Monica J DeLoy
Monica’s background as a trained singer, coupled with bachelor’s degree in music, infuses her narratives with rich musical themes. She lives in the upper midwest, and draws inspiration for her settings from the northern, forest-clad climate. Beyond writing, she is a mother, wife, full-time worker (in a field kept mysterious), and dance choreographer.
Her work spans from fantasy, sci-fi, to romance and promises to sweep readers into an immersive world where love and magic intertwine. The Song of Sunrise is her debut novel.
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There was a willow I loved by a creek; sometimes I slept there. I was never afraid, alone in the dark. There was nothing to fear from water and trees and fairytales.
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K.M. Moronova
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Jacqueline White
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Lizzy Gayle loves paranormal so much, she lives it. She is both an author and a psychic. Between mothering her three kids, attempting to understand her rocket scientist husband, and consistently attempting to declutter her home (that she is convinced is a secret portal to a clutter-creating dimension), she does her best to use her creative gifts and share them with you. Lizzy is a people person so if you contact her, it will make her very happy and she will likely answer while possibly including pictures of her bunnies and/or bird. She has also been known to write Young Adult under the name Lisa Gail Green. Anything else you’d like to know about her you may find out by asking because it never hurts to ask. -
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Her debut novel After the Bees was derived from the important message that without bees we have no future. This inspired the continuance of Raum and Leah's story that has now become the Revelation Trilogy where each book has an underlying environmental message.
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Lindsay Barrett
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Lizzy Gayle loves paranormal so much, she lives it. She is both an author and a psychic. Between mothering her three kids, attempting to understand her rocket scientist husband, and consistently attempting to declutter her home (that she is convinced is a secret portal to a clutter-creating dimension), she does her best to use her creative gifts and share them with you. Lizzy is a people person so if you contact her, it will make her very happy and she will likely answer while possibly including pictures of her bunnies and/or bird. She has also been known to write Young Adult under the name Lisa Gail Green. Anything else you’d like to know about her you may find out by asking because it never hurts to ask. -
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There was a willow I loved by a creek; sometimes I slept there. I was never afraid, alone in the dark. There was nothing to fear from water and trees and fairytales.
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Karolina Wilde
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Mickey Schoonover
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I’ve been making up fictional stories for most of my life, writing fantastical tales in the margins of my days as a reporter and public relations professional. My debut dystopian romantic fantasy Fount and Fortune will published on Aug. 27, and the sequel is completed and being revised. When I’m not writing, I can be found reading, hiking, taking way too many photographs of nature and faraway places, and going on adventures with the people I love. -
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S.E. Berkeley
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Gigi Zarbi
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Andrew K. Clark
Andrew K. Clark is a writer from Asheville, NC where his people settled before The Revolutionary War. His poetry collection, Jesus in the Trailer was published by Main Street Rag Press and short-listed for the Able Muse Book Award.
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His debut novel, Where Dark Things Grow, was published by Cowboy Jamboree Press September 10, 2024. A loose sequel, Where Dark Things Rise, is forthcoming from Quill & Crow Publishing House in September of 2025.
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Jasmine Andrady
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B.B. Aspen
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When she is not writing her own fictional worlds she is exploring and traveling across ours. She is a proud globetrotter who collects lore, inspiration and passports stamps while she dreams of realms. She would love to retire in the woods, living under the moon with a garden and a village of unapologetic women raising dragons.
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James is a proud Canadian and author of the Aduro Kingdom Novel Series. She has a background in business, finance, and marketing, with a passion for abstract expressionism, interior design, and creative writing.
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She is obsessed with delving into the darkness of the human mind, as well as Irish and Norse mythology, and all things romance.
She writes fast-paced stories, using ambiguity as a weapon to encourage readers to engage critically with her work.
A Kingdom of Beasts and Betrayal is James’s debut novel and will continue into a trilogy within the Aduro Kingdom Novel series where she depicts the stages of grief using a mix of fantasy, romance, and horror elements to embody the complexities of living.
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