Tenkara Smart
Tenkara Smart grew up surfing in San Diego, California, even once having a close encounter with a hammerhead shark while surfing near the Mexican border, causing her to exit pronto! Now, living in Australia, where the sharks are generally larger, (and seemingly have more close-encounters with humans), she doesn’t surf - but she loves to kayak, paddleboard, walk/hike, and spend any minute she can with her husband. Together, they travel often, especially to Japan, where her heart feels at home.
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Dami is a dreamer trapped in a 9-to-5 world. After years of balancing reality with the allure of fictional realms, the pandemic served as a cosmic alarm, jolting her back to her true passion: storytelling. With a repertoire that spans supernatural romance, young adult fiction, and non-fiction, Dami invites readers to explore worlds both familiar and extraordinary. Her works, including the enchanting "Wishing for a Parallel World," "A Tale of Renascence," "Those were not love letters, but still I fell in love," in fiction categories and the thought-provoking "Just an Alien... Stuck on Earth," in a non-fiction category are a testament to her ability to weave intricate tales that resonate with the heart.
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I enjoy the mountains, playing games, learning new things, and crafting. I'm also an avid reader (various genres, but fantasy and science fiction are favorites). And I enjoy writing, of course!
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Thanks for visiting my page. I write software by day and speculative fiction when I should be sleeping. Dark hot chocolate fuels my evenings. My work ranges from fairy tales to fantasy to horror and ghost stories. I've been writing all my life but decided to become super serious about it and pursue publication a few years ago. My work has appeared in various anthologies and magazines. I live with my wife, children, and cats in a house with more books than bookshelf space.
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Stjepan was born on September 12, 1965, in Split, Croatia.
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My name is Inna Tamir, and I'm the author of the Butterflies on the Net series.
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Richard Houlden
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I'm a Self Published Indie Author with a love for anything science fiction, fantasy, paranormal and action based.
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I live in the beautiful Malvern Hills, in the middle of England. I’m an educator by day and a writer by night, I’m married to an artist and enslaved to a huge tuxedo cat. Tea and Bradley Cooper addict.
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