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KJ Fieler (Kat) is known for her exceptional storytelling and captivating narratives. Among her many awards are: * Literary Titan Gold * Firebird Award for Women’s Issues and Weird Genre * 2023 Historical Fiction Company, 5-star Reader’s Choice and Silver Award for Fantasy * The 20th Annual “Best Book” Awards, Finalist * Reader’s Favorite, 5-star...

  Shelley Johnson and Kathy Tuccaro – Hosts of Women Road Warriors Shelley M. Johnson is a seasoned journalist, broadcaster, multimedia producer, writer, marketer, and advocate for the progress of women. Shelley has worn many hats and brings insightful dialog to Women Road Warriors with a quirky sense of humor and unique perspectives. She also interviews many...

With the benefit of thirty-five years’ service, active and reserve, as a US Navy SEAL officer — two hot wars, one cold; first deployment, Vietnam; last deployment, Afghanistan — Crossland has found projecting his grasp of naval intrigue one hundred years into the past an enjoyable challenge. Captain Crossland has written internationally on the subject...

John is a licensed CPA who graduated with high honors from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. After graduation, John went on to become a licensed CPA.  He worked 32 years in the Federal Government for the IRS, Customs, and Homeland Security.  His roles and responsibilities...

  My name is Shae’vada Pratcher, but I am known to many as Shae. I was born in Fairbanks, AK, but grew up in many states, being a military brat. I am co-founder and part-owner of Limitless Light Productions Studios LLC. I made a name for myself in relation to radio through my podcast segment,...

Miki Taylor is an award-winning travel advisor/agency owner (Taylor & Co. Travel) with over 14 years experience and has worked in the accounting industry for over 25 years and has always had that entrepreneurial spirit with a couple new businesses in the works. She has dreamed of writing children’s books and changing lives, but the...

Don Allen Holbrook, a distinguished economist and former certified economic developer, possesses an insightful perspective on how economic development can transform America and propel her to regain her global competitive edge. Holbrook’s authoritative voice on this subject has been showcased in numerous major magazines, where he shares his extensive knowledge and strategies for transforming econom...

Patricia Leavy, Ph. D., is a best-selling, award-winning novelist, arts advocate, and internationally recognized leader in research design and arts-based research. She is widely considered the world’s most visible proponent of arts-based research as a means of making research publicly accessible. Moreover, she coined the terms “social fiction” and “fiction-based research” and has been pioneering t...

Betty enjoys traveling and has visited many places around the world. She especially loves the log cottage she bought in the remote woods of Finland, where she spent summers with her family and friends, telling fanciful stories of provincial trolls, shy moose, and impish fish. She lives half the year in Tucson, Arizona with her...

Amanda is the author of the historical action & adventure series A Country for Castoffs, which combines her family history with the larger historical context to educate and entertain a new generation of readers. She has been researching her family genealogy for decades and taught middle and high school history for over a dozen years. She...

  Award-winning author M. C. Ryder has been composing stories, poems, and lyrics from the beginning of time when reading became a hobby. The sky is the limit, but she enjoys exploring off the beaten path both figuratively and literally. She resides in the Keystone State with a clowder of felines who rule the house....

I’ve been a college/high school English teacher, a technology CEO, and a real estate agent in the Dominican Republic selling beachfront property (even did a few HGTV shows), but now I’m following my lifelong dream of writing southern fiction novels. Join me (and my occasional blog about life and literature, “A Byrd’s-Eye View. VISIT THE...

Mark lives with his wife Loren and their dog Emily in Denver, Colorado. He schooled at Haverford College and Washburn University, and practiced commercial bankruptcy law for four decades before moving on in 2019 to write, photograph, volunteer, travel, and play music. He is the author of “And . . Just Like That – essays...

Scott is Life is Too Short Guy.   He lives every day with intense zest, enthusiasm, and excitement. He exudes energy. He has an infectious personality he uses to Make the World Happier One Smile at a Time. When not writing or speaking about LITSG,  Scott is the Chairman and CEO of Invesque, a public real estate...

  Amy Turner: I was born in Bronxville, New York, and spent my childhood summers by the ocean in Wainscott (Town of East Hampton), New York. In 1981, my husband Ed and I moved to East Hampton on a one-year “sabbatical” from our New York City law jobs and fell in love with its relatively...

  As a poet, D’Janee writes about various topics pertaining to life and the world we live in. As an author, she writes material ranging from children’s books to young adult fiction. Her published books include Jimmy and the Teddy Bear, The Blizzard’s Secrets, and On the Run, the first book in the young adult...

  Shawna James is an award-winning author & writer. Her debut novel “Despite the Devil” was released in audio, paperback, and hardcover in Spring 2021 as part of her “They Loved Collection” book series. She has received 5-Star awarded book reviews, including Readers Favorite, and is a winner of the Canada Book Awards, as she...

  Kathy O’Shea has lived with migraines for 42 years and is a 33 year professor of English, who has combined these significant parts of her life into this literary anthology centered around five themes related to migraine. She is the winner the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and has two beloved golden retrievers...

  In her home province of New Brunswick, Canada, Cheryl Gillespie, along with her cat Mattie, will often be found basking on the backyard deck beneath the warm sunshine, the very spot where many of the chapters for I Feel Your Stare were written. A childhood diagnosis of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis and associated blindness, coupled with physical...

Hope Gibbs grew up in rural Scottsville, Kentucky. As the daughter of an English teacher, she was raised to value the importance of good storytelling from an early age. Today, she’s an avid reader of women’s fiction. Drawn to multi-generational family sagas, relationship issues, and the complexities of being a woman, she translates those themes...

  Before becoming an award winning author, Nikki grew up in a small town in Wisconsin and went to college at one of the University of Wisconsin campuses.  She moved to Florida for an internship where she worked at the “happiest place on earth” for a few years and also where she met her husband. ...

Vy Lien has always been interested in human behavior and received her bachelor’s degree in psychology at University of California, Riverside. She then obtained double graduate degrees and joined the medical field as a Physician Associate. Vy grew up as an only child to an exceptional single mother who set examples of how to face...

Nicole has been writing and telling stories since she was a young child. She divides her time between writing and working with TV, film, and commercials. Sometimes the projects mirror her current work in progress. She has worked closely with Candy Cain with Gemelli Films to create several of these stories and has worked as...

Ray Catania is a metaphysical teacher, master-certified life coach, and award-winning author. He believes that modern-day spirituality is best taught at the intersection of science and spirituality. He is passionate about helping others get unstuck, harness the power of their mind, and create their own reality. His first book, The Atheist and The Afterlife is...

Adam began his legal career as an associate at a law firm known for its work in the area of special education law, where he represented families whose children had a variety of special needs. Adam moved on from that position in 2009 to pursue his dream of establishing his own law practice, Law Offices...