K. M. Alexander is a Pacific Northwest native and novelist living and working in Seattle with his wife and two dogs. He is an avid hiker, cold-weather enthusiast, world traveller, wannabe cyclist, and a self-proclaimed beer snob. His work explores non-traditional settings within speculative fiction, bending and blending genres to create rich worlds and unique, approachable characters.
Read moreTony was born in North London in 1955. He left school at 16 without qualifications, found work as a trainee in a commercial art studio and left after two years to travel. That became the main passion in his life, having visited 28 countries so far. His jobs have ranged from pearl diving (dish washing) to English teacher. By the late 70s it was
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My name is Andrew Joyce and I write books for a living. I would like to thank Pete for allowing me to be here today to promote my latest, Yellow Hair, which documents the injustices done to the Sioux Nation from their first treaty with the United States in 1805 through Wounded Knee in 1890. Every death, murder, battle, and
Read moreYvonne Anderson lives in the Appalachian Mountains of Western Maryland, where she writes fiction that takes you out of this world. The Story in the Stars, the first book in the Gateway to Gannah sci-fi series, was an American Christian Fiction Writers Carol Award finalist in 2012. The adventure continues with Words in the Wind—develops further in Ransom in the
Read moreBorn and raised in the Charleston, WV area, this young single father started writing when unimaginable circumstances thrust him into a situation beyond his control. As a way to stay connected to his beloved daughters, he began writing stories to entertain them – first a fantastical, magical adventure, the Edge of Knight series. What started as entertainment for his daughters evolved into
Read moreStevie Kopas was born and raised in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. She is a gamer, a writer, and an apocalypse enthusiast. Stevie will never turn down a good cup of coffee and might even be a bit of a caffeine addict. Stevie is the author of The Breadwinner Trilogy. Books 1 and 2, The Breadwinner and Haven were originally self-published in 2013 and 2014.
Read moreElle Jacklee, in her own words: “My professional titles have included software programmer, bilingual sales rep, and proposal specialist. But my favourite title, besides wife and mother, is author. It’s the only one that lets me call daydreaming “research.” My love for the outdoors is my greatest inspiration. I live in Wisconsin with my husband and two young sons, none
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Henry Sheppard was born in Melbourne in 1954, the second of eight children, to a schoolteacher of Irish descent and a Polish refugee, a former slave labourer in Nazi Germany. His father became an alcoholic and abandoned the family when Henry was nine. His mother brought the children up on her own.
Read moreBryan W. Alaspa is a novelist and book writer living in the Chicago area. He has been writing in one form or another since the third grade and is now the author of 30 books and novels. He writers mostly thrillers, suspense and horror in fiction and true crime and historical books in non-fiction. He hopes to one day write
Read moreBorn in the midlands of South Carolina, Scott spent his early years reading great science fiction novels, mysteries, fantasy books and the Choose-your-own-adventure series of the 1980s. Baughman knew he wanted to be a writer by the third grade, where as an elementary school student on career day he eschewed the fireman, soldier or policeman costumes to dress up as
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