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visit us at www.theauthorsporch.com Elizabeth Casanova is from a small border town deep in the South of Texas, where Space X blasts Rockets and people travel for food and music. Brownsville, Texas, is home and where she gets her best ideas. Writing had a passion of Elizabeth’s since she was a small child when she was published in a collaborative poetry book at ten. Inspiration was not in short sup...

visit us at www.theauthorsporch.com He almost didn't get to write it. Hunter almost drowned to death at age 19. The incident transformed his life. Also, at that age, he got married and remained with his wife until she died of lung cancer in 2009. Born in Allentown, Pennsylvania as one of six children, Hunter made his mark in computer sciences. He was a software architect for 21 years with Bell...

Visit us: www.theauthorsporch.com Rod Gilley is a writer of Horror, Thriller, and Fantasy stories. His debut novel will be ready for publication by the end of 2024. He is also working on a novella and writes as many short stories as time allows. Rod's published works are "The Writer Within," a short story in the Running Wild Press Anthology 2023, and "The HERO The FEAR and The D...

visit us at www.theauthorsporch.com Walter Stephen Geeding, ever since he ran away from home as a teen-ager to gallivant across North America with his best friend, has always been a curious man of adventure who has lived his life as wildly as the characters in his books. In fact, it is hard to separate Walter from the exploits his characters unveil on thepages of his books. At age 17, Walter was a...

visit us at www.theauthorsporch.com Dan Flanigan holds a Ph. D. in History from Rice University and J.D. from the University of Houston. He taught Jurisprudence at the University of Houston and American Legal History at the University of Virginia. His first published book was his Ph. D. dissertation, The Criminal Law of Slavery and Freedom, 1800-1868. He moved on from academia to serve the civil r...

visit us at www.theauthorsporch.com William Sargent is a NOVA consultant, author of 27 books about science and the environment, and a recipient of The Boston Globe's Winship Award. In what he describes as wanderlust in his 20s and 30s, William would jump on oceanographic ships, Russian trawlers, and oil rigs and get paid to see the world. He lives in the Boston, MA area. For more information,...

visit us www.theauthorsporch.com Andrew Howell wrote and illustrated his debut graphic novel, Beyond, a comedic supernatural thriller. His work earned him the 2022 eLit Awards Silver Medal Winner for Graphic Novel/Drawn in the Book Humor Cartoon category. Howell is a storyboard artist who has worked for Pencilmation, a digital animation studio, over the past four years. He is adept at translating...

visit us at www.theauthorsporch.com Claudia Hagadus Long is the author of five prior novels: Josefina's Sin, The Duel for Consuelo, and Chains of Silver (a trilogy of Colonial Mexico, 1690-1753); The Harlot's Pen (women in the labor movement in 1920 San Francisco); and Nine-Tenths of the Law (two sisters, their mother, and a Nazi thief). She is an attorney in Northern California. She lives...

Visit us at wwwtheauthorsporch.com Jass Aujla is a Canadian South Asian author of suspense-thriller fiction. When she isn't working on one of her twisty novels, she can be found writing poetry & prose on Twitter. Her micro-fiction has appeared in small press publications worldwide. How far would you go for your family? A compelling story of family ties that bend and break—all wrapped up in...

Visit us: www.theauthorsporch.com Larry G. Goldsmith is an author, financial sleuth (forensic CPA), and attorney. His professional experiences are woven into believable and authentic storylines. He applies his real-life occupation of courtroom dramas and negotiating with the IRS into many of his novels. Goldsmith has published two novels, Bashert and Marc Marci. He is happily married, living with...

visit us at www.theauthrosporch.com Daisy Paige was born in August of 1973 and lives in a small Texas town. Although she has tried to move away many times, she always finds herself back in this little town. She has three adult children. Two daughters that live nearby, and a son, the youngest, is in the Military. They have all made her a very proud parent. She resides with her husband; they have be...

Visit us at www.theauthorsporch.com Mid-Flight - Lisa Wilkes Lisa Wilkes has spent 13 years as a flight attendant, jetting across the globe and collecting inspiration for her writings. Her debut novel, Flight Path, is a fast-paced romance laced with serendipitous encounters. This book follows a daydreaming stewardess as she learns to navigate a new terrain: unconditional love. In her second novel,...

Visit us www.theauthorsporch.com Gertrude the Cow Gets in Trouble Somehow - Lisa Baker Lisa Baker was an elementary music and Jr. High, and culinary arts teacher for 15 years, until the end of the 2021/2022 school year. She and her husband retired early, sold their house, and are permanently traveling. In 2020 she published two children's books and has been (not)patiently waiting for her illus...

visit us at www.theauthorsporch.com Susan J. Farese, MSN, RN, a native of New Jersey, is the owner/ president of SJF Communications, San Diego, CA.SJF Communications, originally established in 2002 in San Jose, CA, provides communications services including Public Relations, Publicity, Marketing, Websites, Filmmaking, Acting, Social Media, Writing and Public Speaking, Photography, Mentoring, Coach...

Visit us at www.theauthorsporch.com LoLo Paige is an award-winning author and former wildland firefighter whose debut novel, Alaska Spark, has received several awards for best indie romance. Her second book, Alaska Inferno, was a finalist for best indie romance in the 2022 Kindle Book Review Awards. Alaska Spark and Alaska Inferno have ranked No.1 on the Amazon Bestseller Lists for action adventur...

Visit us at www.theauthorsporch.com Yessoh grew up in a small city on the Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, a country on the southern coast of West Africa. He believes that books have the power to change people for the betterment of the whole. When he is not day-dreaming about stories and the world, he is a visual effects artist and a gamer...

visit us at www.theauthorsporch.com  James V. Irving was born and raised in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He is a University of Virginia (UVA) graduate majoring in English. He holds a law degree from the College of William and Mary and is a member of the bars of Virginia, Maryland, the District of Columbia, and Massachusetts. After completing his undergraduate studies at UVA, Mr. Irving spent tw...

Visit us www.theauthorsporch.com Sam Weis is an accomplished abstract painter, a 12-string guitarist/recording artist, and an award-winning songwriter. She grew up in Eastern Iowa and studied Fine Arts at The University of Iowa. Sam has toured as a guitarist with two rock bands and enjoys a successful solo music career. Sam currently lives in Iowa. Abstraction is her first novel.

Visit us www.theauthorsporch.com Josh Plato earned his philosophy degree from Lake Forest College before enlisting in the United States Marine Corps, where he served for 14 years. While enlisted, he would write grandiose stories for his Marines during training exercises that became a fun tradition for his platoon at the end of hard days to keep morale up. When Josh left the Corps to spend more tim...

Visit us at www.theauthorsporch.com Richard Paolinelli began his writing journey as a freelance writer in 1984 and gained his first fiction credit as the lead writer for the first two issues of the Elite Comics sci-fi/fantasy series, Seadragon. After nearly a quarter of a century in the newspaper field, in 2010, Richard retired as an award-winning sportswriter and returned to his fiction writing r...

Visit us www.theauthorsporch.com Dylan Brennan is a 16-year-old writing prodigy living in London. An avid reader, student and musician, Dylan has recently proven his academic excellence with his outstanding GCSE grades, obtaining a phenomenal eleven grade 9s. An aspiring author, ‘Noble: Betrayed’ is Dylan’s first work and will hopefully launch a promising writing career experimenting with and form...

Visit us at www.theauthorsporch.com Eliza Garza is a speaker and entrepreneur in South Texas, where she owns and operates a Mexican street eats business specializing in raspas! Eliza is passionate about her Hispanic heritage and is proud to integrate it into the many facets of her life. She believes that part of a child’s pathway to empowerment and authenticity is identifying, understanding, and e...

Book an interview now - www.theauthorsporch.com SH*T isn't a Dirty Word - Karin Nahmani Karin is very passionate about what she does. Karin holds a Bachelor in Science and credentials as a Naturopathic Doctor from Medi College in Israel. She has worked as a Certified Colon Hydrotherapist since 2001 and has owned and operated Pure Center since 2006. She is a Certified Massage Therapist and Instruct...

Me and Mr. Monks - Dawn Blair Book your spot today www.theauthorsporch.com Nurse overcomes Lyme disease with her rescue dog's help. Human-Animal Relationship Awareness Week is observed annually in the second week of November. This year, the Week extends from November 13 -19. It was created to help us realize the importance of the connection we share with our pets. Nurse & author Dawn Blair kno...

Dr. Joanne Intrator’s highly anticipated memoir, “Summoned To Berlin” describes the challenges she faced and overcame during her decade-long search for restitution for 16 Wallstrasse, a major Berlin building that was stolen from her family by the Nazis.  Her story has been featured in international magazine articles and museum exhibits. Joanne spent nine years confronting German bureaucrats,...