a Congressional consultant, a social activist, a gambler and an occasional journalist. He has written opinion columns and feature stories for numerous newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times Magazine. During recent decades, he has been a consultant to dozens of non-profit organizations operating in the social justice arena. His recent published work includes fiction, poetry and award-winning non-fiction.
Scott Coon is a published novelist, an award-winning short story writer, and a former U.S. Army Intelligence Analyst. His afterlife fiction, Godless Armageddon, was recently #2 on the hot new releases in atheist books on Amazon.
He’s appeared in MOBIUS: The Journal for Social Change, The STEAM Journal at Claremont University, and others. His writing advice can be found on my website and YouTube channel.
Erika Reich Giles was born in post-WWII Hungary and came to the U.S. as a child with her refugee parents. She grew up in Billings, Montana. Her BA in psychology from Macalester College and MSW from the University of Washington led to a social work career helping children move out of the foster care system by facilitating their return home or placing them for adoption.
She began writing essays after a writing class exercise reminded her of a traumatic incident in her childhood, not unlike those of some of her clients. Her understanding of family dynamics and trauma’s effects helped her unravel her own past for her memoir, Becoming Hungarian. The essay on which her memoir is based won the 2011 John Guyon Literary Nonfiction Prize at Crab Orchard Review. Her essays also have been published in The Seattle Times, Clackamas Literary Review, North Dakota Quarterly, Ascent, Clockhouse Review, Tahoma Literary Review, Under the Sun and in two anthologies.
Erika’s refugee background has made her passionate about helping immigrants and refugees learn English. She has led conversation groups for English learners for over a decade. She also enjoys reading and solving crossword puzzles and cryptograms. Seattle-area residents for more than forty years, she and her husband now live in Portland, Oregon.
Stephanie Thoma is an author and career coach known for her inspiring approach to confidence, self-acceptance, and community building. Her debut book, Confident Introvert, has been praised for empowering introverts to excel in social and professional settings by embracing their unique strengths. Her latest release, Not That Sweet, delves into modern relationships and self-discovery, encouraging readers to embrace authenticity through embodying personal standards, healthy boundary setting and deep self-knowing.
As a connector, Stephanie’s views around networking have been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Entrepreneur and Thrive Global. She has also been invited to speak at Harvard, Northeastern, and Boston Universities as well as at international conferences. To date, Stephanie has helped thousands of people celebrate their strengths, step into their authentic confidence, and make meaningful connections.
Lee Hall is a best selling indie author and blogger from the UK. When he isn’t writing, you can find Lee immersed and escaping from this world by reading books because we all know reality can suck. You can catch him most days on social media trying to be witty and talking about the many fellow indie authors he supports.
Nat Bickel is an energetic storyteller and PR specialist who aims to move people to action with her words. She has a bachelor’s in communications with bylines in the LA Times, Glamour, Darling Magazine, and more. She’s also the author of the children’s books, The Christmas Clue and The Volcano No One Could See. Through her journalism experience, Nat has interviewed celebrities, worked with musical artists, and reported on current trends and events—thus, creating a base for the main character in her debut novel, The Catalyst. She crafted this story in hopes that others would experience every raw, unsuspecting, sensational, and terrifying emotion surrounding falling in love. When she’s not writing, you can find her taking film photos, pressing flowers, or blazing new trails with her husband.
Follow her at natmosfear on all socials and at natmosfear dot com.
USA Today Bestselling author Erin Wright has worked every job under the sun, including library director, barista, teacher, website designer, and ranch hand helping brand cattle, before settling into the career she’s always dreamed about: Author.
She still loves coffee, doesn’t love the smell of cow flesh burning, and is currently living out her own love story in a tiny town in rural Idaho.
Greg Treakle was born and raised in southern New Hampshire but has lived and worked in the Northern Neck of Virginia since 1978. He received a degree in Mathematics from Virginia Tech and spent his career working for the US Department of the Navy. After retiring from government service, he self-published his first novel in 2022. Two Dreams & Other Tales is his second publication.
About Featured Book: Her Silver Fox Mountain Men by Kai Lesy “You’re not safe here,” he growls, his voice rough and dominant. “You’re coming with me.” It started with a scratching at my cabin door. I frantically call my reclusive neighbor, James McTierney— brooding,...
The author says:
“This book is not just a thriller – it is something more that makes us think about the actions and essence of the person himself! that one is truly not born a murderer, but one who becomes one.”
She continues ‘In my youth, I wrote scripts for school plays, and my literature teacher said that I had immense talent and should write my own book. To be honest, I took it as a joke and nothing more. However, in 2023, when my husband and I watched films (I won’t reveal the titles; I want readers to piece together this puzzle over time), I can only say that Jonathan Rhys Meyers starred in one of the films, while Jake Gyllenhaal starred in the other. That’s why I dedicated my book “In Still Waters” to them! Thanks to Jake, my character Toby Clark was born, and thanks to Jonathan, Milosh Dobrev came to life.’
About the author:
Natalie Shpet was born and raised in Moscow, now lives in the suburbs in a house with her large family. Natalie and her husband have four children. The writer has two higher educations: psychologist and manager. During her school years, Natalie wrote scripts for plays and therefore her school literature teacher said that she had enormous talent, and she needed to write books! In 2023, Natalie began writing her first novel, In Still Waters.
About Featured Book: Framed & Hunted by Edward Williams 99c New Year Offer, Runs to Feb 5th 2024 The reader is taken on a whirlwind tour of the world with the protagonist as he is targeted for malevolent and occult persecution by some very devious, well-funded and...
About Featured Book: God's Pale Horse by James Ryan "God’s Pale Horse" by James Ryan is a profound and unsettling exploration of historical injustice, intertwining divine mandates with human atrocities. Through a meticulous examination of the conquest and subsequent...
A hint of romance, a fight worth risking everything for, and a pair of engaging leading characters–—that’s the kind of book I like to read so that’s the kind I write.
When I’m not writing, I am a water aerobics enthusiast, amateur jewelry maker, struggling bridge player, and devoted grandmother.I grew up in Kentucky, went to college at the University of Georgia where I had way too much fun, and graduated from the University of Kentucky. After college, I worked for the Associated Press then became a reporter for “The Hartford Courant” in Connecticut. My two daughters were born there. My newspaperman husband got a job in Memphis and we moved there. I became a freelance speechwriter, publicist, and marketing person for major local companies, but my favorite gigs were with the Memphis City Schools and the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. I retired, and began doing what I’d wanted to do since sixth grade: write fiction.
I wrote short stories that appeared in such anthologies as “Now There Was a Story”, “Low Down Dirty Vote II and III”, “Mayhem in Memphis,” and “Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem”. Since I liked short stories, I tried my hand at a longer form and wrote a novella of love and murder, “The Yellow Fever Revenge.” What I really wanted to write a novel, and so was born the civil rights era suspense/thriller series, Sterling Brothers Ltd. So far the series includes “Justice Tomorrow,” “The Price of a Future,” and coming soon, “Wigs, Mustaches, and Other Disguises”.
Since every writer needs a support group, I am the immediate president of Malice in Memphis a Killer Writing Group.
About Featured Book: Dark Obsession: An Age Gap, Bratva Romance by K.C. Crowne "Keep your distance, princess. Or I'll be your ruin." I should listen. I’m Bratva royalty, and he’s my brother’s closest ally. Older. Scarred. Lethal. But as his dark gaze locks with mine,...
About Featured Book: Neanderball by Sofia Diana Gabel Geneticist Lucien Roux’s cutting-edge experiment to clone Neanderthals creates blurred lines between ambition and ethics after the clones are stolen and forced to play a brutal and violent game dubbed Neanderball....
Barbara Gilbert was born in Ft. Jackson, SC.
After graduating high school in 1985 she entered the United States Air Force, serving seven years as a SSgt in two separate career fields before being medically retired.
While running a family computer business she completed a double major and received her bachelor’s degree in business management and computer information systems. Later she was offered a teaching position at a Charter High School.
There she taught English, Computer Applications, Computer Repair, Consumer Math, Physics, and Earth Science. In the Public-School System, she taught Computer Applications, Web Design, E-Commerce, and Principle of Business. She was also the Technology Coordinator for the school.
Moving back to her spiritual home in Montana she again taught Earth Science and Computer Applications (MAC), until a second medical disability ended her teaching career.
Her hobbies include photography, painting, Ham Radio, SCUBA Diving, and a host of other interests that keep her busy on good days, and she manages to get by on the bad ones.
Writing got started with a NaNoWriMo challenge to her sons.
She published her first book “Future Apocalypse, Beginnings–A Time Travel Series” in May 2019 and republished a 2nd edition with additional information in 2022. She published the second and third installments in the series in May and November 2020, “Future Apocalypse, Journey to the City of Technology & Homeward Bound.”