Sandra K-Horn is an author known for both fiction and nonfiction works. She has written novels such as Downward Spiral and The Springridge Incident, as well as a nonfiction book titled Undercover: Becoming Street Smart in Central Ohio. She has received an Honorable Mention from the Eric Hoffer Award (2008), was featured in the Ohioana Library Festival (2021), and appeared on Amazon's Bestseller list for True Crime Biographies (2024). She will be the featured author in the show "Ekphrasis" at the Priscilla R. Tyson Cultural Arts Center in the Fall of 2027.
She has a Substack account, publishing under the name "Oh Hello There! by Sandra KHorn," and an Instagram account under the handle @sandrakhornauthor. You can also reach her at her website,
Michael Balter is an award-winning author and natural storyteller whose debut novel, Chasing Money, won multiple accolades, including the 2023 Best Indie Book Award for Crime Thrillers, the 2024 Feathered Quill Award for Best Mystery/Thriller/Suspense novel, and the 2024 Crime Thriller of the Year from BestThrillers.com.
Born in post-war Berlin, Michael grew up in a bombed-out building with bars on the windows and bullet holes in the walls. When the Berlin wall went up, his family fled to Ottawa and then moved to Detroit at the height of the 1967 riots. During the Vietnam War, Michael served as an air traffic controller at the Udorn Air Force base in Thailand.
After graduating college with an aerospace engineering degree, Michael joined Int
Ellen Birkett Morris’s novel Beware the Tall Grass is the winner of the Donald L. Jordan Award for Literary Excellence, judged by Lan Samantha Chang, and will be published in 2024 by CSU Press. She is the author of Lost Girls: Short Stories, winner of the Pencraft Award and finalist for the Clara Johnson, IAN and Best Book awards. Her fiction has appeared in Shenandoah, Antioch Review, Notre Dame Review, and South Carolina Review, among other journals. She is a winner of the Bevel Summers Prize for short fiction. Morris is a recipient of an Al Smith Fellowship for her fiction from the Kentucky Arts Council.
Morris is also the author of Abide and Surrender, poetry chapbooks. Her poetry has appeared in The Clackamas Literary Review, Juked, Gas
Mark Dickson is a surgeon, farmer, and combatives enthusiast, who also has authored the Amazon Bestseller ENEMY AT THE HELM. After raising four successful children, he and his wife downsized to a farm in rural Texas where they enjoy caring for the land and the animals.
Ivanka Di Felice is a writer living in Tuscany. She will assure you that it's far less pretentious than it sounds. She was born in Toronto, Canada. She is 39 years and 94 months old. In her quest for happiness, she followed Nora Ephron’s advice: “Secret to life, marry an Italian.” She loves writing humorous stories and enjoys reading.
