Ian Kirkpatrick
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Barbara Goodwin
Barbara F. Goodwin is a former flight attendant turned novelist with a passion for global adventure, hidden history, and high-stakes mystery. She and her nephew Doug Penikas are co-authors of Secrets of the Royal Danish Egg, the first novel in the Lost Treasures series, blending her love of travel with pulse-pounding thrillers inspired by real-world enigmas.
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Joel R. Dennstedt
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Blake Snyder
In his 20-year career as a screenwriter and producer, Blake Snyder has sold dozens of scripts, including co-writing Blank Check, which became a hit for Disney, and Nuclear Family for Steven Spielberg. His book, Save the Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need, was published in May, 2005, and is now in its eleventh printing. It has prompted "standing room only" appearances by Blake in New York, Los Angeles, London, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Vancouver, Toronto, and Barcelona. Apparently it is not quite the last book on screenwriting youll ever need, as the eagerly awaited sequel, Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies: The Screenwriter's Guide to Every Story Ever Told, was published in October, 2007 shooting to #1 in the Screenw
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Jeff VanderMeer
NYT bestselling writer Jeff VanderMeer has been called “the weird Thoreau” by the New Yorker for his engagement with ecological issues. His most recent novel, the national bestseller Borne, received wide-spread critical acclaim and his prior novels include the Southern Reach trilogy (Annihilation, Authority, and Acceptance). Annihilation won the Nebula and Shirley Jackson Awards, has been translated into 35 languages, and was made into a film from Paramount Pictures directed by Alex Garland. His nonfiction has appeared in New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Atlantic, Slate, Salon, and the Washington Post. He has coedited several iconic anthologies with his wife, the Hugo Award winning editor. Other titles include Wonderbook, the worl
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Sarah Beth Durst
Sarah Beth Durst is the New York Times bestselling author of over twenty-five books for adults, teens, and kids, including cozy fantasy The Spellshop. She's been awarded an American Library Association Alex Award, as well as a Mythopoeic Fantasy Award. Several of her books have been optioned for film/television, including Drink Slay Love, which was made into a TV movie and was a question on Jeopardy! She lives in Stony Brook, New York, with her husband, her children, and her ill-mannered cat. Visit her at sarahbethdurst.com.
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Claire Douglas
Claire Douglas always wanted to write novels and, after many years of trying to get published, her dream came true when she won the Marie Claire Debut Novel Award in 2013 with THE SISTERS.
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Barbara Goodwin
Barbara F. Goodwin is a former flight attendant turned novelist with a passion for global adventure, hidden history, and high-stakes mystery. She and her nephew Doug Penikas are co-authors of Secrets of the Royal Danish Egg, the first novel in the Lost Treasures series, blending her love of travel with pulse-pounding thrillers inspired by real-world enigmas.
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Craig DiLouie
Craig DiLouie is an author of popular thriller, apocalyptic/horror, and sci-fi/fantasy fiction.
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In hundreds of reviews, Craig’s novels have been praised for their strong characters, action, and gritty realism. Each book promises an exciting experience with people you’ll care about in a world that feels real.
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Costi Gurgu
Speculative fiction writer with five books and over forty short stories published in USA, Canada, England, Denmark, Romania, Poland, and Hungary.
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Twenty-seven times awarded for his fiction, including the prestigious "Alexandru Odobescu" award for debut book, two times the "Vladimir Colin" award for novel and short story collection, and the "Romanian National Convention Award" for Best Story of the Year.
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-"Chronicles from the End of the Earth" - short story collection, Millennium Books, 2011
-"Retetarium" - novel, Tritonic, 2006
-"The Glass Plague" - short story collection, ProLogos, 2000
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Delilah S. Dawson
Delilah S. Dawson is the New York Times-bestselling author of Star Wars: Phasma, Black Spire: Galaxy's Edge, and The Perfect Weapon. With Kevin Hearne, she writes the Tales of Pell. As Lila Bowen, she writes the Shadow series, beginning with Wake of Vultures. Her other books include the Blud series, the Hit series, and Servants of the Storm.
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She's written comics in the worlds of Marvel Action: Spider-Man, Lore's Wellington, Star Wars Adventures, Star Wars Forces of Destiny, The X-Files Case Files, Adventure Time, Rick and Morty, and her creator-owned comics include Star Pig, Ladycastle, and Sparrowhawk.
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Jason Mott
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He is the author of two poetry collections: We Call This Thing Between Us Love and “…hide behind me…” The Returned is his first novel.
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Joel R. Dennstedt
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J.L. Witterick
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Edward Ashton is the author of the novels Mickey7, Three Days in April and The End of Ordinary. His short fiction has appeared in venues ranging from the newsletter of an Italian sausage company to Escape Pod, Analog, and Fireside Fiction. He lives in upstate New York in a cabin in the woods (not that Cabin in the Woods) with his wife, a variable number of daughters, and an adorably mopey dog named Max, where he writes—mostly fiction, occasionally fact—under the watchful eyes of a giant woodpecker and a rotating cast of barred owls. In his free time, he enjoys cancer research, teaching quantum physics to sullen graduate students, and whittling. You can find him online at edwardashton.com or on Twitter @edashtonwriting.
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Cassandra Khaw
Cassandra Khaw is an award-winning game writer.
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Janice S. Ellis
Janice S. Ellis, M.A., M.A., Ph.D., is an award-winning author of five books described below.
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A native daughter of Mississippi, she grew up and came of age during the height of the Civil Rights Movement and the Women’s Liberation Movement. Born and reared on a small cotton farm, she was influenced by two converging forces that would set the course of her life.
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Her current passion is for writing character driven mysteries with twisty plots. She has published twelve mysteries since 2019, including a legal thriller co-authored with writer husband Don Stuart.
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Kylie Lee Baker
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MarQuese Liddle
Author, editor, and philosopher at Wild Isle Literature
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MarQuese D Liddle | MFA
is originally from Wheeling WV, where he grew up on a small island in the middle of the Ohio River. Inspiration for his stories comes from myriad sources including philosophy, Jungian psychology, traditional martial arts, classic literature, rap, & hip-hop. He hopes his work inspires you to pursue your dreams, whatever they may be.
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Leah Orr
Leah Orr, a resident of Jensen Beach, Florida, is not just a mother and wife, but also a #1 best-selling Amazon children’s author and thriller novelist. Her success in the literary world is evident in her 17 published books, each one a testament to her storytelling prowess.
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Leah donates the profits from her books to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Upon learning that her daughter Ashley was diagnosed with Cystic Fibrosis (while still in the womb), Orr knew she wanted to do something special. With some input from her mother and three daughters, it was decided that she'd write books to benefit the (CF) Foundation. The Orr Family has raised over $1,400,000 over the past 22 years to help find a cure.
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Matthew Fults
MATTHEW FULTS is an acclaimed writer, documentary filmmaker and photographer.
As a writer, his travel essays have been humorously described as the love child of Ernest Hemingway and Hunter S. Thompson on LSD. He is known for his sensory detail and narrative description as well. Matthew has won awards at the state and national level, and has been published in newspapers, magazines and digital publications worldwide.
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MarQuese Liddle
Author, editor, and philosopher at Wild Isle Literature
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Wildislelit.com
MarQuese D Liddle | MFA
is originally from Wheeling WV, where he grew up on a small island in the middle of the Ohio River. Inspiration for his stories comes from myriad sources including philosophy, Jungian psychology, traditional martial arts, classic literature, rap, & hip-hop. He hopes his work inspires you to pursue your dreams, whatever they may be.
Social Media:
@marquesedliddle