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Kathy Porter ABOUT KATHY Kathy Porter grew up in Endicott, New York, the birthplace of IBM and only a short distance from where one of her favorite TV series creators, Rod Serling, was raised. Kathy’s lifelong interest in science fiction ignited when her father, a science teacher, showed her craters on the moon and taught … Read more

Russ Thompson ABOUT RUSS I’m a retired educator who taught reading and served as a high-school principal in Los Angeles. I write easy-to-read novels for teens who are reluctant readers. Search for:

Sulan Dun ABOUT SULAN Sulan is a former high school math and science teacher. While home with her first baby, she taught herself computer programming. Her first foray into self publishing was a shareware game she wrote for her toddler to mash a handful of keys to make pictures of her toddler’s stuffed animals pop … Read more

Susan Elaine Courtright ABOUT SUSAN Susan, aka seshirley , is a multi-faceted writer of screen- and teleplays, guest author, newspaper columnist, ghostwriter and author of fiction and non-fiction. She currently has three major film projects in development, is finishing a short detective story, and two mystery novels, one combines history and time-travel. One story is … Read more

Mike Sharp ABOUT MIKE Retired from Lucky Stores, later Albertson’s in 2001 after 32 years. Four years Navy, 1964 to 1968. 23 years 300th Army Band (reserves) 1978 to 2002.I’ve written short stories, liner note, manuals, songs and poetry. It’s been my pastime for sixty years. I’m currently focused on screenwriting and enjoying it very … Read more

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.” Search for:

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