Drinking With Authors

D.J. (Dave) Butler has been a lawyer, a consultant, an editor, a corporate trainer, and a registered investment banking representative. His novels have won the Whitney Award, the Association for Mormon Letters Award for Novel, and the Dragon Award. He plays guitar and banjo whenever he can, and likes to hang out in Utah with his wife, their children, and the family dog. Buy DJ's Books: Amazon:...

D.J. (Dave) Butler has been a lawyer, a consultant, an editor, a corporate trainer, and a registered investment banking representative. His novels have won the Whitney Award, the Association for Mormon Letters Award for Novel, and the Dragon Award. He plays guitar and banjo whenever he can, and likes to hang out in Utah with his wife, their children, and the family dog. Buy DJ's Books: Amazon:...

Michelle Cox is the author of the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as “Novel Notes of Local Lore,” a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents. Her books have won over 50 international awards and have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Elle, Redbook, Brit&Co., Popsugar, Buzzfeed, and many others. Unbeknownst to most, Michelle hoards...

Michelle Cox is the author of the Henrietta and Inspector Howard series as well as “Novel Notes of Local Lore,” a weekly blog dedicated to Chicago’s forgotten residents. Her books have won over 50 international awards and have been praised by Kirkus, Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Elle, Redbook, Brit&Co., Popsugar, Buzzfeed, and many others. Unbeknownst to most, Michelle hoards...

Brian Finney, a professor of English, has published eight books on subjects ranging from a biography ofChristopher Isherwood (awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Book Prize for the best work of non-fiction in 1979) to Terrorized: How the War on Terror Affected American Culture and Society, publishedon Amazon’s Kindle in 2011 and as a paperback in 2018. In 2019 he published his first novel, Money...

Brian Finney, a professor of English, has published eight books on subjects ranging from a biography ofChristopher Isherwood (awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Book Prize for the best work of non-fiction in 1979) to Terrorized: How the War on Terror Affected American Culture and Society, publishedon Amazon’s Kindle in 2011 and as a paperback in 2018. In 2019 he published his first novel, Money...

J. B. Garner was born in Baltimore, MD on December 1, 1976, the youngest of three children. While still young, the family moved to Peachtree City, GA. His parents always encouraged his creative side and J. B. began writing and drawing from an early age. Though considered talented by his teachers, he never fully applied himself and bounced through high school and into college at the Georgia Institu...

J. B. Garner was born in Baltimore, MD on December 1, 1976, the youngest of three children. While still young, the family moved to Peachtree City, GA. His parents always encouraged his creative side and J. B. began writing and drawing from an early age. Though considered talented by his teachers, he never fully applied himself and bounced through high school and into college at the Georgia Institu...

Mary Helen Sheriff is the author of Boop and Eve's Road Trip, which won the American Fiction Award for Coming-of-Age books in 2020. She's a former teacher, mother of two middle-schoolers, and an avid traveller. Mary lives just outside of Richmond, VA. Buy Mary's books and follow her Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Helen-Sheriff/e/B08FT3LVFK%3Fref=dbs amngrwtscns_share Bookshop: htt...

Mary Helen Sheriff is the author of Boop and Eve's Road Trip, which won the American Fiction Award for Coming-of-Age books in 2020. She's a former teacher, mother of two middle-schoolers, and an avid traveller. Mary lives just outside of Richmond, VA. Buy Mary's books and follow her Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Mary-Helen-Sheriff/e/B08FT3LVFK%3Fref=dbs amngrwtscns_share Bookshop: htt...

Megan Mackie is a Chicago writer. She started her writing career as an indie author and had such smashing success in her first year with her inaugural book The Finder of the Lucky Devil, that she made the transition to traditional publishing. She has become a personality at many cons, recognizable by her iconic leather hat and engaging smile. She has written five novels including: The Finder of th...

Megan Mackie is a Chicago writer. She started her writing career as an indie author and had such smashing success in her first year with her inaugural book The Finder of the Lucky Devil, that she made the transition to traditional publishing. She has become a personality at many cons, recognizable by her iconic leather hat and engaging smile. She has written five novels including: The Finder of th...

Scott M. Baker was born and raised in Everett, Massachusetts and spent twenty-three years in northern Virginia working for the Central Intelligence Agency and traveling through Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Scott is now retired and lives outside of Concord, New Hampshire, with his wife, his stepdaughter, two rambunctious Boxers, and two cats who treat him as their human servant. He is current...

Scott M. Baker was born and raised in Everett, Massachusetts and spent twenty-three years in northern Virginia working for the Central Intelligence Agency and traveling through Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Scott is now retired and lives outside of Concord, New Hampshire, with his wife, his stepdaughter, two rambunctious Boxers, and two cats who treat him as their human servant. He is current...

Brian McClellan is an American epic fantasy author from Cleveland, Ohio. He is known for his acclaimed Powder Mage Universe, a series of flintlock epic fantasy novels set in an industrializing magical world. Brian now lives on the side of a mountain in Utah with his wife, Michele, where he writes books and nurses a crippling video game addiction. Brian's novels include the Powder Mage Trilogy...

Brian McClellan is an American epic fantasy author from Cleveland, Ohio. He is known for his acclaimed Powder Mage Universe, a series of flintlock epic fantasy novels set in an industrializing magical world. Brian now lives on the side of a mountain in Utah with his wife, Michele, where he writes books and nurses a crippling video game addiction. Brian's novels include the Powder Mage Trilogy...

T. Allen Diaz is a newly retired firefighter and lifelong resident of Tampa Bay. He's an author of dark, gritty sci fi and fantasy. T. Allen lives in Polk County with my wife and two of three kids. Follow T. Allen Diaz and Buy his books! Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/T-Allen-Diaz/e/B00BK70SCW/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/T.AllenDiaz Twitter: @TAllenDiaz M...

T. Allen Diaz is a newly retired firefighter and lifelong resident of Tampa Bay. He's an author of dark, gritty sci fi and fantasy. T. Allen lives in Polk County with my wife and two of three kids. Follow T. Allen Diaz and Buy his books! Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/T-Allen-Diaz/e/B00BK70SCW/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/T.AllenDiaz Twitter: @TAllenDiaz M...

Keith R.A. DeCandido has written fiction in more than thirty licensed universes from Alien to Zorro, including TV shows (Star Trek, Supernatural), movies (Cars, Serenity), games (World of Warcraft, Resident Evil), and comic books (Spider-Man, Thor). He's also written bunches of work of his own creation, including fantastical police procedurals in the fictional cities of Cliff End (Dragon Preci...

Keith R.A. DeCandido has written fiction in more than thirty licensed universes from Alien to Zorro, including TV shows (Star Trek, Supernatural), movies (Cars, Serenity), games (World of Warcraft, Resident Evil), and comic books (Spider-Man, Thor). He's also written bunches of work of his own creation, including fantastical police procedurals in the fictional cities of Cliff End (Dragon Preci...

Brian D. Anderson is the best-selling fantasy author of more than twenty novels. His works include: The Sorcerer's Song (3 book series), The Godling Chronicles (8 book series), Dragonvein (5 book series), The Vale (3 book series), and Akiri (4 book series, co-authored with Steven Savile). Anderson currently resides in Fairhope, Alabama with his wife and son, who inspire him daily. Follow Brian...

Brian D. Anderson is the best-selling fantasy author of more than twenty novels. His works include: The Sorcerer's Song (3 book series), The Godling Chronicles (8 book series), Dragonvein (5 book series), The Vale (3 book series), and Akiri (4 book series, co-authored with Steven Savile). Anderson currently resides in Fairhope, Alabama with his wife and son, who inspire him daily. Follow Brian...

Lifelong writer, escaped academia as Distinguished Professor of English, five-time Fulbrighter, husband, father of 4 living children, live in Annapolis, worked in TV/Film and game design/writing, now a frequent SME for national media and intelligence/defense agencies. The Caine Riordan hard sf series is up to 5 books (all national best-sellers, 4 finalists for Nebulas, 2 for Dragons, the first a C...

Lifelong writer, escaped academia as Distinguished Professor of English, five-time Fulbrighter, husband, father of 4 living children, live in Annapolis, worked in TV/Film and game design/writing, now a frequent SME for national media and intelligence/defense agencies. The Caine Riordan hard sf series is up to 5 books (all national best-sellers, 4 finalists for Nebulas, 2 for Dragons, the first a C...

Grace Sammon's passion is storytelling. Writing is her voice. Communicating is her skill. The Eves is her fourth book and her debut novel. Creating and Sustaining Small Learning Communities and Battling the Hamster Wheel were each published by Corwin Press. Grace grew up on Long Island, New York. She spent many years in the Washington, DC area where she raised her two children, and established...