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Renee Bourque ABOUT RENEERenee began her writing career by winning a poetry prize in the 5th grade. Part of the prize was spending a week working one-on-one with poet A.J. Hovde at Eastern Washington University. She finished high school at the University of Washington at 15 focusing on comparative literature. In her early 20s, she … Read more

Ananya Ridenour ABOUT ANANYA Ananya is part of a husband and wife team that are partners both in life and writing. Their relationship and writing has evolved to become what it is today, a collaboration of support, ideas, and dreams. They challenge each other to create, to dream, to be more than they have become … Read more

Dianne Larson ABOUT DIANNE Dianne Larson, writing as DJ Piper, is the creator of the Detective Scott McGregor mystery series. She began writing shortly before retirement, and her first Detective McGregor novel was indie published in 2018.Dianne has also written children’s stories and recently published “Emma’s Best Friend is a Robot.”

Julie Belmont ABOUT JULIE Julie Belmont is an author of several books “The Path to Personal Success and Freedom; Turning Hurdles into Stepping Stones,” “Creativity Business Plan for Artists and Artists at Heart,” and co-author of Best seller “Live the Life you Love; Seizing your Success.” She’s currently working on a Novel entitled Bad Blood … Read more

Janis Thomas ABOUT JANIS Janis is the author of best-selling domestic suspense novels WHAT REMAINS TRUE and ALL THAT’S LEFT OF ME, as well as three critically acclaimed humorous women’s fiction novels, SOMETHING NEW, SWEET NOTHINGS, and SAY NEVER. Award-winning MURDER IN A-MINOR is her musical murder mystery featuring songwriting detective Samantha Wedlock. Her short … Read more

PJ Colando ABOUT PJ   PJ Colando writes humor and satire with a literary bent. She’s published four novels in her ‘Faith, Family, Frenzy!’ series. The final book’s title is The Jailbird’s Jackpot. It’s a separate-and-equal sequel to her award-winning book #3, The Winner’s Circle. Her genre is commercial women’s fiction. She’s been praised for her … Read more

Nancy Klann-Moren ABOUT NANCY While working as an Advertising and Marketing executive, Nancy began her writing journey. She dabbled in short fiction. The goal: to create unique stories told in a distinctive voice. Many of those stories have earned awards and publication in anthologies. Eleven of them are published in her collection of short stories … Read more

Wendy Van Camp ABOUT WENDY Wendy Van Camp is the Poet Laureate for the City of Anaheim, California. Her work is influenced by cutting edge technology, astronomy, and daydreams. A graduate of the Ad Astra Speculative Fiction Workshop, Wendy is a nominated finalist for the Elgin Award, for a Pushcart Prize, and for a Dwarf … Read more

DP Lyle ABOUT DP D. P. Lyle is the Amazon #1 Bestselling; Macavity and Benjamin Franklin Award-winning; and Edgar(2), Agatha, Anthony, Shamus, Scribe, Silver Falchion, and USA Today Best Book(2) Award-nominated author of 20 books, both non-fiction and fiction, including the Samantha Cody, Dub Walker, Jake Longly and Cain/Harper thriller series and the Royal Pains … Read more