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Ryan Leone

Ryan Leone is a cult-celebrated novelist, film producer, and television writer. He wrote his first novel, Wasting Talent, while serving a five year sentence in federal prison for his involvement with an international heroin ring. Wasting Talent is currently in development as a feature film entitled LOVE IN VEIN. Will De Los Santos (Spun) is attached to direct the script that he wrote. Chris Hanley (American Psycho, The Killer Inside Me) is attached to produce and Nick Stahl (Terminator 3, Bully) is signed on to play the lead.

IDIOT SAVANT: THE SAVAGE LIFE OF RYAN LEONE, A feature length documentary about Leone's life and career is in production. Jim Uhls (Fight Club) wrote the script and Zack Warren is making his directorial debut. Nick Stah

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Jordan P. Barnes

Jordan P. Barnes is a grateful alcoholic & addict in recovery and Sand Island Treatment Center is his home group. When he’s not sharing his experience, strength and hope through writing or talking story, he enjoys bodysurfing and gardening.
Residing in beautiful Kailua, Hawaiʻi with his lovely wife Chelsea and two sons, Jordan has been sober from all mind and mood-altering substances since August 29th, 2011.
Jordan is a member of the Hawaiʻi Writers’ Guild and his debut book, One Hit Away: A Memoir of Recovery won 2020’s “Best Book of the Year” award from www.IndiesToday.com, was a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree as well as a finalist in both the 15th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards and the 2021 Independent Author Network Book of the Yea

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Erin Khar

Erin Khar is a writer and advocate who has established herself as a respected voice in the national conversation about the drug and overdose epidemic.

Erin's debut memoir, Strung Out, appeared on lists from Apple Books, Goodreads, SELF, The Rumpus, Bitch Media, and others. Of the book, The New York Times writes, "Khar’s buoyant writing doesn’t get mired in her dark subject matter. There is an honesty here that can only come from, to put it in the language of 12-step programs, a 'searching and fearless moral inventory.' This is a story she needed to tell; and the rest of the country needs to listen.”

Her long-running advice column, Ask Erin, lives on Substack and her personal essays have appeared in The Times of London Sunday Magazine, SELF,

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Eilene B. Zimmerman

Eilene Zimmerman has been a journalist for three decades, covering business, technology and social issues for a wide array of national magazines and newspapers. She was a columnist for The New York Times Sunday Business section for six years and since 2004 has been a regular contributor to the newspaper. In 2020, Zimmerman earned her masters degree in social work. She lives in San Diego, Calif.

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Russell Holbrook

Russell Holbrook is an author, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist. He was/is the guitarist and co-founder of former Tooth and Nail Records artists Joe Christmas and Chapel Hill, North Carolina's instrumental rockers, Choose Your Own Adventrue. He currently writes the column “The Logbook of Terror” for the horroraddicts.net podcast and blog and plays keyboard in Atlanta based dark ambient noise trio, Ibofanga. When not writing or practicing music or working his day job in a computer refurbishing warehouse, Russell enjoys spending time with his wife and animals at his lovely home in Mableton, Georgia.

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Rich Cohen

RICH COHEN is the author of Sweet and Low (FSG, 2006), Tough Jews, The Avengers, The Record Men, and the memoir Lake Effect. His work has appeared in many major publications, and he is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone. He lives with his family in Connecticut.

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Luke Davies

Luke Davies is an Australian writer of novels and poetry. He has published two novels, Isabelle the Navigator and the cult bestseller Candy, which was shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Literary Awards in 1998. A film version of Candy, starring Heath Ledger, was released in 2006 and won the AFI for Best Adapted Screenplay. His novel God of Speed, about the life of Howard Hughes, is due for release in April 2008.
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Davies has published five books of poetry, including Running With Light, which was the winner of the Judith Wright Poetry Prize 2000, and Totem, which won the 2004 Age Book of the Year Award. He was also awarded the Philip Hodgins Memorial Medal for Poetry in 2004. He has completed several resid

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Donald Goines

Donald Goines was born in Detroit to a relatively comfortable family - his parents owned a local dry cleaner, and he did not have problems with the law or drugs. Goines attended Catholic elementary school and was expected to go into his family's laundry business. Instead Goines enlisted in the US Air Force, and to get in he had to lie about his age. From 1952 to 1955 he served in the armed forces. During this period he got hooked on heroin. When he returned to Detroit from Japan, he was a heroin addict.

The next 15 years from 1955 Goines spent pimping, robbing, stealing, bootlegging, and running numbers, or doing time. His seven prison sentences totaled 6.5 years. While in jail in the 1960s he first attempted to write Westerns without much

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Kate Holden

Kate Holden was born in Melbourne in 1972. She completed an Honours degree in classics and literature at the University of Melbourne and a graduate diploma in professional writing and editing. 'In My Skin: A Memoir' is her first book.

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Nic Sheff

Nic Sheff is the author of two memoirs about his struggles with addiction: the New York Times bestselling Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines and We All Fall Down: Living with Addiction. Nic lives in Los Angeles, California where he writes for film and television.

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Sam Quinones

Sam Quinones is a long-time journalist and author of 3 books of narrative nonfiction.

He worked for the LA Times for 10 years. He spent 10 years before that as a freelance journalist in Mexico.

His first book is True Tales from Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino and the Bronx, published in 2001, a collection of nonfiction stories about drag queens, popsicle-makers, Oaxacan basketball players, telenovela stars, gunmen, migrants, and slain narco-balladeer, Chalino Sanchez.

In 2007, he published Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration. In this volume he tells stories of the Henry Ford of velvet painting, opera singers in Tijuana, the Tomato King of Jerez, Zacatecas, the stories of a young constru

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Angie Stanton

Angie Stanton is a life-long daydreamer who grew up with her hands on a book and her head in the clouds. As an adult, she’s put her talent to good use writing award winning contemporary fiction about life, love, and the adventures that follow.

Angie has a Journalism degree from the University of Wisconsin and is the best selling author of Waking in Time, If Ever, Rock and a Hard Place, Snapshot, Royally Lost, Under the Spotlight, Snowed Over, and Love ‘em or Leave ‘em.

Angie is a proud winner of a Midwest Book Award for Waking in Time.
Waking in Time is also a finalist in the National Readers Choice Awards as is her book If Ever and Love 'em or Leave 'em.

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Sibel Hodge

Sibel Hodge is the author of the #1 Bestsellers Look Behind You, Untouchable, and Duplicity. Her books have sold over one million copies and are international bestsellers in the UK, USA, Australia, France, Canada and Germany. She writes in an eclectic mix of genres, and is a passionate human and animal rights advocate.

Her work has been nominated and shortlisted for numerous prizes, including the Harry Bowling Prize, the Yeovil Literary Prize, the Chapter One Promotions Novel Competition, The Romance Reviews’ prize for Best Novel with Romantic Elements and Indie Book Bargains’ Best Indie Book of 2012 in two categories. She was the winner of Best Children’s Book in the 2013 eFestival of Words; nominated for the 2015 BigAl’s Books and Pals You

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Erin Khar

Erin Khar is a writer and advocate who has established herself as a respected voice in the national conversation about the drug and overdose epidemic.

Erin's debut memoir, Strung Out, appeared on lists from Apple Books, Goodreads, SELF, The Rumpus, Bitch Media, and others. Of the book, The New York Times writes, "Khar’s buoyant writing doesn’t get mired in her dark subject matter. There is an honesty here that can only come from, to put it in the language of 12-step programs, a 'searching and fearless moral inventory.' This is a story she needed to tell; and the rest of the country needs to listen.”

Her long-running advice column, Ask Erin, lives on Substack and her personal essays have appeared in The Times of London Sunday Magazine, SELF,

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Mindy McGinnis

Mindy McGinnis is an Edgar Award-winning novelist who writes across multiple genres, including post-apocalyptic, historical, thriller, contemporary, mystery, and fantasy.

While her settings may change, you can always count on Mindy’s books to deliver grit, truth, and an unflinching look at humanity and the world around us.

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Marni Mann

USA Today Bestselling author Marni Mann knew she was going to be a writer since middle school. While other girls her age were daydreaming about teenage pop stars, Marni was fantasizing about penning her first novel. She crafts sexy, titillating stories that weave together her love of darkness, mystery, passion, and human emotions. A New Englander at heart, she now lives in Sarasota, Florida, with her husband and their Yellow Lab. When she’s not nose deep in her laptop, working on her next novel, she’s scouring for chocolate, sipping wine, traveling, or devouring fabulous books.

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Heather McCarthy

Heather McCarthy was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and shares her heartrending story about her adoption and finding her biological family. This is a unique adoption with a twist unlike any other you will ever read.

Her newest novel, Sex Drugs and Digging a hole, entices readers with a revealing story of a functioning couples drug addicted life.

Ms. McCarthy lives in Quincy Massachusetts with her husband of twenty-three years and epitomizes the vivid individuals surrounding her world. She holds an Associate Degree in Medical Science and loves to write in her spare time. She lives and works in Massachusetts with her loving husband and her cat Ernie who has more attitude than her husband.

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Sarah Hepola

Sarah Hepola is the personal essays editor at Salon.com, where she reads people’s secrets for a living. She has written many stories about drinking and eating too much. Her essays on culture have appeared in the New York Times magazine, The New Republic, Glamour, The Guardian, Nerve, Slate, and The Morning News, where she has been a contributing writer for more than a decade. Her past jobs include: Travel columnist, music editor, film critic, sex blogger, and for about 15 seconds in the late ’90s, she taught high school English. She lives in East Dallas, where she enjoys playing her guitar poorly and listening to the “Xanadu” soundtrack.

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Ryan Leone

Ryan Leone is a cult-celebrated novelist, film producer, and television writer. He wrote his first novel, Wasting Talent, while serving a five year sentence in federal prison for his involvement with an international heroin ring. Wasting Talent is currently in development as a feature film entitled LOVE IN VEIN. Will De Los Santos (Spun) is attached to direct the script that he wrote. Chris Hanley (American Psycho, The Killer Inside Me) is attached to produce and Nick Stahl (Terminator 3, Bully) is signed on to play the lead.

IDIOT SAVANT: THE SAVAGE LIFE OF RYAN LEONE, A feature length documentary about Leone's life and career is in production. Jim Uhls (Fight Club) wrote the script and Zack Warren is making his directorial debut. Nick Stah

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S.C. Sterling

Scott C. Sterling is originally from Portland, Oregon, and moved to Denver, Colorado at the age of thirteen.

His first crime thriller novel, The Fear Of Winter was released in January 2023. The second book in The Fear Of Series is scheduled to be released in Spring of 2024.

Non-fiction books include Teenage Degenerate , a memoir about drug addiction and growing up, and 33 Percent Rockstar: Music, Heartbreak and the Pursuit of Rock Stardom is a music autobiography about the vast majority of musicians who never achieve rock stardom.

Ways to connect with Scott:
Email: sc@scsterling.com
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Site: thefearofwinter.com
Site: teenagedegenerate.com
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Mark Lanegan

Mark Lanegan (born November 25, 1964 in Ellensburg, Washington) was an American rock musician and songwriter. Lanegan began his music career in the 1980s. In 1985, he became the vocalist for grunge group Screaming Trees; the group broke up in 2000. Lanegan would start a low-key solo career, but in 2004 Lanegan released his big breakthrough album Bubblegum. In addition to leading the The Gutter Twins, Lanegan has also been involved in other musical projects, including hard rock band Queens of the Stone Age, longterm collaborations with Isobel Campbell; and undertaken some surprisingly eclectic collaborations, such as co-writing and providing vocals for "Black River" by the electronic outfit, Bomb the Bass. He also lent his vocal talent to th

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Finn Murphy

Finn Murphy is the author of Rocky Mountain High and The Long Haul, a national bestseller about his many years as a long-haul trucker. He grew up in Connecticut and now lives in Colorado.

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Amy Dresner

Amy Dresner is a former professional stand-up comic, having appeared at The Comedy Store, The Laugh Factory, and The Improv. Since 2012, she has been a contributing editor of the online addiction and recovery magazine The Fix (http://thefix.com/). She’s also written for the Good Men Project, The Frisky, Refinery 29, and has been a regular contributor to Addiction.com and PsychologyToday.com, where she has her own addiction blog entitled "Coming Clean.” (https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...)

"My Fair Junkie" is her first book.

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Tiffany Jenkins

Tiffany Jenkins is a wife, and mother to three awesome human beings. She realized her love of writing last year when she started her blog, “Juggling the Jenkins”, where she writes about motherhood, addiction and marriage. Tiffany has acquired a huge social media following where her videos receive millions of views.

She uses her platform to help and inspire others who are struggling with mother-hood, mental health, addiction, and those who just need a good laugh. Her articles have been featured on “BLUNTmoms.com”, “Themighty.com” and “Thoughtcatalog.com”, and her Blog and Face-book page have been covered on several news outlets and television programs.

This month she will be celebrating five years clean and sober from drugs and alcohol. She

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Jordan P. Barnes

Jordan P. Barnes is a grateful alcoholic & addict in recovery and Sand Island Treatment Center is his home group. When he’s not sharing his experience, strength and hope through writing or talking story, he enjoys bodysurfing and gardening.
Residing in beautiful Kailua, Hawaiʻi with his lovely wife Chelsea and two sons, Jordan has been sober from all mind and mood-altering substances since August 29th, 2011.
Jordan is a member of the Hawaiʻi Writers’ Guild and his debut book, One Hit Away: A Memoir of Recovery won 2020’s “Best Book of the Year” award from www.IndiesToday.com, was a B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree as well as a finalist in both the 15th Annual National Indie Excellence Awards and the 2021 Independent Author Network Book of the Yea

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Eilene B. Zimmerman

Eilene Zimmerman has been a journalist for three decades, covering business, technology and social issues for a wide array of national magazines and newspapers. She was a columnist for The New York Times Sunday Business section for six years and since 2004 has been a regular contributor to the newspaper. In 2020, Zimmerman earned her masters degree in social work. She lives in San Diego, Calif.

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David Poses

David Poses was the author of the groundbreaking memoir The Weight of Air.

After hiding his struggle with depression and opioids for twenty years, David started opening up and challenging conventional addiction wisdom. He has been published by the Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and New York Daily News and has appeared on national TV programs, including The Doctors Show, and numerous radio shows and podcasts. With candor, humor, and a unique perspective informed by science and experience, he advocated for evidence-based approaches to drug policy, prevention, and treatment. David lived in New York with his wife and two kids and entirely too many guitars for such a mediocre player.

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Lynn Walker

LYNN WALKER is the author of the award-winning book, Midnight Calling: A Memoir of a Drug Smuggler's Daughter, Breaking Midnight: A True Story and A Perfectly Good Fantasy: A Memoir, the sequel to Midnight Calling.

For many years, Lynn worked with high school students whose parents were drug addicts and alcoholics. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family.

Tiktok: www.tiktok.com/@walkermemoir
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Patricia L. Brooks

About the Author

Patricia re-published this first memoir - Gifts of Sisterhood in 2020 - as a celebration of her sister's life and published two other memoirs prior - Sick as My Secrets and Three Husbands and a Thousand Boyfriends. One is on her recovery from alcohol - 37 years - and the other survival from trauma and violent crime twice.

Patricia is active in the community speaking out on women's issues, grief, recovery and domestic violence survival for research on both of these books.

She has written many articles, short stories, edited university curriculum and developed a career of seminar presentations. As an inspirational and motivational speaker, she has contributed to the development of successful men and women for many years.
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Finn Murphy

Finn Murphy is the author of Rocky Mountain High and The Long Haul, a national bestseller about his many years as a long-haul trucker. He grew up in Connecticut and now lives in Colorado.

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Eliza Player

I left college before graduating in a snowstorm of psychedelics and stimulants, before gravitating towards the underbelly of New Orleans. I lived a number of years saturated in Jameson and heroin, making my living stripping my way down Bourbon, searching for my next fix. As Hurricane Katrina approached, I did not even consider evacuating, and those 13 dark days following the storm eventually began my path to recovery. Clean for five years now, I write about addiction and recovery. I finally graduated from college, with a BA in Mass Communication and a minor in Journalism. I worked for a few small newspapers before landing a gig writing and curating news for RecoveryNowTV. That position opened up a lot of doors for me, and led me to partneri

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Heather McCarthy

Heather McCarthy was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts and shares her heartrending story about her adoption and finding her biological family. This is a unique adoption with a twist unlike any other you will ever read.

Her newest novel, Sex Drugs and Digging a hole, entices readers with a revealing story of a functioning couples drug addicted life.

Ms. McCarthy lives in Quincy Massachusetts with her husband of twenty-three years and epitomizes the vivid individuals surrounding her world. She holds an Associate Degree in Medical Science and loves to write in her spare time. She lives and works in Massachusetts with her loving husband and her cat Ernie who has more attitude than her husband.

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Jon Vreeland

Jon Vreeland is a writer of prose, poetry, plays, and journalism. His memoir “The Taste of Cigarettes” published May 22, 2018, under Vine Leaves Press of Australia, and can now be purchased through all major bookstores and outlets.

Vreeland's writing focuses on addiction and its harsh consequence and reality. His stories mostly take place in Huntington Beach, where he lived for thirty years. Vreeland is 38 years old and has been clean from drugs and alcohol for 4 years. Since getting clean he’s published stories with Rebelle Society, Santa Barbara New Press, he currently writes a colum for the Santa Barbara Sentinel and Montecito Journal. His poetry’s been published in a number of journals and three different printed anthologies, two of the

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