Harold Phifer
Harold Phifer was born in the rebellious South of Columbus, Mississippi. As a kid, he worked the streets, hustled the neighbors, and bus tables at bars he didn’t belong in. After walking the stage at Caldwell High School, he went own to graduate from Mississippi State and Jackson State Universities respectively. Then he started his career as an Air Traffic Controller in Memphis, Tennessee. However, he was never at peace with himself. So, after 23 years, he left the United States and took a job as an International Contractor. Working with soldiers gave him a sense of duty and purpose. However, it all came with a price and experiences he wasn’t prepared for. As luck would have it, he got expelled out of Iraq due to the U S Military Drawdown i
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I think what gets me feeling itchy is all that emphasis on the facts of a life, while all the juicy, relevant, human oddity stuff gets left on the cutting room floor. I could tell you the facts–I lived in Texas for most of my life; I live in New York City with my husband and six-year-old son now; I have freckles and a lopsided smile; I'm allergic to penicillin.
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Tom Stoppard
Sir Tom Stoppard is a Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter. He has written for film, radio, stage, and television, finding prominence with plays. His work covers the themes of human rights, censorship, and political freedom, often delving into the deeper philosophical thematics of society. Stoppard has been a playwright of the National Theatre and is one of the most internationally performed dramatists of his generation. He was knighted for his contribution to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997.
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Eugene O'Neill
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He won his Nobel Prize "for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy." More than any other dramatist, O'Neill introduced the dramatic realism that Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg pioneered to Americans and first used true American vernacular in his speeches.
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Cruz'z interest in theater began with acting and directing in the early 1980s. He studied theater first at Miami-Dade Community College, later moving to New York City, where Cruz studied under fellow Cuban María Irene Fornés. Fornes recommended Cruz to Paula Vogel who was teaching at Brown University where he would later receive his M.F.A. in 1994.
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In 2001, Cruz served as the playwright-in-residence for the New Theatre in Coral Gables, Florida, where he wrote Anna in the Tropics. Rafael de Acha, produced and directed the world premier performance of Anna in the Tropics, winner of the 2003 Pulitzer and the Steinberg Award for Best New Play. A year later it received its Broadway premiere with Jimmy Smits in the lead role.
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A chance encounter with Zero Mostel led him to start writing for radio personalities, including Henry Morgan, Hildegarde, Tallulah Bankhead, Phil Silvers, and Jackie Gleason. He later started working in television for Sid Caesar when he joined the writing team of Your Show of Shows that included Woody Allen, Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, and Neil Simon. -
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Amos Smith
Amos is a family man, hiker, walker, seasoned Centering Prayer practitioner, workshop and retreat leader, Contemplative Christian writer, and Rehabilitation Therapist. His writing has been published in various newspapers and magazines, including The Billings Gazette, The Spokesman-Review, Friends Journal: Quaker Thought and Life Today, and Chicago Seminary Press.
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Amos published his first book, Healing The Divide: Recovering Christianity’s Mystic Roots with Wipf & Stock Publishers in 2013. The book has been well received and reviewed and is part of the curriculum for the Living School of The Center for Action and Contemplation (CAC).
Amos published his second book, Be Still and Listen, with Paraclete Press in 2018. His third book, Holistic Mys -
Matthew Weinberg
Matthew Weinberg is an accomplished scientist, mathematician, writer, and educator who has dedicated his career to exploring the intricate world of numbers and their profound connections to the human experience. With a diverse background spanning archaeology, oncology, game theory, and education, Weinberg brings a unique perspective to the study and dissemination of mathematical and scientific knowledge.
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Having begun his journey in the field of archaeology, Dr. Weinberg developed a deep appreciation for uncovering hidden truths and unraveling enigmatic puzzles. This early passion for exploration and discovery led him to pursue a career in academia, where he obtained his medical degree and specialized in oncology. Through his work as an osteo -
C.V. Vobh
C.V. Vobh lives with his wife and children as far from his city job as he can manage. He grew up reading J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Jordan, Raymond E. Feist, and R.A. Salvatore, and some of his favorite fantasy authors today are Joe Abercrombie, Matt Dinniman, and Sebastien de Castell. When he's not working, writing or reading, he's running.
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Kenny Loui
Kenny Loui is a doctor (of philosophy), college professor, and life-long otaku. His hobbies include writing, doodling, stargazing, and binge-watching anime on Crunchyroll. He is the author of Life Lessons from a UFO Catcher: An Autobiographical Manga, a webtoon/graphic novel series based on his experiences "rescuing" cute and cuddly plushies trapped inside arcade claw machines in South Korea, while capturing important life lessons along the way.
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Ian Domowitz
Ian Domowitz is a veteran of the military, academia, and Wall Street. He splits his time between Manhattan and the woods of Pennsylvania, where he spends an excessive amount of time conversing with his two English Setters. Despite holding 12 patents in financial technology, he promises no use of generative AI in his written work.
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A.W. Baldwin
A.W. Baldwin has written six novels featuring “Relic,” a moonshining hermit living deep in the remote canyons of Utah. The Antidote features a botany student, a couple of "old-timers," and genetically modified seeds that could provide the antidote for climate change. Against the Wind features a teenage pilot with a stolen airplane and a physicist who has developed a breakthrough in quantum computing.
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His first novel, Desert Guardian (2017), received a five-star Readers’ Favorite rating. His second novel, Raptor Canyon (2018), received the Grand Master Adventure Writers’ Finalist Award and was a finalist in the 2019-2020 Screencraft Cinematic Book Contest. His third novel, Wings Over Ghost Creek (2019), received the Grand Master Adventure Wr -
Javier De Lucia
Javier De Lucia is an award-winning author of contemporary literary fiction, weaving richly layered stories that combine dark, biting humor with profound explorations of the human experience. His debut novel The Wake of Expectations (2025 Maxy Awards Book of the Year) and its follow-up, A Pleasant Fiction: A Novelistic Memoir (2025 Readers' Favorite Book Award Winner), blend personal introspection with universal truths to capture the bittersweet realities of love, loss, and the search for identity.
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Having come of age in the 1990s, Javier’s work has a distinctive Gen X sensibility. Yet, his stories deal with themes that are relevant to any generation: friendship, family, and the redemptive power of human connection, as well as existential que -
Archibald MacLeish
American poet Archibald MacLeish won a Pulitzer Prize for Conquistador in 1932, served as librarian of Congress from 1939 and as assistant secretary of state from 1944 to 1945, and won again for Collected Poems 1917-1952 and the verse play J.B. (1958).
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The modernist school associates this writer. He received three Pulitzer Prizes for his work. -
N.J. Lujan
N. J. Lujan was born in Washington, DC then raised in a small town of West Virginia prior to joining the military. She has traveled globally and lived in Europe before finally laying down roots in NC.
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Her first experience with writing complex, thrilling stories was as a public affairs officer for her high school ROTC program. It was then she discovered her love for writing. Today she continues to use parts of her backdrop to vividly take you on a journey that is poignantly compelling and ultimately upbeat.
When not writing her next novel, NJ splits her time between work, family, and four spirited pups. -
Meghan Williams P.
Meghan Williams was born in Colombia and has lived with one foot in fictional worlds ever since. She has followed her passion for cultural exchange throughout the United States, to Hong Kong, and most recently to France. Her debut novel, The Sound Carries, is the first of the Hope Springs trilogy and a culmination of her love for epic fantasy adventures. Prior to that, she had honed her skill on platforms for young authors like Figment, publishing a steady stream of short stories, poems, and novellas.
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The second book of the Hope Springs trilogy, Into the Machine, is now available in both print and e-book formats. Today, Meghan is living in Paris and working on the final installment of the series. -
David Grene
David Grene (1913-2002) taught classics for many years at the University of Chicago.
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Dustin Grinnell
Dustin Grinnell is a writer based in Boston. Journalism and creative nonfiction, short stories and novels, poetry and scripts—all these and more have earned him publication with a wide range of presses, magazines, and literary journals.
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His true passion, however, lies in exploring the intersection of ethics and science in a subgenre of speculative fiction he’s dubbed “sci-fi with heart.” Most of his fiction writing—including his most recent novel, The Empathy Academy, and his short story collection, The Healing Book—falls into this subgenre, blending the imaginative worlds of science fiction with deep, emotional storytelling that emphasizes the human impact of science and technology. Inspired by modern media, he also reviews sci-fi movies th -
Brian Hackett
Brian Hackett grew up in the small town of Horseheads in upstate New York. After graduating from Binghamton University, he spent six years in the Navy, which included an eight-month deployment during the Gulf War as the food service officer onboard a naval hospital ship. Later in the 1990s, he moved to Naples, Italy, to work as a civilian manager for the Navy, and experienced the distinct culture and chaotic environment that has provided Naples its legendary reputation. At the same time, he fell in love with the city’s vivacity and the incredible beauty of the region. It is from that rich experience that Brian drew inspiration for his debut novel, Leaving Naples.
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Catherine Forster
Catherine Forster honed her powers of observation early on, and later applied them to artistic endeavors. Although it didn’t happen overnight, she discovered that seeing and hearing a bit more than the average person can be beneficial. As an artist, her work has exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States and abroad. Her experimental films have won accolades and awards in more than thirty international film festivals, from Sao Paulo to Berlin, Los Angeles to Rome, London to Romania. Through her work, she explores the dynamics of girlhood, notions of identity, and the role technology plays in our relationship with nature.
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In her capacity as an independent curator, she founded LiveBox, an eight-year project that introduced new -
Stefano Teatini
Stefano Teatini is an imaginative storyteller and world-builder hailing from Rome, where he has spent most of his life, save for two transformative years in Dublin and Wales. With a PhD in English and Creative Writing from Aberystwyth University, he has dedicated nearly 15 years to teaching high school English, alongside a four-year tenure as a Special Educational Needs and Disability teacher.
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Stefano's passion for storytelling ignited in childhood, leading him to create the expansive world of his novel, Saving Utopia. Now residing in a charming two-story house with a garden near Rome, Stefano enjoys a fulfilling life with his wife and their beloved cat. In his leisure time, he immerses himself in role-playing and board games, collects graph