Anne M Kennedy is a writer of historical mystery thrillers set in Baku, Azerbaijan. The City of Winds is a series of five novels that span the years 1890 – 1920. The first novel, The Baku Inheritance, was published in October 2024. Anne grew up in Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. She trained as a teacher of History at Homerton College, Cambridge and accepted her first teaching post in Norfolk. She obtained a Bachelor of Education in History, an MSc in Computer Science, and an MA in English Literature with several modules in creative writing. Inspired to work overseas, she embarked on an international career which spanned North Yemen, Turkey, Azerbaijan and Bermuda. It was in Baku, wh
Kyle Woodruff is a humorist and philosopher who explores both shallow and deep topics alike. He has a BSc in Kinesiology, and has been honing the craft of writing for the better part of his adult life. He spends summers in an RV, traveling across America, and winters in Sayulita, Mexico. His adventures can be followed on Facebook or Instagram @kyle__woodruff.
Carolyn started her life in the West Midlands moving to rural Gloucestershire at the age of six.
Always keen to help others she decided to train as a Physiotherapist working in the NHS until leaving to start a family of her own.
Although Carolyn enjoyed creative pastimes and excelled at the piano at school, writing was something she only discovered during the Covid pandemic when she discovered an opportunity to contribute to a multi author book. This sparked a passion to turn the taboos and traumas she had faced as a young woman into talking points. The From A Place Called series of memoirs was born.
Book One, From A Place Called Shame, takes the reader on the emotional rollercoaster ride of her teens and twenties. Carolyn is a natural storyt
