Craig Leener
Despite being relatively earthbound most of the time, Craig Leener has long maintained a keen interest in space travel. He’s also a big fan of basketball, having immersed himself in the game since his youth as a player, coach, referee, fan and, later in life, as a sportswriter.
Craig has an above-average ability to go to his left and maintains a solid perimeter jumper. His free-throw percentage on his backyard home court is an implausible 87% — and to this day, that number remains 100% officially unverified. And what the author lacks in foot speed, leaping ability, and defense, he makes up for in court smarts and postgame snacks.
Craig is a lifelong opponent of the instant replay in sports. He maintains this contrarian point of view because o
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Since 1999 John has written plots for forty murder mystery party games (boxed and downloadable) with considerable worldwide sales, mainly in the UK and USA. The games are all now available as downloadable games from www.playmurdermystery.com.
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He resides in Las Vegas Nevada and current does many keynote speeches and motivational speaking engagements around the globe. His work has been featured on NBC, ABC, CBS, NPR radio networks, Wall Street Journal, New York Post, Washington Post, USA Today and many major periodicals.
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Lee Matthew Goldberg is the author of fourteen novels including THE ANCESTOR and THE MENTOR along with his five-book DESIRE CARD series. His YA series RUNAWAY TRAIN is currently in script development with actress Raegan Revord from TVs Young Sheldon off his original written pilot. The GREAT GIMMELMANS comes out in 2023. He has been published in multiple languages and nominated for an Anthony Award, the Lefty, and the Prix du Polar. After graduating with an MFA from the New School, his writing has also appeared as a contributor in Pipeline Artists, LitHub, The Los Angeles Review of Books, Electric Literature, The Millions, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, LitReactor, Mystery Tribune, The Big Idea, Monkeybicycle, Fiction Writers Review, Cagibi, Necessary Fic -
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In addition to writing, Andrew is also the Principal of Hague Publishing. Established in 2011 as an independent publisher of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Hague Publishing is registered in Western Australia, and publishes original work by Australian and New Zealand authors.
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