Rachel Smythe
Rachel Smythe | #1 New York Times Bestselling Author
Rachel Smythe is the creator of the Webtoon phenomenon Lore Olympus. Debuting on Webtoon Originals in 2018, Lore Olympus captured hearts and minds with its glamorous setting, razor-sharp comedic timing, complex characters in messy relationships, and above all else, its breathtakingly beautiful visuals. Rachel’s craftsmanship and storytelling have seen the series rise to greater and greater success, winning many industry awards, including an Eisner in 2022 & 2023 and an animation adaptation with Jim Henson Studios currently in development.
"IF EYES COULD EAT, LORE OLYMPUS WOULD BE A FEAST." —NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
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I graduated from the College for Creative Studies in 2004 with a BFA in illustration, my love of cartooning and comics has led me to where i am today.
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After the birth of her son, she went freelance and successfully sold five non-fiction books to Citadel, a Kensington Publishing imprint, as well as multiple magazine articles to various publications.
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Kate Ashwin has been getting away with putting stories on the internet for over twenty years now, with only mild damage to herself and those around her. Her favourite things are cheese, all manner of beasts, green leafy houseplants, and telling you stories about a bunch of goofy nerds.
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Hi, I draw comics and put them on the internet for people to read. Sometimes I put the drawings on paper so people who are not on the internet can also read them. I live near San Diego, CA, and I am excited to make more comics for everyone.
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HAL Laboratory, Inc.
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Adam Ellis
Adam Ellis is a 25-year old artist, blogger and reluctant hipster who lives in New York. When he isn't illustrating for his site, he does freelance design for comic book publishers. He also hates tomatoes and can't do long division.
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Lucy Falcone
Lucy Falcone (aka L.M. Falcone) is a former children's television writer for such series as The Littlest Hobo and Nickelodeon's hugely popular, Are You Afraid of the Dark? She turned her hand to writing a number of award-winning novels and a junior-fiction detective series. Her debut picture book, I Didn't Stand Up, won the 2019 Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario Children's Literature Award.
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Don Zolidis
Originally from Wisconsin, Don Zolidis is a novelist and one of the most-produced playwrights in America.
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His 102 published plays have received more than 12,000 productions and have appeared in every state and 64 countries.
His first novel, The Seven Torments of Amy and Craig, will be published by Disney-Hyperion in October 2018.
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Joseph Veillon
Joseph Veillon (Joe to his friends) grew up in the Cajun country of Louisiana, immersed in the culture of his French and Acadian heritage. He lives in the small town of Kinder, Louisiana, in a house crammed full of books and files of research materials. Joe is a huge fan of science fiction and horror, especially apocalyptic horror and zombies. When he is not writing or planning for the Zombie Apocalypse, Joe enjoys history and science, exploring old abandoned places, fishing, watching videos on YouTube, and sleeping late.
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Joe has degrees in Law Enforcement and Nursing, and certification in Biology Education,
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María Hinojosa
Maria Hinojosa dreamt of a space where she could create independent, multimedia journalism that explores and gives a critical voice to the diverse American experience. She made that dream a reality in 2010 when she created Futuro Media, an independent, nonprofit newsroom based in Harlem, NYC with the mission to create multimedia content from a POC perspective. As Anchor and Executive Producer of the Peabody Award-winning show Latino USA, distributed by NPR, and Co-Host of Futuro Media’s award-winning political podcast In The Thick, Hinojosa has informed millions about the changing cultural and political landscape in America and abroad.
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Adalyn Grace
Adalyn Grace is the #1 New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, International, and Indiebound bestselling author of Belladonna and the All the Stars and Teeth duology.
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Prior to becoming an author, Adalyn spent several years working in live theatre and studied storytelling as an intern on Nickelodeon Animation’s popular series The Legend of Korra.
Local to San Diego, Adalyn spends her non-writing days by watching too much anime, and by playing video games with her two dorky dogs. -
Tina B. Tessina
I'm a licensed psychotherapist in S. California, with 40+ years experience in counseling individuals and couples and author of 13 books, including It Ends With You: Grow Up and Out of Dysfunction (New Page), How to Be a Couple and Still Be Free (New Page) and The Unofficial Guide to Dating Again (Wiley)
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Mark Crilley
Mark Crilley is an American comic book creator and children's book author/illustrator. He is the creator of Miki Falls, Akiko, and Brody's Ghost. He is also noted for his instructional videos for drawing in the manga-style. Crilley distributes drawing advice to artists via YouTube videos and his DeviantArt account. In August 2010, he starred in some how to draw videos for Funimation on demand. Mark Crilley's wife is Miki Crilley who he named Miki Falls after. The two have a daughter, Mio, and a son, Matthew.
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Keryl Brown Ahmed
Keryl is a writer who has worked in multiple media including film, television, and print journalism. She often writes comedies about trauma recovery. In her spare time she teaches violin, spoils her cat Merle, and creates feasts for one in her tiny kitchen.
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Hillary Frank
Hillary Frank is a freelance writer based in Philadelphia. She is the author and illustrator of the novels Better Than Running at Night (Houghton Mifflin 2002), I Can't Tell You (Houghton Mifflin 2004), and The View From the Top (Penguin 2010). Better Than Running at Night was named a Top Ten First Youth Novel by Booklist and a Best Book for Young Adults by the American Library Association.
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Hillary is also an independent producer for a variety of programs on public radio.
Her work has aired on This American Life, Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Studio 360, Marketplace, Day to Day, Weekend America, and Chicago Matters. She has won awards for her radio stories from the Association for Women in Communications, the National Mental Health -
Lottie Tomlinson
Lottie Tomlinson is a makeup artist and content creator.
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Gioia Diliberto
Gioia Diliberto is the author of eight books -- three historical novels and five nonfiction narratives -- and a play. Her writing, which focuses on women's lives, has been praised for combining rich storytelling and literary grace with deep research to bring alive worlds as varied as Jazz Age Paris, nineteenth century Chicago, Belle Epoque Paris, disco era Manhattan, and Prohibition New York. Her books have been translated into several languages, and her articles have appeared in many publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Smithsonian, Town & Country, and Vanity Fair. She also teaches writing and has taught at DePaul and Northwestern Universities and the Savannah Coll
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Georgina Kamsika
Georgina Kamsika is a speculative fiction writer born in Yorkshire, England, to British Asian immigrant parents and has spent most of her life explaining her English first name, Polish surname and South Asian features.
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Elijah Joseph
Elijah Joseph is an indie comic book writer, aiming to be known for crafting gripping narratives that you can’t put down. With a deep love for graphic novels and film, Elijah brings characters to life through captivating plots and dynamic visuals. Inspired by his love for mythology, pop culture, and the art of visual storytelling, Elijah creates comics that invite readers to both escape and reflect.
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Rupa Gulab
Rupa Gulab is a columnist and the author of Girl Alone, Chip of the Old Blockhead, and The Great Depression of the 40s.
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Sadie Allison
Dr. Sadie Allison, founder and CEO of Tickle Kitty, Inc., is author and publisher of today's most popular line of fun, informative, how-to sex-help books--the kind you wish you'd read earlier in life.
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Her bestselling titles include Tickle His Pickle, TOYGASMS!, Ride 'Em Cowgirl!, Tickle Your Fancy, and the new Tickle My Tush. Each has won the coveted IPPY--Independent Publisher's Best Sexuality Book Award, and together have sold 2 million copies.
As a leading authority on human sexuality for over a decade, Dr. Sadie's mission is to empower women and men to embrace a deeper enjoyment of their sexuality, through accurate education and inspiration.
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Emma Krogell
Creator Emma Krogell is the author and artist behind LUMINE. She currently lives in Finland with her two big fluffy dogs. Follow the author on social media @kabu_rion.
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Joseph Monninger
Joseph Monninger was an American writer and Professor of English at Plymouth State University. He lived in Warren, New Hampshire.
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Bernard Evslin
Bernard Evslin was an author best known for his adaptations of Greek mythology. With over seventy titles, which include both novel-length retellings and short stories, Evslin is one of the most widely published authors of classical mythology in the world. His best-known work is Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths, which has sold more than ten million copies worldwide and has been translated into ten different languages. An estimated 30 million students have come into contact with Heroes, Gods and Monsters of the Greek Myths due to its repeated use in high school and college classrooms over the years. This bestselling anthology includes such well-known stories as "Theseus and the Minotaur" and "Perseus and Medusa." He also published
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Sheryl Normandeau
Sheryl Normandeau, BA, is a Master Gardener and writer from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Her articles and stories have been published internationally.
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Bob Frissell
Bob Frissell, the founder of The Breath of Life (Breathwork & Integrative Healing), is the world-renowned author of “Nothing In This Book Is True, But Its Exactly How Things Are.” He also teaches the The Flower of Life Workshop (Sacred Geometry & the MerKaBa). Trained by Jim Leonard, originator of the Five Elements, Leonard Orr, creator of Rebirthing-Breathwork, and Drunvalo Melchizedek, originator of the MerKaBa and Unity Breath Meditations, Bob facilitates workshops and is available for private sessions.
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Christopher D. Schmitz
Christopher D Schmitz is the author of fiction and nonfiction as well as a regular blogger.
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Following completion of his first fantasy novel in the early 2000s he began working on lots of short fiction in order to refine his craft and went on to publish many pieces from 1,000-15,000 words in a variety of genres and outlets as writing exercises. Putting fiction away for a while, he pursued post-graduate work where he received a new appreciation for nonfiction, wrote Why Your Pastor Left, and then returned to his love for fiction, writing several new books.
Schmitz attained a Biblical Studies degree and a Youth Ministry minor from Trinity Bible College in 2003 and went on to gain a Masters of Arts in Religion from Liberty Baptist Theological Se -
Yumi Sakugawa
California-based comic artist and illustrator Yumi Sakugawa's work has featured everything from lonely one-eyed monsters to an ode to The Baby-Sitters Club character Claudia Kishi. Her off-beat comics that explore the trials and tribulations of human interaction have been featured in Sadie Magazine and The Rumpus and her comic zine Mundane Fortunes for the Next Ten Billion Years And Other Stories was chosen as a Notable Comic of 2012 by the Best American Comics anthology.
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Janis Mackay
I am from Edinburgh, have travelled a lot, lived in France, Palestine, Greece, London, Sussex, the far north of Scotland, and am now living in the beautiful Scottish Borders with a partner, a writing hut and a river in my garden. I always wanted to be a writer but following advice to get ‘a proper job’ I took myself off to the big city of London when I was just nineteen and trained to be a journalist. By 21 I was a journalist on Fleet Street – but soon realised this wasn’t the kind of writing I wanted to do. So off I went – round the world having all kinds of adventures – sailing yachts, sleeping on beaches, looking after children, working on kibbutz…then back to Scotland for more adventures – looking after children with learning disabiliti
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Douglas Fisher
Douglas Fisher, Ph.D., is an educator and Professor of Educational Leadership at San Diego State University and a teacher leader at Health Sciences High & Middle College.
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Louise Edington
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Louise Edington is a professional astrologer, author, and mentor with over 30 years of experience exploring the skies. Known for her mythic storytelling and transformative insights, she weaves astrology, archetype, and shamanic practice into empowering tools for personal and collective evolution. Lumina is the author of Ceres in Astrology: Nourishment, Power, and the Rebirth of the Feminine and leads The Nest, a sacred community for astrology learners and practitioners. Her work centers cosmic cycles as invitations to embody soul truth and co-create change. She offers daily guidance through her Cosmic Owl Substack and shares teachings through courses, mentorships, and public speaking. Louise is dedicated to restoring astrology as a living, -
Grace Helbig
Oh, hello. My name is Grace Helbig. I’m desperately seeking your attention as a vlogger, writer and comedic performer. I created and self-produced the IAWTV and Streamy award winning web series Daily Grace. NOW I’ve launched and self-produce the web series itsGrace.
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My friends, Hannah Hart and Mamrie Hart, and myself have recently released our FIRST FEATURE FILM, Camp Takota!
I’ve been seen on Comedy Central’s @midnight. G4’s Attack of the Show, NBC’s Celebrity Apprentice, MTV’s Money From Strangers, TheFineBros’ MyMusic, a handful of Lowes commercials and a butt ton of YouTube videos. If you want, you can read more about me on Wikipedia. -
Kimi Freeman
Kimi Freeman is a teen writer of both fiction and poetry who debuted with her novel, 'Tis the Damn Season, at just sixteen years old. A northern New Jersey native, she is often found enjoying a toasted cinnamon raisin bagel or taking trips into New York City, a short distance from her hometown. Her debut poetry collection, Someone Else in the Dark, will be released in May 2024. Follow her on her social media platforms for updates and additional information.
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David Wills
Australian-born David Wills is an author, independent curator, photographic preservationist, and editor who has accrued one of the world's largest independent archives of original photographs, negatives, and transparencies. He has contributed material to many publications and museums, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Phoenix Art Museum, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
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Wills has produced a series of photography exhibitions based on images from his archive. His shows include Murder, Models, Madness: Photographs from the Motion Picture Blow-Up; Edie Sedgwick: Unseen Photographs of a Warhol Superstar; Blonde Bombshell; James Bond; Women with Issues: Photographs from the Motion Picture V -
Charles Santore
Charles Santore is an American illustrator best known for his children's books. His work is on display permanently at the Brandywine River Museum and the Museum of Modern Art. He won the Hamilton King award from the New York Society of Illustrators. His book William the Curious won the 1998 Storytelling World Honor from Storytelling magazine.
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Eric Grissom
Eric Grissom's work includes the middle-grade fantasy graphic novel series GOBLIN with artist Will Perkins, the interactive middle-grade novel ON THE ISLAND OF THE MAD MAGICIAN, the strange mystery graphic novel DEADHORSE with artists Phil Sloan, David Halvorson, and Marissa Louise, and the mature graphic novella ANIMALS with artist Claire Connelly. Additionally, Eric is the author of the tabletop RPG BEWARE THE DARK SISTERHOOD.
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Laura Wettersten
Laura Wettersten lives in Ohio with her wonderful husband, their adorable baby son, and their two neurotic dogs. She has degrees in both music education and library science, and when she’s not writing or teaching she enjoys directing middle school musicals, dancing awkwardly around her kitchen, and watching WIPEOUT and 30 ROCK reruns. Her debut novel, MY FAIRE LADY, releases from Simon & Schuster BFYR in 2014.
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Wendy Chin-Tanner
Wendy Chin-Tanner is the author of the novel KING OF THE ARMADILLOS and the poetry collections TURN and ANYONE WILL TELL YOU. She is the editor of EMBODIED: An Intersectional Feminist Comics Poetry Anthology and cofounder of A Wave Blue World, an independent publishing company for graphic novels. Born and raised in New York City, she lives in the Hudson Valley with her family.
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Mary Meyer
Mary Liz Meyer is a children’s book writer who lives in Pittsburgh with her husband, their two sons, and two puppies.
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