The author listings below give you quick access to a short bio, interviews, guest posts, and more.
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Scott Bury
Scott Bury is a journalist, editor and writer living in Ottawa. His articles have been published in newspapers and magazines in Canada, the US, UK and Australia, including Macworld, the Ottawa Citizen, the Financial Post, Marketing, Canadian Printer, Applied Arts, PEM, Workplace, Advanced Manufacturing and others. He has two almost-grown children, an orange cat and a loving wife who puts up with a lot. You can read more of Scott's writing at scottstravelblog.wordpress.com, and on his website, http://www.writtenwords.ca. Follow him on Twitter @ScottTheWriter.
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Katri Cardew
I live in outback Australia with my large Dogue de Bordeaux. My focus is on magical fantasy and romance novels.
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Harrison Davies
Harrison Davies (1973 - ) was born in Hartlepool in the United Kingdom. He now resides in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North of England. His passions include the written word, visual media such as indie filmmaking, and photography. He lives with his long time partner, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, and African Grey Parrot. Harrison completed his second book in early 2012.
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Danika Dinsmore
Danika Dinsmore works in speculative fiction with an emphasis on juvenile and young adult literature. She currently teaches creative writing, imaginary world building, dystopian fiction, and other subgenres of speculative fiction. The first book in her children's fantasy series (Brigitta of the White Forest) was released in 2011 and the second book (The Ruins of Noe) will be released in May 2012. She is working on the third novel in the series (Ondelle of Grioth) as well as a YA pop space opera (Interglactic) and a YA dystopian love story (Silk Rivers of the Moon).
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Ava Donja
Ava is an avid reader, writer, blogger, and gamer. She lives in Southern California and would love the beach if it wasn’t for all that sand. Mind, Body, and Spirit is her first fantasy romance ebook.
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Will English
Will English was born in Georgia in 1985. He started writing in 1997 and hasn't stopped ever since. His first book 'Walking with Summer Dreams: Short Fiction' was published in May of 2011 on both Lulu.com and the Amazon Kindle. He currently lives in Georgia USA.
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Roger Eschbacher
Roger Eschbacher is a professional television animation writer who's worked for Warner Brothers, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon Network. He's also written two children's picture books, "Road Trip", and "Nonsense! He Yelled," both for Dial Books. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, he now lives in California with his family and a crazy dog named Lizzy.
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M. Todd Gallowglas
M. Todd Gallowglas has been writing stories of one form or another since received his very first writing assignment in third grade. He has been a professional storyteller at Renaissance Faires for twenty years. In 2009, he received his Bachelor of Arts in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. He is a regular fiction contributor for the Call of Chthulu card game from Fantasy Flight Games Inc, and his novel First Chosen is a bestseller on Amazon in the US and UK.
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Katharina Gerlach
What would you like to know about me? Shall I tell you about the tomboy who turned the forest around her house into a haunted grove or Little Red's riding grounds? Or about the seven-year old who decided to become a forester – and who did? Maybe, you'd be more interested in the school girl who wrote one-page stories for all her friends and relatives. I still see myself as Rainbow Girl, sliding though hollowed out tree trunks to help Mother Nature fight evil polluters. I still sing evening songs with the wood nymphs—except I've got to walk quite a bit longer these days to reach the woods. And I still make up stories for those around me. If you need to know more about me, my three kids, my husband, dog, or house, please look at my homepage.
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Stacey Thompson-Geer
I'm an author and a mom. What more is there to life? I have been writing for many years. I started in horror and dark fantasy, but enjoy writing in all genres.
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William L. Hahn
Will Hahn has been in love with heroic tales since age four, when his father read him the Lays of Ancient Rome and the Tales of King Arthur. He taught Ancient-Medieval History for years, but the line between this world and others has always been thin; the far reaches of fantasy, like the distant past, still bring him face to face with people like us, who have choices to make.
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Henry, Josh & Harrison Herz
Struck by inspiration one day, Henry began a fun project with his two bright young sons, who share his joy of entering the magical realms of fantasy. Together, they wrote this tale. By day, Henry is a management consultant who also teaches after school enrichment for elementary school children. Josh and Harrison Herz are elementary school students who enjoy fantasy stories. Josh's hobbies include parkour, building with LEGOs, and painting Warhammer miniatures. Harrison plays basketball, and collects Yu-gi-oh cards & KidRobot vinyl figures. Both are big fans of The Lord of the Rings and the San Diego Comic-Con. We are distant relatives of Madeleine L'Engle, whose book A Wrinkle in Time was just ranked #3 on the top 100 children's books of all time. Writing must be in the DNA!
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RA Jones
RA Jones was born in 1955 and grew up in a mining village in South Wales with his nose in a book and his head in the clouds. He managed to subdue his imagination long enough to carve out a career in medicine, writing whenever the chance arose. A growing desire to move away from adult thrillers and write for children is what currently preoccupies him.
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Christopher Kellen
Christopher Kellen is an IT specialist who thinks he's got what it takes to spin the occasional swords-and-sorcery yarn. His heroes of literature are those who are fearless in telling an uncompromising story. He wishes that there were more people who wrote like Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, and Karl Edward Wagner, and while he knows that that he can never live up to their genius, he hopes to contribute something to the genre that they so loved. He lives in New Hampshire with his wife and their monstrous black dog.
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LB Mara
I am a Cambridge University Theology graduate and prizewinner, an author of a YA fantasy novel entitled The Dawn Herald and am presently writing a book on Benjamin Franklin. I grew up in Cambridge UK, live in Hertfordshire, am a cricket fanatic, gourmet chef, read and writes obsessively and am about to start (another) Masters in Philosophy. I review for Bookpleasures, WH Smith and The Booktrust.
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Scott Marlowe
Scott Marlowe divides his time between writing fiction, mountain biking, and designing software systems for the accounting and medical industries. He currently lives in Texas with his wife and two crazy dogs.
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Daniel R. Marvello
Daniel R. Marvello writes fantasy adventure stories from his log home
on forty acres of forested land in the North Idaho panhandle. The setting
for his Vaetra Chronicles book series was inspired by the scenic beauty of his surroundings.
Daniel shares his home with his loving wife of 20 years
and several wonderful animals.
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Marsha A. Moore
Marsha A. Moore is a writer of fantasy romance. The magic of art and nature spark life into her writing. Her creativity also spills into watercolor painting and drawing. After a move from Toledo to Tampa in 2008, she's happily transforming into a Floridian, in love with the outdoors. Crazy about cycling, she usually passes the 1,000 mile mark yearly. She is learning kayaking and already addicted. She's been a yoga enthusiast for over a decade and that spiritual quest helps her explore the mystical side of fantasy. She never has enough days spent at the beach, usually scribbling away at new stories with toes wiggling in the sand. Every day at the beach is magical!
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Mysti Parker
Mysti Parker is a full-time wife, mom of three, and a writer. Born and raised in Kentucky, writing has always been her first love. After many years of pursuing other things, she began her writing career in earnest in 2009. Look for her second book in the Tallenmere series, Serenya's Song, coming in April.
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Shane Porteous
Why do I write? It is simply who I am. I strive to tell original stories and make sure I am not bound by the traditions of genre. If I had to label my work than it is best described as Alternative Dark Fantasy.
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Agatha Raine
My name is Agatha Raine. I was born in Utah and raised in East Texas, and I've never quite been able to shake the accent. I've always had a vivid imagination, ever since I was a child. My mother once asked me why I didn't write my ideas down. At 10, that seemed like a ridiculous amount of work, but by 12 I was scribbling short fan-fiction stories in the back of my notebook between classes. I'll state up front, I support fan-fiction. It's the venue where I first developed my writing and story-telling skills, and to this day, some of my most favored writings are fan-fiction. At 14, I decided I enjoyed writing enough that I wanted to create my own worlds and characters. I began work on a series of unpublished science fiction novels, a ongoing project that lasted me several years. Now, with 13 years of writing under my belt, I've more book ideas than I've got time to write! I published my debut novel, The Veiled Rider, in December 2011.
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Sue Santore
As a young girl, I read the Narnia series by C.S. Lewis,and I have been hooked on fantasy ever since. For years I have had my own fantasy stories spinning around in my head and now that I am retired from many years of teaching, I am putting those stories into book form.
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Jeff Shanley
A longtime fan of science fiction, horror and fantasy, I have always dreamed of writing something that would impact people's lives and experiences, both literary and personal. My biggest inspiration for my writing was and is The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, as well as his entire Middle-earth legendarium. I don't just limit myself to fantasy novels, though. I've also written a few screenplays and I'm an avid movie buff (to say the least). MATHION, and the MAVONDURI TRILOGY as a whole has taken the better part of a decade to develop, and I hope that you enjoy the series as much as I enjoy writing it. Check out the Mavonduri Trilogy Official Blog, subscribe to my YouTube channel (TheMavonduriTrilogy) and my Twitter (@Mavonduri) for the latest updates and general rambling from me!
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Vanna Smythe
Vanna Smythe is the author of Protector, the first book in the Anniversary of the Veil fantasy series. She has been writing creatively since her early teens, though one could say her creative writing efforts started long before that. While still in kindergarten, she once tore up a library book to make alphabet soup, and has been fascinated with what words can do, the pictures and worlds they can create, ever since. Book two of the Anniversary of the Veil series, Decision Maker, is due out in Autumn, 2012.
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Mark Anthony Tierno
Mark lives in his home town of Monrovia California, the recipient of a Masters in Physics and a second degree in Math. A lifelong reader of fantasy and SciFi, he finally set his own imagination to paper with the help of his trusty old Amiga computer. His passions include yoga, theorizing about the Universe, and most especially writing books like this.
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