Avery Timmons
Avery Timmons is an Illinois-based young adult author holding a Bachelor of Arts in
creative writing with a focus in fiction from Columbia College Chicago. She has had numerous speculative fiction short stories and photographs published in literary magazines and anthologies.
She is the author of young adult fantasy novels THICKER THAN WATER (2025) and MAIMED (2026).
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Bruce Buchanan
Bruce Buchanan is the communications writer for an international law firm and a former journalist. But he’s been a fan of fantasy and heroic fiction for most of his life. His influences range from the novels of Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman and Terry Brooks to the Marvel Comics stories of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko. Bruce is the author of the upcoming NA fantasy novel The Blacksmith’s Boy (2025) and the adult superhero novel The Return of the Cerulean Blur (2026), both from Wild Ink Publishing.
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Mariah Stillbrook
Mariah Stillbrook, originally from Iowa, lives in Colorado with her white German shepherd, husband, and little girl. She graduated from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She spends most of her days writing, reading, and enjoying the occasional hike. In her late twenties she realized that her writing was missing something, magic. She now focuses her writing on urban fantasy and horror in both adult and young adult genres.
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Author of In the Pines and The Lost Erwain. Hall of Shadows releases November 2024.
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Rebecca Minelga
Rebecca Minelga is an author and speaker who uses the power of words to navigate the liminal spaces between who we are and who we are becoming. She raises Guide Dog Puppies and two sons – in that order – with her husband just north of Seattle. When not writing, she can be found open water swimming in her local lake, exploring the National Parks with her family, or traveling the world on an adventure!
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Shirley Jackson
Shirley Jackson was an influential American author. A popular writer in her time, her work has received increasing attention from literary critics in recent years. She has influenced such writers as Stephen King, Nigel Kneale, and Richard Matheson.
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She is best known for her dystopian short story, "The Lottery" (1948), which suggests there is a deeply unsettling underside to bucolic, smalltown America. In her critical biography of Shirley Jackson, Lenemaja Friedman notes that when Shirley Jackson's story "The Lottery" was published in the June 28, 1948, issue of The New Yorker, it received a response that "no New Yorker story had ever received." Hundreds of letters poured in that were characterized by, as Jackson put it, "bewilderment, specul -
E. Lockhart
E. Lockhart is the author of Again Again, Genuine Fraud, We Were Liars and Family of Liars, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks, and several other books. Whistle: A New Gotham CIty Hero is a graphic novel. We Were Liars is also a TV show on Prime Video, June 2025. We Fell Apart, book 3 in the We Were Liars universe, publishes November 2025.
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Bruce Buchanan
Bruce Buchanan is the communications writer for an international law firm and a former journalist. But he’s been a fan of fantasy and heroic fiction for most of his life. His influences range from the novels of Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman and Terry Brooks to the Marvel Comics stories of Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, and Steve Ditko. Bruce is the author of the upcoming NA fantasy novel The Blacksmith’s Boy (2025) and the adult superhero novel The Return of the Cerulean Blur (2026), both from Wild Ink Publishing.
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S.E. Reed
S.E. Reed is an award-winning multi-genre author. She grew up in the Pacific Northwest, but longed to see the rest of America. After living in all five regions, she finally settled in Florida–nestled between the swampy Everglades and Atlantic Ocean. Many of her stories have a strong contemporary southern theme, but she also dabbles in the strange, bizarre, and fantastical.
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Mindy McGinnis
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Mindy McGinnis is an Edgar Award-winning novelist who writes across multiple genres, including post-apocalyptic, historical, thriller, contemporary, mystery, and fantasy.
While her settings may change, you can always count on Mindy’s books to deliver grit, truth, and an unflinching look at humanity and the world around us. -
J.E. Feldman
When not penning the next novel, J.E. Feldman focuses on mentoring authors and raising money for charity. The literature world is merely one facet of her life. Feldman haunts car shows, anime conventions, medieval fairs, and whatever else catches her attention.
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She enjoys road trips ripe with history, crocheting blankets for the homeless, and can be found reading in cramped bookstores.
Website: www.jefeldman.com
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Dana Schwartz
Dana Schwartz was born and raised in the suburbs of Chicago. She attended Brown University where she studied biology and public policy before realizing that she would only be happy if she tried to be a writer. While in college, she created the viral parody twitter account @GuyInYourMFA. Dana worked as a writer for Mental Floss, The Observer, and Entertainment Weekly, with additional bylines for GQ, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, Vanity Fair, and NewYorker.com.
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Rebecca Minelga
Rebecca Minelga is an author and speaker who uses the power of words to navigate the liminal spaces between who we are and who we are becoming. She raises Guide Dog Puppies and two sons – in that order – with her husband just north of Seattle. When not writing, she can be found open water swimming in her local lake, exploring the National Parks with her family, or traveling the world on an adventure!
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Mia Moon
Mia Moon is a writer of steamy contemporary romance and erotica. She adores chocolate, coffee and designer shoes. She lives in a sunny climate with a menagerie of pets.
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Ali Hazelwood
I'm Ali, and I write contemporary romcom novels about women in STEM and academia. I love cats, Nutella, and side ponytails. I'm also currently learning to crochet, so as you can tell I'm a super busy gal with an intense and exciting life!
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Mariah Stillbrook
Mariah Stillbrook, originally from Iowa, lives in Colorado with her white German shepherd, husband, and little girl. She graduated from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. She spends most of her days writing, reading, and enjoying the occasional hike. In her late twenties she realized that her writing was missing something, magic. She now focuses her writing on urban fantasy and horror in both adult and young adult genres.
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Author of In the Pines and The Lost Erwain. Hall of Shadows releases November 2024.
Praise for In the Pines:
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Caroline Crews
Caroline Crews is a debut novelist who loves all things fantasy, dress-up events, and games. By day, she works in the medical field, and at night, she’s a writer of mostly fantasy and neurodivergent characters, like herself, who end up partaking in lots of games. She lives in Texas in a fantasy-decorated home.
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Website: https://www.caroline-crews.com/
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C.R. Reece
Courtney grew up and still resides in Indiana, where she graduated from Indiana University and obtained degrees in Communication & Culture and Telecommunications. After a few years of working in the event planning space, she felt called to get back in the classroom and surround herself with books and learners, so she earned her teaching degree in Secondary Education and became a high school English teacher at the largest public school in Indianapolis.
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After writing her debut YA Paranormal Romance, Courtney has written two more books: one a Women's Fiction novel with Speculative Elements and the other a Crossworlds Fantasy.
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Caroline Crews
Caroline Crews is a debut novelist who loves all things fantasy, dress-up events, and games. By day, she works in the medical field, and at night, she’s a writer of mostly fantasy and neurodivergent characters, like herself, who end up partaking in lots of games. She lives in Texas in a fantasy-decorated home.
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Website: https://www.caroline-crews.com/
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C.R. Reece
Courtney grew up and still resides in Indiana, where she graduated from Indiana University and obtained degrees in Communication & Culture and Telecommunications. After a few years of working in the event planning space, she felt called to get back in the classroom and surround herself with books and learners, so she earned her teaching degree in Secondary Education and became a high school English teacher at the largest public school in Indianapolis.
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After writing her debut YA Paranormal Romance, Courtney has written two more books: one a Women's Fiction novel with Speculative Elements and the other a Crossworlds Fantasy.
In her free time, Courtney spends as much time outdoors as possible with her husband, two daughters, and four dogs: Tyso