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D.S. Getson

Author writes under the penname Denise Getson as well

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Five things to know about me:

1. I am passionate about the family story and have been blessed with a plethora of juicy ones.

2. I love forest bathing. Give me a hike or a good book and we'll be friends for life.

3. True story: my family lived off the land when I was growing up. We had an apple orchard, a huge garden, cherry trees, pear trees, strawberry fields. We'd trade produce for eggs and milk with the farmer down the street. I'd say my Dad was the original organic farmer.

4. My mother took us to the library every week when I was young and I walked out of there with more books than I could carry. I won a first-grade county writing contest and still have the ribbon.

5. I read a book a week even when I have a heavy writing schedule. I can't

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John Ellington

John Ellington hopes to be living, authentic proof to his readers that dreams are worth chasing, no matter how outlandish or unrealistic. As a practicing veterinarian with a background in biology, John is not your prototypical author. He has no formal training in literature or publishing. He spends the majority of his time calculating drug doses and peering through the lenses of microscopes. However, since a young age the creative side of his brain has been unsatisfied by science alone. He spends his free time exploring nature and writing songs. One particular dream of his was always to craft a story that would be worth sharing. His first novel, "Whispering Winds of Appalachia", is an expression of his innermost thoughts and feelings and wa

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D.S. Getson

Author writes under the penname Denise Getson as well

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Kimberly Nixon

Five things to know about me:

1. I am passionate about the family story and have been blessed with a plethora of juicy ones.

2. I love forest bathing. Give me a hike or a good book and we'll be friends for life.

3. True story: my family lived off the land when I was growing up. We had an apple orchard, a huge garden, cherry trees, pear trees, strawberry fields. We'd trade produce for eggs and milk with the farmer down the street. I'd say my Dad was the original organic farmer.

4. My mother took us to the library every week when I was young and I walked out of there with more books than I could carry. I won a first-grade county writing contest and still have the ribbon.

5. I read a book a week even when I have a heavy writing schedule. I can't

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Ruth Talbot

Ruth Talbot is a fiction writer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband and rescue pup. She loves to comb through old newspapers for story ideas like The Raffle Baby. Sign up for news and updates at ruthtalbot.com.

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Jeanette Minniti

Jeanette Minniti is a writer living in Colorado. She received an MA in Journalism with an emphasis in Public Relations from the University of Colorado, Boulder.

She is a member of the Historical Novel Society, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Pikes Peak Writers, and Lighthouse Writers in Denver.

With a background in journalism, her creative writing interest gravitated to historical fiction. Her debut novel, THE ONLY WAY HOME, received the Colorado Authors League 1st Place Gold Award for Historical Fiction, a 2nd Place Silver CIPA EVVY award in Literary & Contemporary Fiction, and a 3rd Place Broze CIPA EVVY Award in Historical Fiction. She also received an Honorable Mention Award from Readers' Favorite in Historical Fiction-Events/Eras.

As an

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Karen Heenan

As an only child, Karen Heenan learned young that boredom was the ultimate enemy. Shortly after, she discovered perpetual motion and has rarely been seen holding still since.

Since discovering books, she is never without one in her hand and several more in her head. Her first series, The Tudor Court, stemmed from a lifelong interest in British history, but she's now turned her gaze closer to home and is writing stories set in her hometown of Philadelphia.

Karen lives in Lansdowne, PA, just outside Philadelphia, where she grows much of her own food and makes her own clothes. She is accompanied on her quest for self-sufficiency by a very patient husband and an ever-changing number of cats.

One constant: she is always writing her next book.

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G.L. Gooding

American novelist G. L. Gooding is the author of five novels that have warmed the hearts of audiences around the globe.

Met with glowing industry reviews, Fresh Snow on Bedford Falls is the award-winning historical mystery that picks up where the classic film It’s a Wonderful Life ends. Available in paperback, e-book, and a separate large-print edition, the novel is now available as an incredible audiobook narrated by industry legend George Guidall. Fresh Snow on Bedford Falls shares new layers of suspense, history, revelation, and redemption as a determined bank examiner pursues the truth about George Bailey, Mr. Potter, and the money that Uncle Billy failed to deposit that fateful day.

Gooding's second book Yellum shines the spotlight on

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Sherry Parnell

An avid reader since I was a child, I have always been drawn to a good story well told. I loved being able to explore other worlds and live other lives through these stories. So, I began writing as a means to give my imagination a home upon the page. For me, well-written fiction has the power to teach and transport, and that’s what I aspire to do every time I sit down to create a new character, setting or story.

My novels Let the Willows Weep and Daughter of the Mountain examine the struggles, complexity, and resilience that define many lives in the rural American South. With a focus on female characters, I'm driven to share stories that reveal the strength women display when forced to rise above limited opportunities, economic injustice, a

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Jean Hackensmith

I am the published author of 12 books, all in the romance genre; everything from time travel, to historical, to contemporary. My newest release, "Checkmate" is the start of my break from the romance genre. It's still classified as a romantic thriller, but truthfully it's more thriller than romance. I'm not saying I won't ever write another romance, especially time travel. I'd have too many upset readers if I didn't. But, for now, I just needed try something new. In fact, my current manuscript, titled "We The People" takes me completely out of the romance genre. But more about that later.

As far as personal info goes, I'm married to my best friend and biggest supporter, Ron. I'm the proud mother of 3, the stepmother of 2, and the grandmother

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Catherine Ryan Hyde

Catherine Ryan Hyde is the author of more than 50 published and forthcoming books.

She is co-author, with publishing industry blogger Anne R. Allen, of How to be a Writer in the E-Age: a Self-Help Guide.

Her bestselling 1999 novel Pay It Forward was made into a major Warner Brothers motion picture. It was chosen by the American Library Association for its Best Books for Young Adults list, and translated into more than two dozen languages for distribution in over 30 countries. Simon & Schuster released a special 15th anniversary edition in December of ’14.

Pay It Forward: Young Readers Edition, an age-appropriate edited edition of the original novel, was released by Simon & Schuster in August of ‘14. It is suitable for children as young as eig

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Mary Jane Salyers

About the Author – Mary Jane Salyers

I grew up in a rural county in East Tennessee during the 1940s and 1950s. This county had very little industry–a few small coal mines and sawmills, so most people made their living as farmers or traveled out of the county to find jobs. Many families lived on small tracts of land, often on hillsides or in hollows, where they eked out a living from the soil–enough to survive. At that time, my county was among the poorest counties in all of Appalachia.

My family had our little fifteen-acre plot, about a third of which was not tillable. We kept cows to provide milk and butter and raised chickens, hogs, rabbits, and goats, and sometimes horses. During the summer we raised a big garden and canned and preserved f

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Ruth Talbot

Ruth Talbot is a fiction writer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she lives with her husband and rescue pup. She loves to comb through old newspapers for story ideas like The Raffle Baby. Sign up for news and updates at ruthtalbot.com.

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Sherry Parnell

An avid reader since I was a child, I have always been drawn to a good story well told. I loved being able to explore other worlds and live other lives through these stories. So, I began writing as a means to give my imagination a home upon the page. For me, well-written fiction has the power to teach and transport, and that’s what I aspire to do every time I sit down to create a new character, setting or story.

My novels Let the Willows Weep and Daughter of the Mountain examine the struggles, complexity, and resilience that define many lives in the rural American South. With a focus on female characters, I'm driven to share stories that reveal the strength women display when forced to rise above limited opportunities, economic injustice, a

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Rose Betit

Rose Betit resides in Montreal, QC. She has a growing repertoire of published works, including articles, short stories, and poetry. Her debut novel, Sparrows, was released in June of 2021 and is the recipient of several literary awards.

Betit's latest venture has been writing and illustrating children's books, to which she has produced two. ( Maisie and Moe: The Two Extra-Extraordinary Basset Hounds of Court Street- 2023 and GO AWAY, MONSTERS! 2025)

All of Rose Betit's works can be found on Amazon.
Sparrows may also be found at your public library. (If not, it can be requested.)

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