Meet Our Fiction Authors
Our authors are among the most talented in the industry, ranging from break-out debuts to award-winning bestsellers. It is our pleasure to introduce you to them.
Since The Seymour Agency's founding in 1992, we have sold thousands of titles and have had the privilege of representing hundreds of clients. A few of them are listed below.
If you would like to find out more about our authors and their works, please visit the Literary Sales pages on Publishers Marketplace or search for a listing of recent sales.
Our Fiction Authors
Colet Abedi
Colet Abedi is an Iranian American, best-selling author, television and film producer. She was born in Virginia and currently lives in Los Angeles. When she's not writing she's either off on an adventure in a far off land or planning her next getaway. She writes contemporary romance, women's fiction, and young adult.
Jus Accardo
Jus Accardo spent her childhood reading and learning to cook. Determined to follow in her grandfather’s footsteps as a chef, she applied and was accepted to the Culinary Institute of America. But at the last minute, she realized her future was in fiction, not food.
A native New Yorker, Jus lives in the beautiful Hudson Valley with her husband, three dogs, and twelve angry chickens.
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/JusAccardo
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/jusaccardo/
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4996736.Jus_Accardo
Website:
Rick Acker
Rick Acker writes novels during his commute to and from his "real job" as a Supervising Deputy Attorney General in the California Department of Justice. His unit prosecutes corporate fraud lawsuits of the type described in his #1 bestseller, WHEN THE DEVIL WHISTLES. Rick has led investigations and lawsuits that made headlines in and out of California. Most recently, he and his team won a string record-breaking judgments and settlements against the Wall Street players who created the toxic mortgage securities that triggered the Great Recession.
When Rick isn't writing or lawyering, you can usually find him with his wife, Anette, and their kids and dog. They'll be exploring in the hills east of San Francisco, watching a good movie together, or, of course, reading.
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C.M. Alongi
C. M. Alongi runs the YouTube channel Dragons, Zombies & Aliens, where she geeks out over fantasy, science fiction, and horror through a feminist lens. When she's not YouTubing or hiding from reality with a book (either her own or someone else's), she's usually bouldering, getting tangled in knitting projects, or defending her furniture from her roommate's evil cat.
YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ18zDlXsNk3Oe5H7WnFmtw
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/dza_youtube/
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Marty Ambrose
Marty Ambrose is the author of a historical mystery trilogy: Claire's Last Secret, A Shadowed Fate, and Forever Past, all set around the Byron/Shelley circle in nineteenth-century Italy. Her novels have been published by Severn House (U.K. and U.S.) and Thomas Schluck (Germany), earning starred reviews in Publisher's Weekly, as well as a gold medal for historical fiction in the Florida Writers Association's Literary Palm Award. Her work has been featured internationally in blogs, journals, and websites.
Marty teaches English at Florida Southwestern State College and has been a faculty member in the SNHU Creative Writing MFA program; she was a NISOD winner for faculty excellence, grant award recipient, and Master Teacher. She completed her M.Phil. at the University of York (England) and teaches nineteenth-century British literature, composition, and fiction writing. She has also given numerous workshops in the U.S. and abroad on all aspects of creating/publishing a novel.
She has edited the FSW literary journal, served on student scholarship boards, and is a member of The Byron Society, Historical Novel Society, Florida Writers Association, and Women's Fiction Writers Association.
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Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/martyislandauthor/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/MartyAmbroseMysteryWriterMemoirist1957
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Jewel E. Ann
Jewel is a Wall Street Journal & USA Today best selling author with a quirky sense of humor. When she's not saving the planet one tree at a time, you can find her role modeling questionable behavior to her three boys, binge-watching Netflix with her husband, and writing mind-bending romance.
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Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/authorjeweleann/
TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@jeweleannauthor
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/authorjeweleann
Facebook Reader Group:
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/JewelE_Ann
Bookbub:
https://www.bookbub.com/profile/jewel-e-ann
Pinterest:
https://www.pinterest.com/jeweleannauthor/
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Willow Aster
Willow Aster is a USA Today bestselling author and lover of everything book-related. Her podcast, Living in the Pages, is a fun look into other authors' lives as Willow asks all the questions you're curious to ask. Although an introvert, this lifelong writer and artist is convinced that the best part of this career is meeting and connecting with readers, authors, and all of those in this community of book lovers.
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Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/willowaster/
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@willowaster1
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/willowasterauthor/
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Twitter:
https://twitter.com/WillowAster
Bookbub:
https://www.bookbub.com/authors/willow-aster
Pinterest:
https://www.pinterest.com/WillowAster/_created/
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Lynnette Austin
Lynnette Austin loves long rides with the top down and the music cranked up, standing by the Gulf of Mexico when a storm is brewing, and sitting in her local coffee shop reading, writing and enjoying a cappuccino. She grew up in Pennsylvania, accepted her first teaching job in New York, then moved to Wyoming. Now, she splits her time between the beaches of Florida and the Blue Ridge Mountains of northern Georgia.
She's been a finalist in Romance Writers of America's Golden Heart Contest, PASIC's Book of Your Heart Contest, and Georgia Romance Writers' Maggie Contest. Her books have been published by Grand Central, Sourcebooks, and Harlequin. Having grown up in a small town, that's where her heart takes her—to those quirky small towns where everybody knows everybody...and all their business, for better or worse.
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Kait Ballenger
Kait Ballenger is the award-winning and bestselling author of the Seven Range Shifter paranormal romance series, where she weaves captivating tales of dark, sexy heroes who are cowboys by day, wolf shifters by night.
When Kait's not preoccupied writing "intense and riveting" paranormal plots or "high-voltage" love scenes that make even seasoned romance readers blush, she can usually be found spending time with her family or with her nose buried in a good book. She lives in Florida with her husband and two young sons.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kaitballenger/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kait.ballenger/
Newsletter: http://www.kaitballenger.com/news.html
Website: www.kaitballenger.com
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/kait-ballenger
Kait’s Klique:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/448998188512790/?source_id=241984212507804
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Alissa Baxter
Alissa Baxter was born in a small town in South Africa and grew up with her nose in a book on a poultry and cattle farm. At the age of eleven, she discovered her mother’s collection of Georgette Heyer novels and read and reread them, falling totally in love with the Regency period and Heyer’s grey-eyed heroes! After school and university, where she majored in Political Science and French, she published her first Regency novel, The Dashing Debutante. Alissa then travelled overseas and worked as a flight attendant in Dubai before she moved to England, where she did an odd assortment of jobs while researching her second novel, Lord Fenmore’s Wager. Alissa’s third Regency novel, A Marchioness Below Stairs, is the sequel to Lord Fenmore’s Wager.
Alissa has lived in Durban and Cape Town, but she eventually settled in Johannesburg where she lives with her husband and two sons. Alissa is also the author of two chick-lit novels, Send and Receive and The Blog Affair, which has been re-released as The Truth About Series: The Truth about Clicking Send and Receive and The Truth About Cats and Bees.
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Jennifer Beckstrand
Jennifer Beckstrand is the USA Today Bestselling author of The Matchmakers of Huckleberry Hill series, The Honeybee Sisters series, and The Petersheim Brothers series for Kensington Books. Two of Jennifer’s books were nominated for the RWA RITA® Award, and she is a #1 Amazon bestselling author. Jennifer has always been drawn to the strong faith and the enduring family ties of the Plain people and loves writing about the antics of Anna and Felty Helmuth, the Honeybee sisters’ aendi Bitsy, and Alfie and Benji Petersheim.
Jennifer has written twenty-five Amish romances, a historical Western, and the nonfiction book, Big Ideas. Jennifer is represented by Nicole Resciniti of the Seymour Agency. She and her husband have been married for thirty-six years, and she has six children and eight adorable grandchildren, whom she spoils rotten.
Find out more about Jennifer and her books at:
Website:
http://www.jenniferbeckstrand.com/
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/jenniferbeckstrandfans
Twitter:
@JenniferBeckst1
Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/jennifergbeckst/
Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Jennifer-Beckstrand/e/B0073GHCOG/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1488910908&sr=8-2-ent
Instagram:
j.beckstrand
Bookbub:
@JenniferBeckstrand
Mae Bennett
Mae Bennett is an attorney who enjoys imagining and writing happily ever afters in her free time. She writes higher heat contemporary romances and was a '22 mentee for the inaugural KissPitch Mentorship program.
She's a voracious romance reader while her grumpy cat, King Louis, rules from his throne, and believes you can never have too many tropes. When she's not reading she can be found rewatching all of her favorite TV shows and finding the best gluten free restaurants.
Instagram:
www.instagram.com/twiceuponabook
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Pamela Binnings Ewen
Rick Bleiweiss
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Patricia Bradley
Laura Brown / Miri White
After practicing law for many in Houston, Texas, Pamela Binnings Ewen turned to writing. She lives in Mandeville, Louisiana near New Orleans. She is the author of The Moon in the Mango Tree, and five other books. Based on a true story, The Moon in the Mango tree was awarded the 2012 Eudora Welty Memorial Award by the National League of American Pen Women.
Pamela's newest novel, The Queen of Paris, will be released April 7, 2020 by Blackstone Publishing. This electrifying story, based on the real life of Coco Chanel during WWII as the Nazi's occupied Paris, reveals the underside of the celebrated icon, as has never before been fully told.
Pamela's other novels are Dancing on Glass (a Single Titles Reviewer's Choice award), Chasing the Wind (a Top Pick for RT Reviewers), An Accidental Life, and Secret of the Shroud. She also wrote the non-fiction bestseller Faith on Trial.
Pamela has served on the board of directors of Inprint (Houston, Texas), The Tennessee Williams Festival (New Orleans, Louisiana) and on the advisory board of the Pirate's Alley Faulkner Society (New Orleans). She is President of the Northshore Literary Society located in St. Tammany Paris, Louisiana. In 2009 Pamela received the President’s Arts Award from the Cultural Commission of St. Tammany Parish as Literary Artist of the Year.
Rick Bleiweiss, currently head of new business development at Blackstone Publishing and Audio, has spent most of his career in the music industry as a recording artist, Grammy-nominated producer, recorded songwriter and record label senior executive. His list of partners, collaborators and acts he has worked with is a who’s-who list including Brittney Spears, Kiss, The Bee Gees, Alan Jackson and U2 to name a few. Under a pen name, Rick wrote a book in 2016 that went to #1 on Amazon and won the New Apple Literary Prize as The Best Short General Fiction. Currently, Rick is writing in the fantasy and historical mystery genres and has a Space Opera he is working on that is a mix of Rocky Horror Picture Show meets Star Wars.
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USA Today Best-selling author, Patricia Bradley is a Carol finalist and winner of an Inspirational Readers’ Choice Award in Suspense. She and her two cats call North Mississippi home, and the South is also where she sets most of her books. Her romantic suspense novels include the Logan Point series and the Memphis Cold Case Novels. Standoff releases May 5, 2020, and she’s hard at work on the second book in the Natchez Trace Park Ranger’s series – Obsession.
Writing workshops include American Christian Fiction Writers online courses, workshops at the Mid-South Christian Writer’s Conference, the KenTen Retreat where she was also the keynote, Memphis American Christian Fiction Writer group, and the Bartlett Christian Writers group. When she has time, she likes to throw mud on a wheel and see what happens.
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Facebook:
www.facebook.com/patriciabradleyauthor
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/PTBradley1
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Bookbub:
https://www.bookbub.com/profile/patricia-bradley
Goodreads:
https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7789445.Patricia_Bradley
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/ptbradley1/
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After spending her childhood coming up with new episodes to her favorite sitcoms instead of sleeping, Laura Brown decided to try her hand at writing and never looked back. A hopeless romantic, she’s been drawn to love stories since a young age. She lives in Massachusetts with her family, and yes, that includes feline members!
Laura’s been hard of hearing her entire life but didn’t start learning ASL until college, when her disability morphed from an inconvenience to a positive part of her identity. It’s important to her to create strong, competent characters with hearing loss, as she didn’t have that growing up. At home the closed captioning is always on, lights flash with the doorbell, and hearing aids are sometimes optional. She’s the author of the Matzah Ball Surprise series, Wrong Number, The Un-Arranged Marriage, and A Cruise Fling.
Laura can also be found writing under the name Miri White. Miri’s debut, Eight Nights To Win Her Heart, publishes with Alcove Press in Fall of 2024.
Laura’s Links:
https://www.laurabrownauthor.com/
https://www.facebook.com/LauraBrownAuthor/
https://www.instagram.com/a_laurabrown/
Miri’s Links:
https://www.instagram.com/miri_white_
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Don Bruns
Don Bruns is the USA Today best-selling author of sixteen published novels.
Discovered by author Sue Grafton, Bruns has three best-selling series. The Mick Sever Caribbean series, the Miami based Stuff series, and the Quentin Archer series. A New Orleans homicide cop and a voodoo practitioner team up to solve murders. Bruns is the author of numerous short stories in anthologies, and is currently working on a series involving a missing person detective.
Author Lee Child says “If you love the crime genre, this is not just highly recommended, but mandatory.” Of Casting Bones, Library Journal says “As hot and steamy as a Louisiana night.” Author of NBC’s Lincoln, The Hunt For The Bone Collector, Jeffrey Deaver, says “Utterly compelling, rich with atmosphere…I can’t think of a better description of the most exotic city in America: New Orleans.”
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Kerri Carpenter
Award-winning romance author Kerri Carpenter writes contemporary romances that are sweet, sexy, and sparkly. She is currently published with Harlequin Special Edition and Entangled Publishing’s Lovestruck line.
When she’s not writing, Kerri enjoys reading, cooking, watching movies, taking Zumba classes, rooting for Pittsburgh sports teams, and anything sparkly. Kerri lives in Northern Virginia with her adorable (and mischievous) rescued poodle mix, Harry. Visit Kerri at her website, on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, or subscribe to her newsletter.
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Vannetta Chapman
I was born in Los Angeles, lived in Connecticut a few years, and finally moved to Texas. After living in the Dallas area most of my adult life, my husband retired and we relocated 80 miles northwest of Austin. Now that we’ve enjoyed small-town life for a dozen years, we can’t imagine living anywhere else. Our adult children are close enough to visit, our yard is often filled with white-tailed deer, neighbors wave when they drive by, and everyone knows our dogs.
I received my associate’s degree directly after high school, but didn’t finish my college work until I was a single mom in my 30s. I earned both my BA and MA degrees in English from the University of Texas at Arlington. Though I had always been an avid reader, it was while pursuing those degrees that I discovered a love of language and began pursuing publication. While teaching at the middle school, high school, and collegiate levels, I began to write part time. I published over 100 articles in Christian family magazines and received over two dozen awards from Romance Writers of America chapter groups before I published my first novel in 2010 and in 2020 I published my 33rd novel.
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Ashlyn Chase
Ashlyn Chase describes herself as an Almond Joy bar. A little nutty, a little flaky, but basically sweet, wanting only to give her readers some great entertainment.
She is also the founder and host of the Fall in Love with New England Romance Reader/Author conference, thus supporting fellow authors.
She holds a degree in behavioral sciences, worked as a psychiatric RN for 15 years and spent a few more years working for the American Red Cross.
She lives in beautiful Coastal Florida with Mr. Amazing, her true-life superhero husband, who looks like Hugh Jackman if you squint. She and Mr. Amazing are owned by two spoiled cats.
Facebook fan page:
https://www.facebook.com/AuthorAshlynChase or http://facebook.com/lizlorow
Bookbub:
https://www.bookbub.com/authors/ashlyn-chase
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/ashlynlaughin/ or http://instagram.com/lizlorow
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Samantha Chase
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M.M. Chouinard
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Christine
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Marisa Cleveland
Samantha Chase is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller of contemporary romance that’s hotter than sweet, sweeter than hot. She released her debut novel in 2011 and currently has more than seventy titles under her belt – including THE CHRISTMAS COTTAGE which was a Hallmark Christmas movie in 2017! She’s a Disney enthusiast who still happily listens to 80’s rock. When she’s not working on a new story, she spends her time reading romances, playing way too many games of Solitaire on Facebook, wearing a tiara while playing with her sassy pug Maylene…oh, and spending time with her husband of 30 years and their two sons in Wake Forest, North Carolina.
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Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/samanthachaseromance/
TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@samanthachasebooks
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/SamanthaChaseFanClub
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Twitter:
https://twitter.com/SamanthaChase3
Bookbub:
https://www.bookbub.com/authors/samantha-chase
Pinterest:
https://www.pinterest.com/samanthachase31/_saved/
Website:
https://www.chasing-romance.com/
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M.M. Chouinard is the USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of the Detective Jo Fournier series, The Vacation, and the upcoming amateur-sleuth series The Serial-Killer Guide to San Francisco. She has a Ph.D in developmental psychology from Stanford University and was one of the founding faculty members of the first American research university of the new millennium, U.C. Merced. She enjoys caffeine in all forms, amateur genealogy, crafting, baking, and anything to do with Halloween or the zombie apocalypse. She has three cats, a dog, and a husband who technically keeps her from being a crazy cat lady.
Website: www.mmchouinard.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mmchouinardauthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/m_m_chouinard
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TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@m.m.chouinard
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Christine Clemetson is the author of thrillers and mysteries. Her latest work appears in Tick Tock: A Stitch in Crimeanthology and Christmas Cookies Mysteries: An Anthology Inspired by The Oak Ridge Boys Christmas Cookies Album. When she’s not writing, you can find Christine reading on her beach chair with a coffee in her hand. She lives at the Jersey Shore with her family.
Website:
http://www.christineclemetson.com
Twitter:
@cdclemetson
Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/chrisclemetsonauthor/
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New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Marisa Cleveland loves to laugh, hates to cry, and does both often, while enjoying the journey one sunset at a time with her husband. Expressing herself through writing, music, and dance is her lifestyle, and as a former gymnast, cheerleader, and dancer, she understands the importance of balance and encourages everyone to stay flexible.
Marisa loves to connect with other readers and writers through her website and social media, and she can be found on Instagram (@thereisnobox) and Twitter (@marisacleveland).
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Fiona Cole
Fiona Cole is a military wife and a stay at home mom with degrees in biology and chemistry. As much as she loved science, she decided to postpone her career to stay at home with her two little girls, and immersed herself in the world of books until finally deciding to write her own.
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Instagram:
www.instagram.com/authorfionacole
TikTok:
https://www.tiktok.com/@authorfionacole
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https://www.bookbub.com/authors/fiona-cole
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Regina Cole
Regina Cole specializes in erotic contemporary and new adult romance. When she's not frantically pounding away at the keyboard, she can be found fishing at the Outer Banks with her family, playing with her two spoiled dogs, or snuggling with her superhero husband. She lives outside Raleigh, North Carolina.
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Susan Conley
Susan moved to Ireland for twelve months — in 1998. Having gained a Master of Philosophy in Irish Theatre Studies from the Samuel Beckett Centre, Trinity College, she embarked on a career in theatre criticism, eventually moving into feature writing on all things cultural.
Writing as Susanna Allen, her new series The Shapeshifters of the Beau Monde has been signed with Sourcebooks thanks to Julie Gwinn. The first novel, A Wolf in Duke's Clothing is set to debut in April 2021.
She is the author of Drama Queen and The Fidelity Project, both published by Headline UK, and That Magic Mischief, via Crimson Romance. Her current book, Many Brave Fools: A Story of Addiction, Dysfunction, Codependency… and Horses is published by Trafalgar Square Books.
Susan is living her life by the three Rs: reading, writing and horseback riding.
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Lauren Connolly
Lauren Connolly crafts love stories set in the contemporary world. Some are grounded in reality, while others play with the mystical and magical. Her writing normally happens in the evening because she spends her days as an academic librarian, helping students research all sorts of odd topics. On weekends though, she’s apt to sit for hours in a local coffee shop with a large mocha and her trusty laptop, typing away at her latest work.
Lauren lives in southern Colorado, outnumbered by animals. Her furry family consists of a cocker spaniel who thinks he’s a cave dwelling troll and two cats with a mission to raise hell and destroy all curtains. Luckily, they are all prone to napping and only rarely step on her keyboard while she’s writing. Follow her on social media to receive book updates and cute pet pics.
Website:
https://www.laurenconnollyromance.com/
Facebook:
LaurenConnollyRomance
Instagram:
@laurenconnollyromance
Twitter:
@laurenaliciaCon
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Carey Corp
NYT and USA Today bestseller, Carey Corp lives in the metropolitan Midwest with her loveable, yet out-of-control, family. Between high school and college, she toured for 5 ½ years as part of an interdenominational Christian theater company, ministering in seven different countries. Carey wrote her first book at the age of seven. Writing both literary fiction and stories for young adults, she begins each morning consuming copious amounts of coffee while weaving stories that capture her exhaustive imagination. She harbors a voracious passion (in no consistent order) for mohawks, Italy, musical theater, chocolate, and Jane Austen.
Carey’s debut novel for teens, The Halo Chronicles: The Guardian, earned her national recognition as 2010 Golden Heart finalist for best young adult fiction. It is available in print and eBook, and was recently featured at the 2012 RT Booklovers Convention in Chicago in YA Alley, where Carey signed with Melissa Marr, Kelley Armstrong, Margaret Stohl, Kami Garcia, Ally Carter, Veronica Roth, Cinda Williams Chima, Melissa de la Cruz and other bestselling YA authors. When Carey is not writing or indulging her corporate alter ego at Procter & Gamble, she can be found worshipping at Crossroads Church. DOON, a YA reimagining of the classic musical Brigadoon, co-written with Lorie Langdon, releases from Zondervan in 2013.
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Kess Costales
Kess Costales is a queer Filipino author and poet based in Toronto. She has an Honours Bachelors of Science in Psychology and Criminology from the University of Toronto. She also has a particular fondness for ice cream and cute animals, especially cats.
You can usually find her daydreaming about romance and the fantastical if she’s not writing or reading. You can follow her on Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and WordPress (@kesscostales).
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Diane Craver
Diane Craver is the author of two popular Amish series, Dreams of Plain Daughters and The Bishop’s Daughters. Diane also writes romantic suspense, inspirational contemporary romance, historical Christian fiction and women’s fiction. Her emotional reads receive great reviews.
Although she started her career writing non-fiction, she switched to writing fiction. She wanted to keep her sanity in the midst of having a large family. Writing fiction with quirky and memorable characters gave her the escape she needed from her noisy household. Diane met her husband Tom while teaching at an orphanage. They enjoy their life in southwestern Ohio, and have been blessed with six children and four grandchildren. Two adult daughters with Down syndrome live with Tom and Diane.
Her family is supportive of her writing career, and her favorite vacation is going to the beach with them. She gives thanks daily to God for her wonderful blessings.
To connect with Diane, please visit www.dianecraver.com and https://www.facebook.com/Diane-Craver-153906208887/
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Julie Cross
Julie Cross is a NYT and USA Today bestselling author of New Adult and Young Adult fiction, including the Tempest series, a young adult science fiction trilogy which includes Tempest, Vortex, Timestorm (St. Martin’s Press).
She’s also the author of Letters to Nowhere series, Whatever Life Throws at You, Third Degree, Halfway Perfect, and many more to come!
Julie lives in Central Illinois with her husband and three children. She’s a former gymnast, longtime gymnastics fan, coach, and former Gymnastics Program Director with the YMCA.
She’s a lover of books, devouring several novels a week, especially in the young adult and new adult genres.
Outside of her reading and writing credibility’s, Julie Cross is a committed–but not talented–long distance runner, creator of imaginary beach vacations, Midwest bipolar weather survivor, expired CPR certification card holder, as well as a ponytail and gym shoe addict.
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Jen J Danna
A scientist specializing in infectious diseases, Jen J. Danna works as part of a dynamic research group at a cutting-edge Canadian university. However, her true passion lies in indulging her love of the mysterious through her writing.
With Ann Vanderlaan, she writes two series. Under Danna and Vanderlaan, they craft suspenseful crime fiction with a realistic scientific edge. Their five Abbott and Lowell Forensic Mysteries include DEAD, WITHOUT A STONE TO TELL IT; NO ONE SEES ME ’TILL I FALL; A FLAME IN THE WIND OF DEATH; TWO PARTS BLOODY MURDER; and LAMENT THE COMMON BONES.
Under the joint pseudonym of Sara Driscoll, they write the FBI K-9s mysteries series, starring search-and-rescue team Meg Jennings and her black lab, Hawk. The series includes LONE WOLF and BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE, STORM RISING, and NO MAN’S LAND.
Jen is also the author of the upcoming NYPD Negotiators thriller series, with the first book, EXIT STRATEGY, releasing in August 2020.
Jen lives near Toronto, Ontario with her husband, two daughters, and three rescued cats, and is a member of the Crime Writers of Canada.
You can reach her through the contact page on jenjdanna.com or by email at jenjdanna@gmail.com.
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Giana Darling
Giana Darling is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today and Top 40 Bestselling Canadian romance writer who specializes in the taboo and angsty side of love and romance. She currently lives in beautiful British Columbia where she spends time riding on the back of her man’s bike, baking pies, and reading snuggled up with her cat, Persephone, and Golden Retriever, Romeo.
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https://www.instagram.com/gianadarlingauthor/
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https://www.tiktok.com/@gianadarling
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https://www.bookbub.com/profile/giana-darling
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https://www.pinterest.ca/gianadarling/
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Barbara Devlin
A proud Latina, USA Today bestselling, Amazon All-Star author Barbara Devlin was born a storyteller, but it was a weeklong vacation to Bethany Beach, Delaware that forever changed her life. The little house her parents rented had a collection of books by Kathleen Woodiwiss, which exposed Barbara to the world of romance, and Shanna remains a personal favorite.
Barbara writes heartfelt historical romances that feature not so perfect heroes who may know how to seduce a woman but know nothing of marriage. And she prefers feisty but smart heroines who sometimes save the hero before they find their happily ever after.
Barbara is a disabled-in-the-line-of-duty retired police officer. She earned an MA in English and continued a course of study for a Doctorate in Literature and Rhetoric. She happily considered herself an exceedingly eccentric English professor, until success in Indie publishing lured her into writing, full-time, featuring her fictional knighthood, the Brethren of the Coast.
Connect with Barbara Devlin at BarbaraDevlin.com, where you can sign up for her newsletter, The Knightly News.
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Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/BarbaraDevlinAuthor/
Twitter:
https://twitter.com/barbara_devlin
BookBub:
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Babette de Jongh
Babette de Jongh has a Master’s Degree in education and has taught ballet and elementary school. Always a magnet for strays, she communicates with animals telepathically. Animals play a big role in her smart, sexy, Southern small-town romances. Her debut novel, Angel Falls—featuring an Aussie and a fat Siamese—won the Aspen Gold Readers’ Choice award and the New England Readers’ Choice Award. According to Kirkus Reviews, Angel Falls “hits all its marks and blends romantic comedy, drama, and suspense… A thoughtfully written, rewarding read.”
Babette’s how-to book, Hear Them Speak: A Twelve-Week Course in Telepathic Animal Communication, is an engaging and easy-to-follow course that draws on her experiences as a professional animal communicator and energy healer.
In her upcoming romance series from Sourcebooks, an animal communicator from a small Gulf-Coast town helps matchmaking animals bring their human soulmates together. (Babette happily ignored good advice to choose between animal communication and romance writing.) In the series, you’ll meet many of the animals who live with her and her husband at Dragonfly Pond Farm in south Alabama, where she teaches workshops on animal communication and writing. Her website is a fun rabbit hole with social media links and more: http://babettedejongh.com/
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Cindy Dees
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over seventy books, 2-time RITA winner and five-time RITA finalist, Cindy Dees writes in a variety of genres, including military romance, romantic suspense, alternate history, fantasy, and gay romance. She is also 2-time winner of Romantic Times’ Romantic Suspense of the Year Award and a Career Lifetime Achievement Award nominee from Romantic Times. A former U.S. Air Force pilot and part-time spy, she draws upon real-life experience to fuel her stories of life and love on the edge of danger. When she’s not heavily caffeinated and typing like a maniac, she can be found walking her Doberman Pinscher named Waffles, sweating through hot yoga, reading, gardening, and traveling.
She loves to chat with readers, and her all social media links are at www.cindydees.com.
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S.J. deLaney
S. J. deLaney (aka Seleste deLaney, Julie Particka) started life telling stories. Told that writing wasn’t a real job, she “got serious” about her future and got a degree in chemistry. After working in labs and as a high school teacher, she discovered mad scientist wasn’t a real job either, so she decided to play god and have a couple kids. Because of her children, she re-discovered her love of writing. She is now a full-time author of various subgenres of romance, urban fantasy, new adult, and young adult, and she couldn’t be happier. She lives in metro Detroit with her two children and their furry companions, and is constantly on the lookout for her next source of inspiration.
Websites: http://julieparticka.comand http://selestedelaney.com
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Bryn Donovan
Bryn Donovan is the author of several romance novels, including Sunrise Cabin, a Publishers Weekly bestseller. She’s also written nonfiction books and the story treatments for two Hallmark Channel movies. Her work has appeared in McSweeney’s, Writer’s Digest, and many literary journals. A former executive editor in publishing, she earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. She’s a voracious reader, a rescue dog lover, and a hopeless romantic who lives in the Chicago area and blogs about writing and positivity at bryndonovan.com.
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Jennifer Dornbush
Jennifer is a screenwriter, author, international speaker, and forensic specialist. Raised as the daughter of a medical examiner whose office was in their home, forensics is infused into her DNA. As a screenwriter she wrote the theatrically released film and novel, God Bless the Broken Road (2018), and has worked in TV developing, and writing both original and adapted work. As an author, Jennifer penned suspense thriller, Hole in the Woods; The Coroner’s Daughter mystery series (soon to be Lifetime movies), and contributed to the Murder, Music & Mystery anthology (Blackstone, 2022).
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K.D. Edwards
K.D. lives and writes in North Carolina, but has spent time in Massachusetts, Maine, Colorado, New Hampshire, Montana, and Washington. (Common theme until NC: Snow. So, so much snow.)
Mercifully short careers in food service, interactive television, corporate banking, retail management, and bariatric furniture has led to a much less short career in Higher Education.
The first book in his urban fantasy series THE TAROT SEQUENCE, called THE LAST SUN, was published by Pyr in June 2018. The third installment, THE HOURGLASS THRONE, is available now, and THE EIDOLON, the first official companion novel, is available for pre-order through Rainbow Crate.
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Laurie J. Edwards
USA Today bestselling author Laurie J. Edwards has more than 2300 articles and 50 books in print or forthcoming. A former teacher and librarian, she completed her MA from Vermont College and her MFA from Hollins University. In addition to balancing freelance editing and illustrating careers, she writes for children and adults under several pseudonyms.
As Rachel J. Good, she writes life-changing, heart-tugging novels of faith, hope, and forgiveness. She is the author of several award-winning, bestselling Amish series – Love & Promises, Sisters & Friends, Unexpected Amish Blessings, Surprised by Love, and two books in Hearts of Amish Country – as well as the Amish Quilts Coloring Books. In addition, she has stories in many anthologies, including the Amish Christmas Twins.
She is also the coauthor of the Author Journey and Prayerful Author Journey series of planners for writers and enjoys teaching writing, productivity, and creativity classes around the country.
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Tori Eldridge
Tori Eldridge is the bestselling author of The Ninja’s Blade and The Ninja Daughter (Lily Wong series), nominated for the Anthony, Lefty, and Macavity Awards for Best First Novel and named one of the "Best Mystery Books of the Year" by The South Florida Sun Sentinel and awarded 2019 Thriller Book of the Year by Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. Her short stories have been published in horror, dystopian, and other literary anthologies, and her narrative poem appears in the inaugural reboot of Weird Tales magazine. Tori’s screenplay The Gift earned a semi-finalist spot for the Academy Nicholl Fellowship.
Before writing, Tori performed as an actress, singer, dancer on Broadway, television, and film. She is of Hawaiian, Chinese, Norwegian descent and was born and raised in Honolulu where she graduated from Punahou School with classmate Barack Obama. Tori holds a fifth-degree black belt in To-Shin Do ninjutsu and has traveled the USA teaching seminars on the ninja arts, weapons, and women’s self-protection. Learn more on her website: https://torieldridge.com
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Addie Ellis
Addie Ellis lives in the northeast with her husband, son, and energetic little dog. She enjoys hiking and going to the beach with her family. Having been a teacher, she has a soft spot for children. And animals, too. For Addie, writing has become a way to find adventure while exploring new places.
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Mary Ellis
Mary Ellis is a former schoolteacher turned USA Today bestselling author who’s written twenty-five novels including Amish fiction, historical romance, and suspense. Her first mystery, Midnight on the Mississippi, was a finalist for the RT Magazine’s Reviewer’s Choice Award and a finalist for the Daphne du Maurier Award. Sunset in Old Savannah was nominated for a Bookseller’s Best Award and the Daphne du Maurier Award for 2017.
Her latest mysteries are Hiding in Plain Sight and Sweet Taste of Revenge, and Island of Last Resorts from the Marked for Retribution series from Severn House. She also wrote a mystery novella, Nothing Tastes So Sweet, in The Amish Sweet Shop anthology from Kensington.
She lives in Ohio with her husband and dog.
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Amanda Flower
Amanda Flower, a USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author of over thirty mystery novels, started her writing career in elementary school when she read a story she wrote to her sixth grade class and had the class in stitches with her description of being stuck on the top of a Ferris wheel. She knew at that moment she’d found her calling of making people laugh with her words. In addition to being an author, Amanda is a former librarian with fifteen years experience in Northeast Ohio.
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Rachel Fordham
Rachel Fordham is the author of A Lady in Attendance, A Life Once Dreamed, The Hope of Azure Springs, and Yours Truly, Thomas. Fans expect stories with heart and she delivers, diving deep into the human experience and tugging at reader emotions. She loves connecting with people, traveling to new places, and daydreaming about future projects that will have sigh-worthy endings and memorable characters. She is a busy mom, raising both biological and foster children (a cause she feels passionate about). She lives with her husband and children on an island in the state of Washington. Learn more at www.rachelfordham.com.
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Claire Fullerton
Claire Fullerton hails from Memphis, TN. and now lives in Malibu, CA. with her husband and 3 German shepherds. She is the author of Mourning Dove, a five-time book award winner, including the Literary Classics Words on Wings for Book of the Year, and the Ippy Award silver medal in regional fiction. Claire is the author of Dancing to an Irish Reel, a Kindle Book Review and Readers' Favorite book award winner. She is the author of A Portal in Time, set in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, and a contributor to the book, A Southern Season with her novella, Through an Autumn Window. Little Tea is Claire's 4th novel. It is the August 2020 selection of the Pulpwood Queens Book Club, a Faulkner Society finalist in the William Wisdom international competition, and on the short list of the Chanticleer Review's Somerset award. She is represented by Julie Gwinn of the Seymour Literary.
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Emily Goodwin
Emily Goodwin is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of over a dozen of romantic titles. Emily writes the kind of books she likes to read, and is a sucker for a swoon-worthy bad boy and happily ever afters.
She lives in the midwest with her husband and two daughters. When she's not writing, you can find her riding her horses, hiking, reading, or drinking wine with friends.
Emily is represented by Julie Gwinn of the Seymour Agency.
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Shelley Shepard Gray
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Marianne Harden
Shelley Shepard Gray writes Amish romances for Harper Collins and Simon & Schuster and contemporary women’s fiction for Blackstone Publishing. Her novels have been Holt Medallion winners and Inspirational Readers Choice and Carol finalists.
Shelley’s novels have appeared on both the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists.
To date, Shelley has published over a hundred novels for a variety of publishers. Her novels have been highlighted in the Philadelphia Enquirer, Washington Post, Time Magazine, and USA Today. She has also been interviewed on NPR as well as numerous regional radio stations.
Before writing romances, Shelley lived in Texas and Colorado, where she taught school and earned both her bachelor’s degree in English literature and elementary education and later obtained her master’s degree in educational administration.
She now lives in Colorado Springs and writes full time. Shelley is married, the mother of two young adults, and is an active member of her church. Shelley is active on Facebook and Twitter.
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Andrew Grey is the author of over 120 works of Contemporary Gay Romantic fiction. After twenty-seven years in corporate America, he has now settled down in Central Pennsylvania with his husband, Dominic, and his laptop. An interesting ménage. Andrew grew up in western Michigan with a father who loved to tell stories and a mother who loved to read them. Since then he has lived throughout the country and traveled throughout the world.
He is a recipient of the RWA Centennial Award, has a master’s degree from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and now writes full-time. Andrew’s hobbies include collecting antiques, gardening, and leaving his dirty dishes anywhere but in the sink (particularly when writing). He considers himself blessed with an accepting family, fantastic friends, and the world’s most supportive and loving partner. Andrew currently lives in beautiful, historic Carlisle, Pennsylvania.
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Kind of pissed about not being born a super heroine, Marianne Harden is a mystery writer by day, private investigator intern by night. She is a simple person with a complicated mind, who would rather hike through the woods then drive a fast car—though tooling around in the Batmobile might be cool. Known to paint anything—everything. She’s a yoga enthusiast. Loyal friend. Honest to a fault. Keto eater. Loves sunrises and seagulls. Collects blue and white pottery. Needs bulletproof coffee.
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Anna Harrington
Anna fell in love with historical romances—and all those dashing Regency heroes—while living in London, where she studied literature and theatre and found herself lost nearly every day. A USA Today best selling author, she loves to travel, fly airplanes, and ballroom dance, and when she isn’t busy writing her next novel, she can usually be found in her garden, fussing over her roses. She loves all things chocolate and tea, is a terrible cook, and hopes one day to use her oven for something other than shoe storage. She loves to hear from her readers and can be reached at:
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Kathy Harris
Kathy Harris is an author by way of a “divine detour” into the Nashville entertainment business. After graduating with a Communications degree from Southern Illinois University, she moved to Tennessee to work in the Christian music industry. That position soon transitioned into what would become a 30-year Country music marketing career.
For several years, Kathy freelanced entertainer biographies and wrote, as well as ghost wrote, news stories and columns for various music publications. In 2007, she sold her first Christian non-fiction story, “Walk on Water,” which was included in Thomas Nelson’s All My Bad Habits I Learned from Grandpa. That fall, one of her devotions was included in The One Year Life Verse Devotional, published by Tyndale House. Kathy’s writing is also included in two Chicken Soup for the Soul books.
Abingdon Press published her full-length women’s fiction debut, The Road to Mercy, in 2012. In 2019, New Hope Publishers/Iron Stream Media published Deadly Commitment, the first book in The Deadly Secrets series.
Kathy writes romantic suspense and women’s fiction.
Visit her website, read her Divine Detour blog or follow her on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram.
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Mina Hardy
Bestselling author Megan Hart writes books. Some of them use bad words, but most of the other words are okay. Some of them hit bestseller lists and win awards and some don’t, but that’s the way it goes. She can't live without music, the internet, or the ocean, but she and soda have achieved an amicable uncoupling. She loathes the feeling of corduroy or velvet, and modern art leaves her cold. She writes a little bit of everything from horror to romance, though she’s best known for writing steamy fiction that sometimes makes you cry.
Since 2002, she has published nearly a hundred novels, novellas, and short stories to multiple traditional publishers including Harlequin, St. Martin’s Press, Berkley, and more. Megan also writes thrillers under the pen name Mina Hardy.
Mina Hardy writes books. Usually, they feature good people making bad choices, but sometimes they might be about bad people making good choices. Either way, everyone is basically a mess, and you shouldn’t trust any of them.
From twisted tales of domestic suspense to darker stories of bumping in the night, you can expect some thrills and a few chills. Follow her on social media, if that’s the sort of thing that melts your butter. Find her at: MinaHardy.com, Instagram.com/MinaHardyWrites, Threads@MinaHardy, and Facebook.com/MinaHardyWrites.
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Marie Harte
Caffeine addict, boy referee, and romance aficionado, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Marie Harte has over 100 books published with more constantly on the way. She’s a confessed bibliophile and devotee of action movies. Whether hiking in Central Oregon, biking around town, or hanging at the local tea shop, she’s constantly plotting to give everyone a happily ever after. Visit http://marieharte.com and fall in love.
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Jennifer Hartmann
Jennifer Hartmann resides in northern Illinois with her own personal romance hero and three children. When she is not writing angsty love stories, she is likely pondering all the ways she can break your heart and piece it back together again. She enjoys sunsets (because mornings are hard), bike riding, traveling, bingeing Buffy the Vampire Slayer reruns, and that time of day when coffee gets replaced by wine. She loves tacos. She also really, really wants to pet your dog.
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M.E. Hilliard
M.E. is currently a librarian who started out in retail merchandising. Her first job was as an assistant buyer at Lord & Taylor, where her glamour position involved office space in the basement of the Fifth Avenue store. After twelve years of mergers, consolidations, and moves around the country, she went to graduate school and got a Master of Library Science degree. She has been in the information business ever since, working for public libraries small and large. Originally from the Connecticut shoreline, she has never lost her love of quaint small towns, big cities, and fashion, so she indulges that in her writing. A life-long lover of mystery fiction, M.E. completed her first novel while taking some time off to care for an elderly relative. She currently lives and works in Florida, where she has acquired a houseful of misfit pets and a violent palm tree allergy. The Unkindness of Ravens is her first novel, and was a finalist for the Florida Chapter of the Mystery Writers of America Freddie Award for Writing Excellence in 2017.
Represented by Julie Gwinn of the Seymour Agency.
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Meg Hennessy
I had been writing for years, but seriously pursued publication in 2009.Seeking authenticity for my first novel, I researched hundreds of books, visited numerous Civil War battlefields, and toured antebellum homes.My mission for authenticity brought me to the barn. I decided as an historical writer, I needed to know more about horses. So with notebook in hand, I went in for my first lesson. Well that was twelve years ago, and I'm still learning, still riding, and now own three horses.
When it came to putting pen to paper, I found my story-telling voice, as my heroine simply stepped into Shadows of a Southern Moon, winning the 2010 EPIC Award for Best Historical Romance and launching my writing career.I'm now an award winning, multipublished author. What a journey it has been.
I live in the Kettle Moraine area of southeastern Wisconsin where glaciers once ruled and left the land beautiful carved with rolling hills and rock. When not writing, I'm at the barn spoiling my incredibly beautiful and much-loved horses. I enjoy horseback riding, backyard birding, and admit to being a gardening addict. Having spun stories in my head for years, I can't describe the excitement of seeing my dream come true as my characters spring to life and step within the beautifully bound pages of a romance novel.
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Reenita Malhorta Hora
Reenita is a founder, content & marketing strategist, Ayurveda clinician and prolific writer. She is currently Head of Marketing at SRI International, Silicon Valley's pioneer science and deep tech research institute. Previously she was VP of Content at hibooks (formerly known as Otto Radio) in San Francisco, producer/presenter for Bloomberg Media, and award-winning host for RTHK Radio 3 in Hong Kong.
Reenita has founded, built and sold Ayoma, a health and wellness brand, and has written four books about Ayurveda ‘Inner Beauty’ published by Chronicle Books, ‘Ayurveda – The Ancient Medicine of India’ by Mandala Press, ‘Forever Young – Unleashing the Magic of Ayurveda’ published by Pan Macmillan India and ‘The Ayurvedic Diet’ published by Harper Collins India. She has penned two Young Adult novels — ‘Operation Mom: How I got my Mother a Life & a Man’ published by Harper Collins India and ‘When Arya Fell Through the Fault’ published by Om Books International.
Her non-fiction book ‘Money-Smart: An Indian Woman’s Guide to Building Wealth is a personal finance educational guide targeted towards the middle class Indian woman. She has contributed to The Hindu, South China Morning Post, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, CNN, Asian Investor, Times of India and National Geographic Kids, Cartoon Network Asia, Disney and more.
She is currently working on her next novel and developing Chapter by Episode, a digital publishing platform focused on stories with diverse themes.
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Callie Hutton
Callie Hutton, is a USA Today bestselling author of Historical Romance, with “historic elements and sensory details” (The Romance Reviews).
She has also recently delved into the world of the cozy mystery with her release of A Study in Murder from Crooked Lane Publishing.
Ms. Hutton has written more than 45 books. You can find her on Facebook and her website http://www.calliehutton.com
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Kelly Irvin
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Genevieve Jack
Best-selling author Kelly Irvin’s is the author of more than 18 Amish romance, with the latest being her series, Amish of Big Sky Country. She is the author of the Every Amish Season series from Zondervan/ HarperCollins, including Upon a Spring Breeze, winner of the 2018 Readers’ Choice Award in the long romance category. That series follows the Amish of Bee County Series, which included The Beekeeper’s Son, subject of a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly, calling it “an intricately woven masterpiece.”
Among her other works are Amish romance novellas in numerous collections. She is also the author of the Bliss Creek Amish series and the New Hope Amish series, both from Harvest House Publishing.
She has also penned several romantic suspense novels, including Over the Line, Tell Her No Lies, A Deadly Wilderness and No Child of Mine.
Kelly’s novels, The Beekeeper’s Son and Love Redeemed, were finalists in the 2015 and 2016 contemporary romance category of the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) Carol Awards Contest.
When Mike was a toddler, he made up the word PookyHonk. When he attended college, he minored in creative writing and majored in something far less interesting. When he entered the “real world”, he used words to help sell stuff. When he grew into a full-grown person, he founded the animated video company – PookyHonk Productions.
When not writing, Mike enjoys trail running, overachieving snowstorms, movies that exceed expectations, strong coffee, fries smothered in ketchup, life before smartphones, the smell of hardware stores, and making his wife and kids laugh. Mike is an active member of SCBWI, but still has trouble spelling the acronym. He lives in an old British tavern in New Jersey with his lovely wife, two young kids, two old dogs, and several thirsty ghosts.
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USA Today bestselling and multi-award-winning author Genevieve Jack writes wild, witty, and wicked-hot paranormal romance. She believes there’s magic in every breath we take and probably something supernatural living in most dark basements. You can summon her with coffee, wine, and books, but she sticks around for dogs and chocolate. Her novels feature badass heroines, fiercely loyal heroes, and fantasy elements that will fill you with wonder.
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Rebecca Jenshark
Rebecca Jenshak is a USA Today bestselling author of new adult and sports romance. She writes sexy, feel-good stories with lots of swoon-worthy moments.
Rebecca lives in Arizona. When she isn't writing, you can find her cheering on local sports teams, hanging out with friends and family, or curled up with a good book.
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Lisa Kastner
Featured in FORBES, Lisa Kastner is the Founder and CEO of Running Wild, LLC which consists of Running Wild Press where they publish great stories that don't fit neatly in a box and RIZE Press where they publish great genre stories written by underrepresented groups.
Running Wild has been honored with two best of 2019 and two best of 2020 books according to Kirkus Reviews as well as several starred reviews and additional acclaim.
Lisa was named to New York Weekly’s Top Ten Females to Watch in 2021, and LA Wire’s Top 10 Businesses to Watch in 2021. Written under the pen name of Kali Metis, her dark fiction/magical realism novel, CURE, was called, “A study of otherness, identity, and belonging in the shape of a high-stakes supernatural adventure, Metis changes up the werewolf genre in a beguiling mix of medieval and modern. With a touch of romance and a good dose of danger”, by —Lee Murray, USA Today Bestselling Author and Bram Stoker Award® winner and “Kali Metis reinvents the werewolf novel in a compelling and terrifying way, and brings a new heroine to the forefront! Very highly recommended!” by Jonathan Maberry, NY Times bestselling author of THE WOLFMAN and KAGEN THE DAMNED.
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Ashley R. King
Ashley R. King is a middle school English teacher whose love of the written word began when her mom took her to the public library, letting her check out stacks of books taller than she was. When she’s not teaching or writing happily ever afters full of snark and swoon, she can be found snuggled up with a book, traveling, or quoting random lines from her favorite movies and tv shows. She lives in a small town in Georgia with her favorite person in the world—her husband, and their sweet and chatty spoiled cat.
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Benjamin C. Kinney
Benjamin C. Kinney is a neuroscientist, science fiction & fantasy writer, and five-time Hugo Award finalist. By day he leads a rehabilitation neuroscience laboratory at a major midwestern university, but still somehow finds time to be a writer, cat-spoiler, spouse, and father. He was assistant editor of the science fiction podcast magazine Escape Pod from 2017-2023. His short stories have appeared in dozens of major science fiction and fantasy magazines including Analog Science Fiction & Fact, Sunday Morning Transport, Lightspeed, and many more.
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Ciara Knight
Ciara is a USA Today, Amazon Bestselling, and award-winning author of heartwarming, small-town contemporary and historical romances.
For more information on her books, to read excerpts, and learn more about the person behind the stories visit Ciara's website at www.ciaraknight.com. You can also connect with Ciara on Twitter @ciaratknight, or "Like" her on Facebook (ciaraknightwrites).
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Cynthia Kuhn
Cynthia Kuhn writes the Lila Maclean Academic Mysteries and Starlit Bookshop Mysteries. Her books have been Agatha Award and William F. Deeck-Malice Domestic Grant winners and were shortlisted for the Daphne du Maurier Award and Lefty Awards. Work has also appeared in Mystery Most Diabolical, Mystery Most Edible, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Literary Mama, Copper Nickel, Prick of the Spindle, Mama PhD, and other publications. She is past president of Sisters in Crime-Colorado and currently serves on the national board. Originally from upstate New York, Cynthia lives in Denver with her family.
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Kate Lansing
Kate Lansing is the author of the award-winning Colorado Wine Mystery Series with Berkley. She lives in Broomfield, Colorado with her husband, daughter, and two mischievous kitties.
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Madison Lawson
Author Madison Lawson writes speculative fiction novels full of suspense, social commentary, and complex relationships. She is an English graduate from Texas A&M University and has all of John Mulaney’s standup about college memorized.
Born and raised in a small Texas town, Madison began escaping through reading and writing as soon as she could. This escape often cost her sleep so she could finish a book, got her detention for writing stories during class, earned her way too many A.R. points, and her first award for a creative nonfiction essay in 2017.
To stay updated, follow Madison on social media and check out her website: madisonlawson.com.
To get her talking nonstop, bring up Harry Potter, her dog (Teddy Lupin), Halsey, or her books. You probably won’t regret it.
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Lauren Layne
Lauren Layne writes contemporary romance for Grand Central Publishing (Forever) and Random House (Loveswept), as well as new adult for Random House's Flirt line.
Lauren graduated from Santa Clara University with B.S. in Political Science that she has yet to put to good use. After dabbling in an e-commerce career, she decided to quit talking about writing and actually do it.
A recovering city-girl, Lauren currently resides in the suburbs of the Pacific Northwest with her husband and poorly-behaved dog.
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Jessica Lemmon
Jessica Lemmon has always been a dreamer. At some point, she decided head-in-the-clouds thinking was childish, went out, and got herself a job . . . and then she got another one because that one was lousy. And when that one stopped being fulfilling, she went out and got another . . . and another. Soon it became apparent she'd only be truly happy doing what she loved. And since "eating potato chips" isn't a viable career, she opted to become a writer. With fire in her heart, she dusted off a book she'd started years prior, finished it, and submitted it. It may have been the worst book ever, but it didn't stop her from writing another one.
Now she has several books finished, several more started, and even more marinating in her brain (which currently resides in the clouds, thankyouverymuch), and she couldn't be happier.
She firmly believes God gifts us with talents for a purpose, and with His help, you can create the life you want. (While eating potato chips.) Jessica is a former meat-eater, writer, artist, dreamer, wife, and den mother to two dogs. She loves to hear from readers.
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Amy Lillard
Amy Lillard is a 2013 Carol award-winning author of more than 60 novels who loves writing romance from contemporary to Amish. She was born and raised in Mississippi, but now lives in Oklahoma with her husband and their teenage son. She is a member of RWA, ACFW, NINC and the Author's Guild.
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Kelley J. P. Lindberg
Kelley J. P. Lindberg writes award-winning YA and adult fiction, and sometimes admits to having written several best-selling how-to books in her early career. Her fiction and essays have appeared in literary magazines such as The Baltimore Review, The Citron Review, and 99 Pine Street; in anthologies including Journeys into Possibility, Bizarre Bazaar, and Chicken Soup for the Wine Lover’s Soul; and in the Tellables app for the Amazon Alexa platform. Kelley loves presenting writing workshops, and she leaves her audiences with take-away information they can use the very next day. When she isn’t writing from her home in Colorado, she’s traveling as far and as often as she can.
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Taylor Lunsford
From the time she figured out how to turn the Disney Read-Along cassette tape over in the dark, Taylor’s been addicted to reading—both authorized and unauthorized. By the time she was thirteen, she’d started writing Newsies fan fiction and reading romance novels late into the night.
A champion multi-tasker, she’s been known to read, write, and watch TV all at the same time, especially if there’s a HEA ending involved. In addition to being a frequent stress baker, she’s spent the majority of her free time becoming fluent in most dialects of nerdiness, starting with musicals, and is mildly obsessed with all things British (especially the Royal Family and tennis champ Andy Murray).
Growing up with a village of strong women as an example, she doesn’t miss an opportunity to weave in community engagement and feminism into each of her books in one way or another—her heroines are always sassy and smart and her heroes wouldn’t have them any other way.
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Kathy Lyons
Kathy Lyons is the wild, adventurous half of USA TODAY bestselling author Jade Lee. A lover of all things fantastical, Kathy spent much of her childhood in Narnia, Middle Earth, Amber, and Earthsea, just to name a few. Her love of comedy came later as she began to see the ridiculousness in life.
Winner of several industry awards including the Prism--Best of the Best, Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice, and Fresh Fiction's Steamiest Read, Kathy has published over 60 romance novels and is still going strong.
Her hobbies include racquetball, rollerblading, and tv/movie watching with her husband. She's a big fan of the Big Bang Theory (even though it's over) and her favorite movie is The Avengers because she loves everything created by Joss Whedon. She's usually found at the loudest table in the coffee shop or next to the dessert bar.
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Matthew Lyons
Matthew Lyons is the author of over three dozen of short stories, appearing in the 2018 edition of Best American Short Stories (edited by Roxane Gay), Black Dandy and Kzine, among many others. His work has been nominated for Best Small Fictions, Best of the Net and more. Born in Colorado, he's probably taller than you, not that it's a competition or anything.
Cindi Madsen
Cindi Madsen is a USA Today bestselling author of contemporary romance and young adult novels. She sits at her computer every chance she gets, plotting, revising, and falling in love with her characters. She loves music and dancing and wishes summer lasted all year long. She lives in Colorado (where summer is most definitely NOT all year long) with her husband and three children. She and her family also take their Marvel addiction very seriously, as their one-eyed cat, Agent Fury, and their kitty named Valkyrie can attest.
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Jodi Ellen Malpas
#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Jodi Ellen Malpas was born and raised in England, where she lives with her husband, boys and Theo the Doberman. She is a self-professed daydreamer, and has a terrible weak spot for alpha males. Writing powerful love stories with addictive characters has become her passion—a passion she now shares with her devoted readers. She’s a proud #1 New York Times Bestselling Author, a Sunday Times Bestseller, and her work is published in over twenty-five languages across the world.
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Marni Mann
USA Today best-selling author Marni Mann knew she was going to be a writer since middle school. While other girls her age were daydreaming about teenage pop stars, Marni was fantasizing about penning her first novel. She crafts sexy, titillating stories that weave together her love of darkness, mystery, passion, and human emotions. A New Englander at heart, she now lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her husband and their yellow Lab. When she’s not nose deep in her laptop, working on her next novel, she’s scouring for chocolate, sipping wine, traveling, or devouring fabulous books.
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Mary Ann Marlowe
Mary Ann lives in central Virginia where she works as a computer programmer/DBA. She spent ten years as a university-level French professor, and her resume includes stints as an au pair in Calais, a hotel intern in Paris, a German tutor, a college radio disc jockey, and a webmaster for several online musician fandoms. She has lived in twelve states and three countries and loves to travel.
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Jennie Marts
Jennie Marts is the USA TODAY Best-selling author of award-winning books filled with love, laughter, and always a happily ever after. Readers call her books “laugh out loud” funny and the “perfect mix of romance, humor, and steam.” Fic Central claimed one of her books was “the most fun I’ve had reading in years.”
She is living her own happily ever after in the mountains of Colorado with her husband, two dogs, and a parakeet who loves to tweet to the oldies. She’s addicted to Diet Coke, adores Cheetos, and believes you can’t have too many books, shoes, or friends.
Her books include the contemporary western romances of the Cowboys of Creedence and the Hearts of Montana series, the cozy mysteries of The Page Turners series, the hunky hockey-playing men in the Bannister Brothers Books, and the small-town romantic comedies in the Cotton Creek Romance series.
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Tamara Mataya
Tamara Mataya is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, ghostwriter, and a musician with synesthesia. She puts the 'she' in TWSS and the B in LGBTQIA+. She’s the co-creator of Pitchmas, a bi-annual pitch contest for writers, a Pitchwars mentor, and as a freelance editor, has worked with NYT Bestselling authors. She’s also had blog posts published on USA Today.
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Melody Maysonet
Melody Maysonet has been an English teacher, editor, columnist, and ghostwriter. A self-proclaimed geek, she loves reading fantasy, but prefers writing edgy, real-world fiction—as evidenced by her first novel, A Work of Art, which won the 2016 Hoffer Award for best fiction and was named a Best Book of 2015 by YA Books Central. Learn more about Melody at www.melodymaysonet.com or follow her on Twitter (@MelodyMaysonet) or Facebook (facebook.com/AuthorMelodyMaysonet)
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Heather McCorkle
Heather McCorkle is an author from a small town in Oregon with Irish roots that often emerge in her paranormal, steampunk, and historical novels. Becoming a published author has been a life-long goal of hers that she knew she wanted since she was twelve. At that age, she wrote her first book and has been writing ever since. The path to where she is now has been wrought with detours and construction areas, but she stayed the course and finally partnered with the agent of her dreams. When Heather's not writing, editing, or designing book covers, she can be found on the slopes, the hiking trails, or in a kayak. As a native Oregonian, she enjoys the outdoors nearly as much as the worlds she creates on the pages. No need to travel to the Great Northwest though, you can find her on her many social networking sites, or on Twitter the first Monday night of every month at 6:00 pm PT hosting the #WritersRoad chat of which she is a co-creator.
Rachel Scott McDaniel
Rachel Scott McDaniel is an award-winning author of historical romance. Winner of the ACFW Genesis Award and the RWA Touched By Love award, Rachel infuses faith and heart into each story. She currently enjoys life in Ohio with her husband and two kids. Rachel can be found online at www.RachelScottMcDaniel.com and on all social media platforms.
Kate Meader
Originally from Ireland, USA Today bestselling author Kate Meader cut her romance reader teeth on Maeve Binchy and Jilly Cooper novels, with some Harlequins thrown in for variety. Give her tales about brooding mill owners, oversexed equestrians, and men who can rock an apron, a fire hose, or a hockey stick, and she’s there. Now based in Chicago, she writes sexy contemporary romance with big-hearted guys and strong heroines - and heroes - who can match their men quip for quip.
Sophie H. Morgan
Sophie H. Morgan is a romance author who loves funny books and spends most of her time sniggering at her own jokes. A lover of random situations, impossible odds and serious chemistry, she can be found either in the English rain running after her spaniel or curled up on the sofa with a romance (with said wet spaniel snoring next to her).
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Monica Murphy
Monica Murphy is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling romance author. Her books have been translated in almost a dozen languages and have sold over two million copies worldwide. Both a traditionally published and independently published author, she writes young adult, new adult and contemporary romance.
A native Californian, she lives on fourteen acres in the middle of nowhere with her husband, son, their goofy dog, and three cats. When she’s not writing, she’s thinking about writing. Or reading. Or binge watching something.
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Sally Orr
Sally is a retired academic scientist. She writes light-hearted, historical romance set in the Regency-era. When not writing, you’ll find her on a twisty back road in her two-seater sports car.
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Darlene Panzera
Darlene Panzera is a multi-published author of both sweet contemporary and Christian historical romance. Her career launched with “The Bet,” a novella included in bestselling author Debbie Macomber’s Family Affair, which led her to publish twelve more titles including The Cupcake Diaries, Montana Hearts, and novellas in Barbour’s Underground Railroad Brides, Runaway Brides, and Sew In Love collections.
Darlene is a member of RWA, ACFW, the Oregon Christian Writers, and the Northwest Christian Writers Association. When not writing, she loves spending time with her husband and three kids, teaching at conferences, and feeding her horse carrots.
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Michael Park
Michael Park is an American thriller writer, who lives in Scotland. Originally from Kentucky, he has lived in cities across the U.S. and abroad, from Birmingham, Alabama to Chicago, Paris, and New York City. Although his Spanish is rustier than it once was, he also has a deep interest in Cuba and its history. When he’s not writing, you can find him walking his Great Dane puppy in Edinburgh, where he runs a pub with his wife and son.
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Laura Pavlov
Laura Pavlov writes sweet and sexy contemporary romance that will make you both laugh and cry. She is happily married to her college sweetheart, mom to two awesome almost-grown kids, and dog-whisperer to one temperamental yorkie and one wild bernedoodle. Laura resides in Las Vegas where she is living her own happily ever after.
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Devney Perry
Devney is a USA Today bestselling author who lives in Washington with her husband and two sons. Born and raised in Montana, she loves writing books set in her treasured home state. After working in the technology industry for nearly a decade, she abandoned conference calls and project schedules to enjoy a slower pace at home with her family. Writing one book, let alone many, was not something she ever expected to do. But now that she’s discovered her true passion for writing romance, she has no plans to ever stop.
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Jessica Peterson
Jessica Peterson writes romance with heat, humor, and heart. Heroes with hot accents are her specialty. When she’s not writing, she can be found bellying up to a bar in the south’s best restaurants with her husband Ben, reading books with her adorable daughter Gracie, or snuggling up with her 70-pound lap dog, Martha.
A Carolina girl at heart, she fantasizes about splitting her time between Charleston and Asheville, but currently lives in Charlotte, NC.
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Patricia Preston
Patricia Preston writes Southern humor as well as romantic fiction. Her first-place awards include the Lone Star Writing Competition for Historical Romance, FirstHarlequin’s World’s Best Romances Short Story Competition, and William Faulkner Award for Short Fiction. She is both traditionally and independently published.
Her latest release is a humorous Southern cookbook. Besides writing, she also enjoys photography, graphic design, movies, cooking, and trips to historical sites. You can find out more about her books at her website: www.patricia-preston.com
Jennifer Probst
Jennifer Probst wrote her first book at twelve years old. She bound it in a folder, read it to her classmates, and hasn’t stopped writing since. She holds a masters in English Literature and lives in the beautiful Hudson Valley in upstate New York. Her family keeps her active, stressed, joyous, and sad her house will never be truly clean. Her passions include horse racing, Scrabble, rescue dogs, Italian food, and wine—not necessarily in that order.
She is the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of contemporary romance fiction. She was thrilled her book, The Marriage Bargain, spent 26 weeks on the New York Times. Her work has been translated in over a dozen countries, sold over a million copies, and was dubbed a “romance phenom” by Kirkus Reviews. She has over fifty books published.
She loves hearing from readers. Visit her website for updates on new releases at www.jenniferprobst.com.
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Beth Pugh
Beth Pugh is a wife and mother searching for contentment among the chaos. She writes stories with heart like baby bear soup hoping to inspire others with her words. She has been published by The Good Men Project, Scary Mommy, Sasee, The Sun Magazine, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Lexington Herald-Leader, and On Parenting at The Washington Post.
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Ramona Richards
Ramona Richards is the award-winning author of eleven books and a frequent speaker at writers conferences and women’s events. She has edited more than 500 publications, including study Bibles and curriculum, and is currently the associate publisher for Iron Stream Media. In 2019, she received the Joann Sloan National Award for the Encouragement of Writing, a mentoring, editing, and coaching award presented at the Southern Christian Writers Conference.
Her newest books are Murder in the Family (Firefly Southern Fiction) and Tracking Changes: One Editor’s Advice to Inspirational Fiction Authors (New Hope). Her next book, Burying Daisy Doe (Kregel), releases in November 2020.
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Sarah Robinson
Sarah Robinson first started her writing career as a published poet in high school, and then continued in college, winning several poetry awards and being published in multiple local literary journals.
Never expecting to make a career of it, a freelance writing Craigslist job accidentally introduced her to the world of book publishing. Lengthening her writing from poetry to novels, Robinson published her first book through a small press publisher, before moving into self-publishing, and then finally accepting a contract from Penguin Random House two years later. She continues to publish both traditionally and indie with over 18+ novels to her name with publishers like Penguin, Waterhouse Press, Hachette, and more.
In her personal life, Sarah Robinson identifies as queer and is happily married to the gentle giant of her dreams. The duo recently welcomed to the world their first baby, Norah Grace. They have a home full of love, snuggly pets, and are living in Arlington, Virginia.
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Cecy Robson
Cecy Robson is an international and multi-award-winning author of over twenty-five character driven novels. A registered nurse of eighteen years, Cecy spends her free time creating magical worlds, heart-stopping romance, and young adult adventure. After receiving two RITA® nominations, the Maggie Award, the Award of Excellence, and a National Reader’s Choice Award nomination, you can still find Cecy laughing, crying, and cheering on her characters as she pens her next story.
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Jenifer Ruff
USA Today Bestselling Author Jenifer Ruff writes dark and twisty mystery thrillers, including the award-winning Agent Victoria Heslin Series. Jenifer writes with the goal of keeping readers eagerly turning the pages and putting the clues together. She has a biology degree from Mount Holyoke College and a graduate degree in Epidemiology from Yale University. The scariest bits of that education creep into her medical thrillers.
Jenifer adores peace and quiet, animals, and exercise, especially hiking. She lives in North Carolina with her family and a pack of greyhounds. If she’s not writing, she’s probably devouring books or out exploring trails with her dogs.
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Lynn Rush
New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author, Lynn Rush, is a full-time writer, wife, and trail runner living in the Sonoran Desert, despite her fear of rattle snakes. Known as #TheRunningWriter, Lynn can’t resist posting epic sunrise pictures while running in the desert with her trail sisters, even if she has to occasionally hop a scorpion.
When she’s not running or writing, she’s watching movies that fuel her everlasting love of superheroes, vampires, and all things Supernatural. The books she reads usually carry the same theme, but this former college athlete loves reading sweet sports romances as well. She’s madly in love with her Ironman husband of 20+ years who is the inspiration for what true love is.
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Emma Scott
Emma Scott is a USA Today and Wall St. Journal bestselling author whose books have been translated in five languages and featured in Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, New York Daily News and USA Today's Happy Ever After. She writes emotional, character-driven romances in which art and love intertwine to heal, and in which love always wins. If you enjoy emotionally-charged stories that rip your heart out and put it back together again, with diverse characters and kind-hearted heroes, you will enjoy her novels.
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Kate SeRine
National Readers’ Choice Award winner Kate SeRine (pronounced “serene”) is a hopeless romantic who firmly believes in true love that lasts forever. So it's no surprise that when she began writing her own stories, Kate vowed her characters would always have a happily ever after. Kate lives in a smallish, quintessentially Midwestern town with her husband and two sons, who share her love of storytelling. She never tires of creating new worlds to share and is even now working on her next project--probably while consuming way too much coffee.
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Krystal Shannan
Krystal Shannan is a USA Today Bestselling Author, who lives in a spacious ranch-style home with her family, and a menagerie of animals. From chickens to rabbits, guinea pigs, dogs, and fish, their home is always full of love, laughter, and furry (or feathered) friends.
Her writing is enchanting, filled with magick, fantasy, passion, and a delightful touch of humor that will have you laughing out loud. Her stories are the perfect escape to a world where anything is possible.
But what especially sets her books apart is the way she weaves in romance, making her stories not only magical but also heartwarming. She creates relatable characters that you’ll root for and couples that you’ll fall in love with.
Krystal’s talent for crafting love stories has earned her a loyal following among readers who can’t get enough of her captivating books. So if you’re in the mood for a magical romance that will transport you to another world, pick up one of Krystal’s books and prepare to be swept away.
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Jennifer Shirk
Jennifer Shirk has a bachelor degree in pharmacy-which has in NO WAY at all helped her with her writing career. But she likes to point it out, since it shows romantic-at-hearts come in all shapes, sizes, and mind-numbing educations.
She is a USA Today bestselling and award-winning author of sweet (and sometimes even funny) romances for Montlake Romance and Entangled Publishing. Her novel, FIANCE BY FATE, a 2015 Readers' Crown Finalist, became an Amazon #1 bestseller for Series Romance. And recently, WRONG BROTHER, RIGHT MATCH, WON the Sweet Traditional category of the 2017 Golden Quill Contest and became a #1 Amazon bestseller for Holiday Romance and USA Today bestseller.
She serves on many volunteer boards in her community, but is most proud of her work on the Ocean City Free Public Library Board of Trustees, where she has served as President for over 3 years. She resides in a beach resort in NJ, and when she's not involved in all the above, she's taking care of her most treasured possessions: her husband, daughter, and dog (Sox).
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Joel Shulkin, MD
Joel Shulkin, MD is a developmental-behavioral pediatrician and United States Air Force veteran with a Master’s in Public Health. Having been lucky enough to be mentored by the legendary Michael Palmer, his short stories have appeared in various print and online journals, and he has won several national and local writing awards for fiction and poetry.
He also published an original qualitative research study on international adoption. He lives in Florida with his amazing wife and incredible twin daughters.
His debut medical thriller, Adverse Effects, will be released on Sept 15, 2020 by Blackstone Publishing.
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David R. Slayton
David grew up in Guthrie, Oklahoma, where finding fantasy novels was pretty challenging and finding fantasy novels with diverse characters was downright impossible. Now he lives in Denver, Colorado and write the books he always wanted to read. His debut, White Trash Warlock, will be published in October 13th 2020 by Blackstone Publishing.
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Nikki Sloane
USA Today bestselling author Nikki Sloane landed in graphic design after her careers as a waitress, a screenwriter, and a ballroom dance instructor fell through. Now she writes full-time and lives in Kentucky with her husband, two sons, and a pair of super destructive cats.
She is a four-time Romance Writers of America RITA® & Vivian® Finalist, a Passionate Plume & HOLT Medallion winner, a Goodreads Choice Awards semifinalist, and couldn't be any happier that people enjoy reading her sexy words.
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Laurie Stroup Smith
While writing Amish fiction and contemporary romance, Laurie Stroup Smith strives to connect readers with friends and family through her stories while inspiring her audience to serve others. She was named a Finalist in the 2017 ACFW First Impressions Contest and a Semi-Finalist in the 2018 and 2019 ACFW Genesis Contests. She is represented by Julie Gwinn of The Seymour Agency.
Before writing, Laurie earned a bachelor’s degree in both athletic training and exercise science and later obtained her master’s degree in health promotion and education. She now writes full time and lives with her husband and their two daughters in Cincinnati. For a week or two each summer, they enjoy discovering new adventures along the western coast of Michigan. Connect with Laurie on her website, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Goodreads, and Twitter.
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Teri Anne Stanley
Teri Anne Stanley has been writing since she could hold a crayon--though learning to read was a huge turning point in her growth as a writer. Teri's first stories involved her favorite Saturday morning cartoon characters, followed by her favorite teen idols. Under her day job name, she has co-authored many scientific articles, and was The Three Ingredient Gourmet recipe columnist for ten years. Now she writes sassy, fun romance about strong, smart women and hunky, heroic guys.
Along with a variety of adult offspring and dogs, she and Mr. Stanley enjoy boating and relaxing at their weekend estate, located on the Southern shores of the Ohio River, within spitting distance of Rabbit Hash, Kentucky.
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Jennifer Stark
Jenn Stark is an award-winning author of paranormal romance and urban fantasy. She lives and writes in Ohio… and she definitely loves to write. In addition to penning her “Immortal Vegas” urban fantasy series and “Demon Enforcers” paranormal romance series, she is also author Jennifer McGowan, whose Maids of Honor series of Young Adult Elizabethan spy romances are published by Simon & Schuster, and author Jennifer Chance, whose Rule Breakers series of New Adult contemporary romances are published by Random House/LoveSwept and whose modern royals series, Gowns & Crowns, is now available.
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Mindy Steele
Raised in Kentucky timber country, Steele is a best-selling author who writes in favor of her rural surroundings. Her books are peppered with humor, and sprinkled with grace, charming all the senses to make you laugh, cry, hold your breath, and root for the happy ever after ending. A storyteller at heart, she enjoys coffee indulgences, week end road trips, and researching her next book. Represented by Julie Gwinn of the Seymour Agency.
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https://mindysteeleauthor.wordpress.com/
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Julie Stone
Julie Stone was born a child of the seventies, complete with rainbow shirts, roller skates and magic rocks. All that whim and whimsey ushered her into the wonderful world of being a teenager in the eighties, something she has a hard time letting go of most days. She grew up watching John Hughes movies, pegging her jeans, and avidly reading everything Judy Blume and Sweet Valley High.
Alas, she had to leave it all behind and become an adult. Graduating from the University of Iowa where, along with a degree in English, she also earned herself a husband and embarked on all of the regular, boring grown up things that come with age. Until the magical world of motherhood brought along a new chapter of joy, terror and sleepless nights. But also, nap time. Suddenly there was occasion to go back to her creative calling and write.
Through raising two kids, several moves around the midwest, those stories and that keyboard kept her company and kept her, relatively sane. (Depending on who you ask.)
Now settled back in her home state, she writes Rom-Coms with a more mature heroine, because Happily-Ever-Afters shouldn’t have an expiration date. Always a fan of big hair and an even bigger fan of Eighties music, she is currently working her way through a bucket list of reunion tours.
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Eva Tate / Hanna Winter
Bestselling German crime novelist Eva Tate began her career as a journalist in Berlin. The former fashion model started working behind the camera and, ultimately, became the head of fashion at a magazine owned by Europe’s largest media company. Later on, Eva published six novels under different names with major German publishing houses. Her previous thrillers under the pen name Hanna Winter have been received with critical acclaim and became instant bestsellers. The rights for publication were sold in several countries. Eva lived in Japan, London, and Paris before she moved to New York City. She is the co-founder of a New York-based fashion startup and currently working on her next thriller.
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Mae Thorn
Mae Thorn enjoys being romanced and terrified- a combination not normally found in books so she writes them. Her favorite stories include kickass women and the men they fall for.
She writes historical romance, fantasy, and gothic romance.
When she isn’t writing she battles for equal access for those with hearing loss, discovers hidden records as archivist, geeks out about Legos, torments her feline minions, and watches bad movies.
Mae holds a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Utah and a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science from San Jose State University.
She lives near Salt Lake City, Utah with her cats; Church, Shadow Moon, and Sabrina.
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Shayne Townson
Channeling over a decade of experience of film and music into fiction, Leighton's debut novel, Of Light and Darkness, has landed on coveted bestsellers lists, reaching over forty-thousand readers and has lead to the production of a book trailer starring Michael Welch (The Twilight Saga) and Cassandra Scerbo (Sharknado). In 2016, she founded her speculative fiction imprint, The Parliament House, and in 2021, began the South Florida chapter for the Association of Publishers for Special Sales, hoping to build a community of like-minded storytellers close to home. She strives to write and develop works that appeal to readers who favor a darker fare. Her Of Light and Darkness series is heavily inspired by her own Slavic heritage and has grown into a dedicated readership on Tiktok.
Shayne is currently working on developing new dark fantasy works, including two film projects, a few secret novel projects, as well as co-starring in an ongoing web series created by and starring The Vampire Jack Townson on Tiktok with over 120,000 dedicated fans and viewers.
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Rachel Van Dyken
Rachel Van Dyken is the #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestselling author of over 110 books ranging from new adult romance to mafia romance to paranormal & fantasy romance. With over four million copies sold, she’s been featured in Forbes, US Weekly, and USA Today. Her books have been translated into more than 15 countries. She was one of the first romance authors to have a Kindle in Motion book through Amazon publishing and continues to strive to be on the cutting edge of the reader experience. She keeps her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, adorable sons, a naked cat, and two dogs.
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Tina Wainscott
Tina Wainscott is the bestselling author of over thirty books with romantic thrills and suspenseful chills. Her stories are full of ravines and shaky bridges, sometimes scary people and situations, but at their heart are people who overcome their baggage to find their happy endings. She’s also written paranormal romantic suspense under Jaime Rush.
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www.TinaWainscott.com and www.JaimeRush.com.
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Julie Ann Walker
Julie Ann Walker is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Black Knights Inc. romantic suspense series. She is prone to spouting movie quotes and song lyrics. She'll never say no to sharing a glass of wine or going for a long walk. She prefers impromptu travel over the scheduled kind, and she takes her coffee with milk. You can find her on her bicycle along the lake shore in Chicago or blasting away at her keyboard, trying to wrangle her capricious imagination into submission.
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Megan Walker
Megan Walker was raised on a berry farm in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, where her imagination took her to times past and worlds away. While earning her degree in Early Childhood Education, she married her one true love and started a family. But her imaginings of Regency England wouldn't leave her alone, so she picked up a pen. And the rest is history. She lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with her husband and three children.
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Mara Wells
Mara Wells loves stories, especially stories with kissing. She is the author of the Fur Haven Dog Park series from Sourcebooks-Casablanca and holds an M.F.A. in Writing from Spalding University. Mara lives in Hollywood, Florida, with her family and two rescue dogs—a poodle-mix named Houdini Beauregarde and Sheba Reba Rita Peanut, a chihuahua-mix. To find out more, sign up for her newsletter at marawellsauthor.com.
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Amelia Wilde
Sarah K. West began her career as a copywriter for ad agencies, which is how she met her husband and wound up on the Los Angeles Westside. She now writes for the video game industry and spends most of her time ignoring the beautiful weather to read or play Xbox.
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Amelia Wilde is a USA TODAY bestselling author of dangerous contemporary romance and loves it a little too much. She lives in Michigan with her husband and daughters. She spends most of her time typing furiously on an iPad and appreciating the natural splendor of her home state from where she likes it best: inside.
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Shanora Williams
Shanora Williams is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over thirty romance and diverse suspense novels.
She currently lives in Charlotte, North Carolina and is the mother of three amazing boys, has a fiercely devoted and supportive husband, and is a sister to eleven.
When she isn’t writing, she’s spending time with her family, binge reading, or running marathons on TV streaming services while scarfing down something sweet and salty.
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Amy Willoughby-Burle
Amy Willoughby-Burle grew up in the small coastal town of Kure Beach, North Carolina. She studied writing at East Carolina University and is now a writer and teacher living in Asheville, North Carolina, with her husband and four children. She writes about the mystery and wonder of everyday life. Her fiction focuses on the themes of second chances, redemption, and finding the beauty in the world around us.
Her debut novel, The Lemonade Year was featured on both Southern Living’s and Pop Sugar’s top summer reads for 2018. Amy is also the author of a collection of short stories entitled Out Across the Nowhere and is a contributor to a number of literary journals and anthologies. When she’s not working on her own novels, she has the pleasure of teaching creative writing to young people; finding them right in those moments when they have first fallen in love with storytelling.
She can already tell you the names of several writers you’ll be reading in the future.
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Abigail Wilson
The same moment Elizabeth Bennett discovered Mr. Darcy’s true character in Pride and Prejudice, Abigail Wilson realized she would never be the same. Caught up in an endless supply of Regency novels for the past decade, she’s used this unique passion to create Gothic mysteries with a heart.
A self-proclaimed chai tea addict and mother of two crazy kids, Abigail fills her spare time with camping, hiking, water skiing, and canoeing. She hopes to visit all 59 national parks in her lifetime, and with a dozen or so under her belt, she is well on her way. She currently resides in Dripping Springs, Texas with her husband and children.
In 2017 Abigail won WisRWA’s Fab Five contest and American Christian Fiction Writers’ First Impresssions contest in the Historical Romance category. She was also chosen as a finalist in the Daphne du Maurier Contest and the Genesis Contest in the same year. In 2015, she earned a Harlequin Blurb Stage II placement.
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Betty Woods
I've been a story teller since childhood. If friends or relatives would sit still long enough, I'd hand them something I'd written. I still have those notebooks of handwritten stories. My love for writing has taken several detours along the way--marriage, children, grand children, even great grands. Wonderful detours I wouldn't trade for anything.
A few years ago, God nudged me to start writing again. He placed some wonderful people in my life to help me along in my ten year journey to publication.
Never give up on what God has planned for you. Stepping out in faith can be an amazing journey. Take one step at a time. If or when you stumble along the way, remember the Lord upholds his children with his hand. Psalm 37:23. 24
Sabrina York
Her Royal Hotness, Sabrina York, is the New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author of hot, humorous stories for smart and sexy readers. Her titles range from sweet & sexy to scorching romance. Visit her webpage at www.sabrinayork.com to check out her books, excerpts and contests.