John recently retired as an English professor at Norfolk State University where he designed and taught a course in how to write Science fiction and Fantasy. He is a former Chairman of the Board of the Horror Writers Association and has published approximately 350 stories in places such as Weird Tales, Whitley Strieber's Aliens, Fangoria, Galaxy, The Age of Wonders, and the Hot Blood anthology series. John has published nearly twenty books, including SF action-adventure novels such as Beyond Those Distant Stars and Speaker of the Shakk (Mundania Press), A Senseless Act of Beauty (Crossroad Press), and Alien Dreams (Drollerie Press and Crossroad Press). Shorter books include A Mingling of Souls and Music Man (XoXo Publishing), Here Be Dragons
Born in a small village in India in 1966, Prakash Shah knows firsthand what it means to grow up with limited guidance and how powerful the right direction can be. After struggling through a turning point in his academic life, he went from underperforming student to focused learner, eventually earning higher degrees and building a successful career rooted in education and mentorship. Drawing from both personal experience and years of speaking with students in schools and hostels, he brings a deep understanding of what young people truly need to succeed, not just academically, but in life. His practical, relatable approach has helped many young minds shift their thinking and take meaningful steps toward a well-rounded future. He wrote Your Pass
The author, Mr. Arpan Bhattacharyya comes from a middle-class family living in the heritage Dutch town of Chinsurah which is around an hour drive from the city of Calcutta in the state of West Bengal , India. He had spent most part of his childhood and adolescence in the pre colonial Danish Town of Serampore located in the district of Hooghly , state of West Bengal , India. He has obtained his elementary and higher school education from Protestant missionaries like The Assembly of God Church and Methodist School Missionaries.
Since his childhood, he has been an ardent follower of Tagore , the great Indian poet and American author Mark Twain and later on as he grew up being a Student of English Literature ,he was an admirer of the writings of
