Samantha Larsen
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R.L. LaFevers (Robin Lorraine when she’s in really big trouble) grew up surrounded by shelves of old dusty books and a passel of brothers. She has also spent a large portion of her life being told she was making up things that weren’t there, which only proves she was destined to write fiction. She is the author of over fourteen books for young readers, including THEODOSIA AND THE SERPENTS OF CHAOS, (Houghton Mifflin, 2007) which received starred reviews and was a Junior Library Guild selection, a Booksense Summer Pick, and nominated for the Malice Domestic’s Agatha Award, and the NATHANIEL FLUDD, BEASTOLOGIST series. R.L. also writes the His Fair Assassin books using her full name, Robin LaFevers, but cannot get Goodreads to link the two, s
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Josh Mendoza
Josh Mendoza is an award-winning filmmaker known for his post-apocalyptic feature film, What Still Remains. He received a BA in English and Creative Writing from Stanford University and earned an MFA in Film and Television Production from USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. He has since split his time between the City of Angels and the deserts of Arizona with his wife and two children. Shadow of the Eternal Watcher is his first novel.
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Katharine Schellman
Katharine Schellman is the author of the Lily Adler Mysteries and the forthcoming Nightingale Mysteries. Her debut novel, The Body in the Garden, was one of Suspense Magazine's Best Books of 2020 and led to her being named one of BookPage's 16 Women to Watch in 2020. Her second novel, Silence in the Library, was praised as "worthy of Rex Stout or Agatha Christie" (Library Journal).
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Dianne Freeman
Dianne Freeman is the acclaimed author of the USA Today Bestselling Countess of Harleigh Mystery series. She is an Agatha Award and Lefty Award winner, as well as a finalist for the prestigious Mary Higgins Clark and Macavity Awards. After thirty years of working in corporate accounting and finance, she now writes full-time. Born and raised in Michigan, she and her husband split their time between Michigan and Arizona. Visit her at www.DiFreeman.com.
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Pepper Basham
Pepper D Basham has been telling tales ever since she was a little girl. When her grandmother called her a “writer” at the age of ten, Pepper took it as gospel and has enjoyed various types of writing styles ever since. A native of the Blue Ridge Mountains, mom of five, speech-language pathologist, and lover of chocolate, Pepper enjoys sprinkling her native Appalachian culture into her fiction wherever she can. She currently resides in the lovely mountains of Asheville, NC, where she works with kids who have special needs, searches for unique hats, and plots new ways to annoy her wonderful friends at her writing blog, The Writer’s Alley.
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Darcie Wilde
Darcie Wilde is a pseudonym for Sarah Zettel, author of mysteries, science fiction, romance and Young Adult fiction, including the New York Times Notable Book Fool’s War and the bestselling Rosalind Thorne mysteries A Useful Woman. She also writes under the names Delia James, Sarah Zettel, Jennifer Hawkins C. L. Anderson and Marissa Day.
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Darcie writes her classically styled (not to mention stylish) mysteries as well as adventurous romances from a university town in a certain northern-midwestern state that has been known to bear some passing resemblance to a mitten. When not writing, she’s reading, cooking, hiking, swimming, climbing things, embroidering other things, raising her rapidly growing son and trying to convince her cat — Buffy the -
Fran Kimmel
Fran Kimmel writes novels, short stories, and plays for both theatre and radio. Her third novel, Cattail Lane, was released in April 2025 with ECW Press.
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Fran’s second novel, No Good Asking, was shortlisted for the ReLit Award and the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction and has been translated for international markets. Her debut novel, The Shore Girl, won the Alberta Readers’ Choice Award, was shortlisted for the Alberta Trade Fiction Award, and was named a Canada Reads Top 40 Book.
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Kellie Coates Gilbert
⭐️ USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ⭐️
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Kellie Coates Gilbert has won readers’ hearts with her compelling and highly emotional stories about women and the relationships that define their lives. A former legal investigator, she is especially known for keeping readers turning pages and for creating nuanced characters who seem real.
In addition to garnering hundreds of five-star reviews, Kellie has been described by RT Book Reviews as a “deft, crisp storyteller.” Her books were featured as Barnes & Noble Top Shelf Picks and were awarded a coveted spot on the Library Journal’s Best Book List.
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James V. Smith Jr.
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James V. Smith, Jr., is breaking out of the military action-adventure publishing world with his latest novel, Curse of the Kavorka , a Substack rom-com about a Guy who starts up a business wrecking romances that brings him into conflict with organized crime. https://jvsmith.substack.com — Curse of the Kavorka
He writes a nonfiction Substack, The Persuasive Writer about how to hack the minds and charm the hearts of readers using the persuasive secrets of masters in sales and marketing. Principles for both fiction and nonfiction writers.
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Manda Collins
Manda Collins grew up on a combination of Nancy Drew books and Jane Austen novels, and her own brand of Regency romantic suspense is the result. A former academic librarian, she holds advanced degrees in English Lit and Librarianship. Her books have been favorably reviewed in Entertainment Weekly, Library Journal, Booklist, Publisher's Weekly, Bookpage, and USA Today. A native of Alabama, she lives on the Gulf Coast with a very stubborn cat and more books than are strictly necessary.
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Julie Anne Lindsey
Julie Anne Lindsey- Hatcher is an award-winning and bestselling author of cozy mystery and romantic suspense. She’s published more than sixty novels as herself & under the pen names, Bree Baker, Jacqueline Frost & Julie Chase, for various publishers, including Kensington, Harlequin, Sourcebooks and Crooked Lane Books. When she's not writing the stories that keep her up at night, Julie stays busy in Kent, Ohio with her three amazing kids and shamelessly enabling friends. Today she hopes to make someone smile. One day she plans to change the world.
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C.J. Archer
C.J. Archer is the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of historical mystery and historical fantasy novels including the GLASS AND STEELE series, the CLEOPATRA FOX MYSTERIES, the MINISTRY OF CURIOSITIES and THE GLASS LIBRARY series.
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She has loved history and books for as long as she can remember and feels fortunate that she found a way to combine the two. She has at various times worked as a librarian, IT support person and technical writer but in her heart has always been a fiction writer. She lives in Melbourne, Australia, with her husband, 2 children and Coco the black and white cat.
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Vanessa Kelly
Vanessa Kelly is a bestselling author of historical mystery and historical romance. She has won multiple awards, including the prestigious Maggie Medallion for best historical romance. She is a USA Today, Barnes & Noble, BookScan, and Amazon bestseller several times over. To date, her books have been published in eleven languages. Vanessa also wrote USA Today bestselling contemporary romance and romantic suspense novels with her husband, under the pen name of V.K. Sykes.
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After receiving her MA in English literature from Rutgers University, Vanessa spent several years in the Ph.D program at the University of Toronto, studying women authors of the 18th Century. She worked as a researcher for many years, and currently resides in Ottawa, Canada, -
Alison Goodman
Alison is the author of seven novels so far including the award winning Dark Days Club trilogy (aka as the Lady Helen trilogy) and EON and EONA, a New York Times Bestselling fantasy duology. Her upcoming novel --The Benevolent Society of Ill-Mannered Ladies-- is book 1 in a new series, and will be published in the USA, UK and Australia at the end of May 2023.
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James V. Smith Jr.
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James V. Smith, Jr., is breaking out of the military action-adventure publishing world with his latest novel, Curse of the Kavorka , a Substack rom-com about a Guy who starts up a business wrecking romances that brings him into conflict with organized crime. https://jvsmith.substack.com — Curse of the Kavorka
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Stacey Morgan
Stacey Morgan is always ready with a crazy story from her own life; whether it be military deployments, carpooling, working for the Smithsonian, skydiving, teaching her teens to drive, taking roller skating lessons, or blasting her husband into outer space. Stacey currently works for MOPS International as an Executive Leadership Coach. She and her husband have four children and currently reside in Texas. When she’s not speaking at women’s events or scribbling down ideas for her next book, she’s watching historical dramas on PBS, reading a good mystery novel, laughing at internet memes, or planning her next exciting adventure.
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Fran Kimmel
Fran Kimmel writes novels, short stories, and plays for both theatre and radio. Her third novel, Cattail Lane, was released in April 2025 with ECW Press.
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Fran’s second novel, No Good Asking, was shortlisted for the ReLit Award and the Georges Bugnet Award for Fiction and has been translated for international markets. Her debut novel, The Shore Girl, won the Alberta Readers’ Choice Award, was shortlisted for the Alberta Trade Fiction Award, and was named a Canada Reads Top 40 Book.
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Lisa Lin
Lisa has been an avid romance reader and fan since she read her first Nora Roberts novel at the age of 13 after wandering the aisles of her local bookstore. Lisa loves that romance has the power to inspire, and believes that HEAs are for everyone.
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Lisa writes light contemporary romantic comedies with a liberal dash of snark and banter. She enjoys delving into the complexity of Asian and immigrant family experiences, and celebrates female friendships in her trademark dry, witty style. As an Asian-American author writing own voices Asian American stories, Lisa hopes that her books will show the diversity of the Asian-American experience, and the importance of every reader being able to see themselves represented on the page.
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Terry Runyan
Terry Runyan loves animals, particularly cats, and you'll usually find furry, feathery and fishy friends in her work. Working in many mediums such as watercolor, cut paper to digital, Terry enjoys mixing it up when it comes to creating art. She teaches art classes online and enjoys sharing her journey and insights on her highly popular social media platforms. Terry lives in Leawood, Kansas, USA, and you can find her at https://www.terryrunyan.com
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Catherine Lloyd
Catherine Lloyd was born just outside London, England, into a large family of dreamers, artists, and history lovers. She completed her education with a master’s degree in history at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and uses the skills she gained there to research and write her historical mysteries. Catherine currently lives in Hawaii with her husband and youngest daughter..
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Please note only the Kurland St. Mary mysteries are written by this Catherine Lloyd, not the romances.
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Kellie Coates Gilbert
⭐️ USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ⭐️
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Kellie Coates Gilbert has won readers’ hearts with her compelling and highly emotional stories about women and the relationships that define their lives. A former legal investigator, she is especially known for keeping readers turning pages and for creating nuanced characters who seem real.
In addition to garnering hundreds of five-star reviews, Kellie has been described by RT Book Reviews as a “deft, crisp storyteller.” Her books were featured as Barnes & Noble Top Shelf Picks and were awarded a coveted spot on the Library Journal’s Best Book List.
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Mary Winters
Mary Winters is the Edgar-nominated author of the Lady of Letters historical mystery series. She also pens cozy mysteries under the name Mary Angela. A longtime reader and fan of historical fiction, Mary set her latest work in Victorian England after being inspired by a trip to London. Since then, she’s been busily planning her next mystery—and another trip! Find out more about Mary and her writing, reading, and teaching at marywintersauthor.com.
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Anna Fitzpatrick
My name's Anna Fitzpatrick and I've been drawing since I can remember, making comics since the Beano cost 20p.
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Born and raised in Ireland and now living in Peterborough, UK, I have an unyielding passion for telling weird, unique and lovingly crafted stories. Obsessed with worldbuilding and the characters that live within, I'm niche and I know it. I'd never be anything else.
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Claudia Gray
Claudia Gray is not my real name. I didn't choose a pseudonym because my real name is unpleasant (it isn't), because I'd always dreamed of calling myself this (I haven't) or even because I'm hiding from the remnants of that international diamond-smuggling cartel I smashed in 2003 (Interpol has taken care of them). In short, I took a pseudonym for no real reason whatsoever. Sometimes this is actually the best reason to do things.
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I live in New Orleans. So far, in life, I've been a disc jockey, a lawyer, a journalist and an extremely bad waitress, just to name a few. I especially like to spend time traveling, hiking, reading and listening to music. More than anything else, I enjoy writing. -
Julia Stuart
Julia Stuart grew up in the West Midlands in England. She studied French and Spanish, and lived for a short period in France and Spain teaching English. After studying journalism at college, she worked on regional newspapers for six years. She then became a staff features writer for The Independent, where she worked for eight years, including a spell with The Independent on Sunday. In 2007, she relocated to Bahrain with her English husband, who is also a journalist. She currently lives in London.
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Michael Murray
Michael Murray served in the U.S. Air Force working with highly classified material. Murray has written a number of screenplays including the hit movie In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro starring Timothy Bottoms. Murray is the author of the best selling book Chain of Evidence which has been optioned by Walt Disney Studios. Murray has also written the popular Navy SEAL novels
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for Penguin/Putnam.Murray lives in Lompoc California.
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Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
Maya’s addicted to speculative fiction. For this, she blames her dad and Ray Bradbury. She’s authored eight novels of speculative fiction, short fiction that’s appeared in Analog, Amazing Stories, Interzone, and others, and has been short-listed for the Nebula, Sidewise, and British SF awards. She and writing partner Michael Reaves are responsible for the 2013 New York Times Bestseller STAR WARS LEGENDS: THE LAST JEDI.
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Her newest novel is THE ANTIQUITIES HUNTER, a Gina Miyoko Mystery
Maya is half of Maya & Jeff, a Pegasus Award-winning musical duo. They’ve collaborated on three amazing children and live in San Jose. You can read/listen to Maya’s work at www.bookviewcafe,com or www.mayabohnhoff.com and buy her books at Book View Café, Amazon,