Jay G. Grubb
Jay G. Grubb is an entertainment attorney working in music, film, and publishing. As a professor teaching the history of jazz, blues, and pop he has confronted the complexities and contradictions of American culture that are at the core of Land of Sins and Promise. He was a columnist for Script Magazine (now merged with Final Draft), and received an Achievement Award in Writing from the National Council of Teachers of English. He is a frequent speaker, including lectures at Peabody Institute and the Maryland Institute College of Arts. He loves to travel, especially to the scout the locations used in his writing.
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Richard French writes at the intersection of technology, transformation, and storytelling. A former executive at Oracle and Nokia, and a serial startup leader, Richard brings decades of leadership experience to his books.
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His non-fiction works include Daniel as a Blueprint for Navigating Ethical Dilemmas, The Journaling Mastery Series, and The Journaling Prompts Series. In fiction, his Convergence Series explores quantum physics, high fantasy, and human connection in richly imagined worlds.
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Born a Yankee in Providence, Rhode Island, after seven years in Boston, I moved with my family to Wisconsin and Northern Virginia. Then I continued the southern trend with graduate studies in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and followed my Brooklyn-born husband even farther south, to New Orleans. Twenty-six years later, we traded the Superdome (seven minutes away from our house by car) for the North Carolina woods. This wandering stripped away my Boston accent, leaving a tendency to enunciate clearly that made New Orleanians think I was from England.
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I used to ply the acting trade but retired to devote myself full-time to writing. I've written several plays and published seven novels, The Dogs...Barking, And Ye Shall Be As Gods, The Id Paradox, Song for the Forsaken, Suffer Not The Mole People, ONLY THE DEAD (Know the End of War) and To Sing Like a Mockingbird are available in all mediums.
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T.S. James
T.S. James (writing in partnership with Martin D. Smith writing Horror Books) is an award-winning author duo from East Yorkshire whose stories weave together mystery, heart, and a deep sense of place. Their work spans supernatural horror, fantasy, and romantic comedy, but always centres on vivid characters and settings readers can step inside.
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TS James’ debut romantic comedy, The Ghost Who Wouldn’t Leave, won the Literary Titan Gold Award and introduced readers to his trademark blend of humour and heart. Their chilling novel Ravenswood became a Global Book Awards finalist, earning praise for its slow-burn tension and original mythos. Other acclaimed titles include the festive YA fantasy A Christmas to Remember, the dark Western horror An Eye -
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(The Times Herald-Record of Middletown and The Journal-News of Rockland County), and as an executive editor in Pennsylvania (The Pocono Record of Stroudsburg).
He joined the Metro copy desk of The New York Times in 2014 and is now weekend deputy editor on its breaking news desk, the Express Team. He was part of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize finalist team for breaking news coverage of a fire in the Bronx that claimed 17 lives.
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Patricia Karengesha
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Heather Sharp
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Heather earned a rodeo scholarship, but during career exploration day, ‘Horse Trainer’ or ‘Rodeo Star’ was not an option. A teacher encouraged her to become a pilot. Having competed against men all her life, Heather felt undeterred and disregarded the fact that only 1% of airline pilots were female. So at 17, she traded her lariat for a cockpit.
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Despite his demanding profession, Levine nurtured a lifelong passion for travel. As a boy, he collected stamps and dreamed of visiting the distant lands they depicted—a dream he fulfilled through decades of international adventures with his wife.
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It all began with a simple Ancestry DNA test and a family tree that brought my Scottish roots roaring to life. Suddenly, I was obsessed with all things Scottish and Irish, especially the legendary Battle of Culloden. One day, as I was about to step into the shower, a wild thought struck me: What if the Jacobites had advanced weapons at Culloden? That spark became a blaze-imagine a 150-man Scottish Highland regiment, trained for modern warfare, suddenly transported back in time, one week before the fateful bat -
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Born and raised in [North Carolina], Christopher developed a passion for storytelling early on, fueled by classic horror films, true crime tales, and the eerie silence of late-night highways. He writes with a cinematic edge, drawing readers deep into worlds that feel both familiar and dangerously unpredictable.
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(The Times Herald-Record of Middletown and The Journal-News of Rockland County), and as an executive editor in Pennsylvania (The Pocono Record of Stroudsburg).
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Who hasn't had dreams about becoming a writer? The image of great writers and the vision of their success, and more so, their freedom in life, appeals to many people, and it certainly appealed to me.
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Writing wasn't where I thought I would be at this point in life. I'm an MBA Grad and former CEO, but I left the executive world behind to ultimately opt for a life of adventure and writing, and I am so glad I did.
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Paul started writing in 2007. The trigger was a visit, to a remote farmhouse while on a family holiday in the S.W. France . One of the rooms had been converted into a library that contained a diverse selection of both French and English literature and over the next two weeks inspiration took hold and he began to write. His early literary efforts were sent to a copy writer at Channel 4 who rashly said his work although rough and ready, showed promise. His comments spurred Paul on. Since then he has written three contemporary stand alone novels, a Ghost story titled 18, and, he has just started work on a much darker novel, 'The Bleed ' set in the drug world of South London.He writes about peo -
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John is the first son of Jack (John P., Sr.) and Willie (Dwillis) Wallman. He has a brother Mark, and a sister Mary Louise whom everyone calls Mimi. He enjoys visiting his twin sons, Lance and Drew, and their families—especially his grandchildren.
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Frank S. Joseph
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Frank lived it. He came of age in the ’40s and ’50s as a sheltered White boy in comfortable South Side neighborhoods undergoing racial turnover and “white flight." And in his 20s, as an Associated Press correspondent, he covered the ’60s riots that wracked Chicago’s inner city as well as the '67 Detroit riot, where 37 died, and the notorious '68 Democratic National Convention street disorders.
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She is currently located in Salt Lake City, Utah but loves to travel all over the Northwest (and beyond when funds allow). She’s a mother of one amazing daughter plus two equally stellar bonus kids. Two quirky cats also call her Mom, or Food Bringer depending on the day. Her supportive husband makes sure she doesn’t give up on her dreams but also makes sure she doesn’t take on too much, too often. She also laughs until she cries on a regular basis. Melinda is obsessed with animals, plus -
Peter Brickwood
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He is an old fellow raised by a mother who survived the London blitz then built the mulberries for D-Day and a merchant seaman father. His short, part-time service in the Hastings and Prince Edward Regiment was overseen by men who fought their way up Italy and through the Scheldt Estuary. Not a veteran himself, he nonetheless reads and watches a wide range of military material and hopes his stories pays no disrespect to real soldiers. -
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Born in a rural town in New Brunswick, Canada, Roxanne has always been a covert writer. With her recent down time from work she was finally able to focus her efforts into writing the many stories flowing through her mind from over the years.
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Roxanne may have fallen in love with the written word later than most author’s but enjoys it so much that she was able to read over four hundred titles last year alone. She thinks there is nothing better than to curl up with a good book on a cold winter's day and reading until the book is complete.
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Orion's fascination with the paranormal took root during his childhood in Michigan, a state steeped in ghostly folklore and haunted history. This early exposu -
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Flash forward through a long, happy marriage and raising their family. Throughout the years, John’s career in Information Technology and his involvement in writer’s groups, conferences, and competitions honed his writing h