Meet Our Authors

Evie Alexis

Evie Alexis is a native New Yorker. Born and bred a city girl, she has traded the tough urban grit for the softer style of suburbia, finding the setting suits her demure personality a touch better.

A true lover of the written word, she reads more than what she writes. She draws inspiration from life experiences, her vivid imagination, and the mini- chocolates she keeps near her laptop.

Her faith in God keeps her grounded and unlike her character, naturally optimistic. Her plate of life overfilled, she believes in the art of multitasking. It comes in handy with raising her two boys, though her husband is always ready to lend that much-needed helping hand. 

Kamil Ali

Kamil Ali was born in Kingston, a suburb of Georgetown, British Guiana, now renamed Guyana, after Independence in 1966. After attending High School and University of Guyana, Kamil migrated to Canada in the early eighties and now resides in Ontario with his family.

His passion for writing started in High School, due to his love for reading. He has always been an ardent reader of books dealing with the paranormal, hence the creation and sharing of The Appointed Collection. His philosophical ideas are shared in Profound Vers-A-Tales.

Patricia Andres

Pat Andres is a writer living in Savannah, Georgia with a husband, dog, children, and grandchildren. She’s a longtime member of the Savannah Writers' Group. Pat has published poetry, articles and prose. Her work has appeared in several anthologies and one of her two children's books has raised thousands for animal welfare.Besides reading three books a week, Pat likes crosswords, crocheting and sleeping.

SamMarie Ashe

SamMarie Ashe is a former Corporate Presenter and Trainer for the semiconductor industry, managing a busy sales agency. She now spends her time herding cats and writing romantic whimsy, residing in gorgeous Vancouver, Washington.   

Betsey Atchinson-Leist

Betsey Atchison-Leist lives in Muskogee, Oklahoma with her husband, Terry. They have been married for thirty-one years.












Christina A. Barber

Christina A. Barber currently resides in Georgia, but spent most of her life growing up in the suburbs of Mountainside, New Jersey. Encouraged at an early age by her fourth grade teacher, Christina was immediately drawn to the art of crafting stories. In fifth grade she was introduced to the works of Edgar Allan Poe and immediately became a fan.

She has several upcoming publications in online magazines including contributing to a monthly horror column in The Muse Marquee. Her works focus mainly on horror and speculative fiction. Christina belongs to a multitude of critique groups including ‘The Muse’ and ‘Writers’ Block’ and ‘Critters’. 

During her free time, she enjoys cooking and being with her friends and family. She has a wonderfully supportive husband who is her biggest fan and a beautiful, creative daughter who also writes her own stories! 

Christina has three dogs that take turns sitting under her desk to provide adequate foot warmth as she works during those cool Georgia nights.

Lynne Anne Bendoly

Following graduation from Cooper School of Art and Lakeland College, Lynne enjoyed a long career as an illustrator and graphic designer for advertising agencies and newspapers in Cleveland, Ohio.

Since retiring Lynne moved to Savannah where she writes and illustrates children’s books such as Tabetha’s Crow, Arny Armadillo’s Pillow, Rudy finds a Home, Princess Salina and the Unicorn. 

Beth Bowland

Beth Bowland a native Ohioan, has always enjoyed reading and creating stories of her own. As a child she devoured every book she could get her hands on and spent numerous hours at the library each week. She loves writing stories for tweens and young teens and is now the author of four novels. Her characters are often described as quirky and fun, but always relatable. When she's not writing, she loves watching HGTV. She has one daughter and resides in Arlington, Texas with her husband, Phillip. 

Clara Bowman-Jahn

Clara Bowman-Jahn worked as a registered nurse for thirty two years before finally trading that job for her true love, writing. Clara’s short stories have been published in the anthology of the “Campaigner’s Challenges Book.”

When Clara is not writing, she does volunteer work for a local elementary school and her church. She also likes taking long walks with her husband, blogging, and reading books. She is a member of the Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators and Round Hill Writer’s Group. She lives in rural Loudoun County, Virginia with her humorous husband, a senior dog and two cats. And she is the proud mother of two wonderful grown sons and one delightful grandson.

Joy Brooks

Joy Brooks is a Southern lady in love with the mystery and adventure associated with medieval warriors and royalty. She fills her spare time with reading, writing, cross-stitching, and playing with her seven cats. She enjoys the quiet life in a quaint, historic Georgia town. 

Barri Bryan

Barri Bryan is the pen name of Billie Houston. Billie is a wife, the mother of three, and a grandmother to seven wonderful grandchildren. She is a former teacher and educator, and a published author with over twenty novels, five books of poetry, numerous essays and short stories, and one how-to-write book to her credit.

She holds a graduate degree in educational psychology from the University of Texas, and has six valid teaching certifications.

She writes the kind of books she enjoys reading, tales of ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances and forced to make life-altering decisions.

She likes poetry, George Strait's music, old movies and Earl Grey tea. Her hobbies are reading, quilting, sewing, knitting, crocheting, taking long walks, and growing house plants and herbs.

Berri's novel, Starting Over, will be releasing soon.  

Paul Collins

Paul Collins was born in Toronto, Ontario Canada. Collins is a freelance commercial director. In 2002, he directed a documentary about youth violence called Just Talk. Its world premier was at the Final Cut Short Film Screenings DJ & VJ Sets in the city of Brighton in the fall of 2003. Collins has written Prescience Rendezvous (out of print), King without an Empire, and Mystery of Everyman’s Way.  

Robert Curtis

Robert Curtis has been writing fantasy fiction, short stories, poetry and non-fiction articles for many years. He is an artist, and has been the Midvale City Arts Council representative for their local arts and literature competitions for the past few years. He has been married for thirty four years, and is a father of six and grandfather of eleven.

Chelsy Day

Chelsy Day has always wanted to share the stories and characters running around in her head. It is only after realizing that these voices are fairly common amongst writers did she feel truly at home. She wants to thank all of her fellow authors for their support. Now if writing just burned a few more calories... 

Kat Deacon

My name is Kathy Crouch. My pen name is Kat Deacon. I’m married with two wonderful children. I’ve been writing for as long as I can remember. I fell in love with the idea of being a writer in the third grade, when I made the finals for the Young Author competition. That sparked a need in me to continue to create stories. I enjoy creating characters with flaws to show that even in fiction we aren’t perfect.

My first love will always be reading, and I enjoy reading all genres. My favorite genres would have to be paranormal romance and YA. You can usually find me reading or writing whenever I’m not goofing off with my family.  

Ricardo Delgado

Ricardo Delgado is an American-born artist/writer of Costa Rican descent. He was born in Los Angeles, California in 1964. Halloween fascinated him as a child, to the point where he glued hair onto his face to complete his Wolfman costume! Delgado is a graduate of the prestigious Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, where he teaches presently.

A film illustrator, Ricardo has worked on such films as Apollo 13, Men in Black and Star Trek: First Contact. In Animation, Ricardo has worked on features like Atlantis-The Lost Empire, The Incredibles, Wall-e, How to Train your Pet Dragon and TV shows like Avatar- The Last Airbender.
Ricardo’s dinosaur Comic Book series, Age of Reptiles, for Dark Horse Comics, has been published all over the world. He lives in the San Fernando Valley with his wife Frances and his children, Rebeca and Ricky. This is his first novel. 

John Joseph Doody

John Joseph Doody holds a B.A. in Biblical Studies from Coral Ridge University and Seminary, as well as an M.A. in Political Science from George Wythe College. His first publication was a short story, Telepio 690, that appeared in Sidetrekked Magazine, Issue #48. His other publications are The Wonk Decelerator, The Late, Great Benjamin Bale, Return of the Crimson Witch (scheduled for release July 2015) and a mini novella, The Gethite, most likely scheduled for release June 2015.

He lives with his wife and four children in Florida.

Susan April Elwood

Susan April Elwood worked with children in Northern Virginia for over twenty years as a preschool teacher, kindergarten assistant, and a library assistant.

In 2007 Susan and her husband moved from Northern VA to central Georgia were they founded Evermay Farm a small nonprofit farm animal rescue/sanctuary. With her love for animals as well as children it made sense to write a book about animals for children, teaming with co-author Clara Bowman-Jahn.

Evermay Farm is the setting for the book titled, Edmund Pickle Chin, A Donkey Rescue Story. The story is based on Edmund the donkey who was the first of many animals to call Evermay Farm home.

Susan’s hope is that the book will not only bring attention to the little rescue, but help children learn compassion and respect for all creatures. www.evermayfarm.org

Susan and her husband Tom are now enjoying being grandparents to and a precious grandson. In her free time, Susan enjoys photographing animals and antiquing. 

Robert Freese

Robert Freese sold his first short story in 1995. Since then, nearly one hundred of his short stories have been published in various print and electronic publications.

Two previous collections of his short stories have been published. The first, A Place of Dreams and Nightmares was published in 2004. The second, 13 Frights, was published in 2006. Also released in 2006 was his chapbook The Drive-in that Dripped Blood. Summer 2007 saw the release of his first novel, Bijou of the Dead. Robert describes the novel as, “Your standard horror shocker about zombies attacking an old grindhouse movie theater.” (It will be reprinted by a new publisher in 2010.) 

The exhaustive book of movie trivia, Lights, Camera, Trivia Volume One, which Robert co-authored, was released in mid-2008. Late 2008 or early 2009 should also see the release of CD Publications In Laymon’s Terms, the tribute anthology dedicated to horror author Richard Laymon, to which he contributed. Fall 2009 will see the release of his science-fiction/monster/horror/Christmas story The Santa Thing. 

Currently, he is working on numerous projects, including two new novels and a non-fiction book about ghost hunting. 

In addition to his fiction writing, Robert also contributes regularly to a number of film magazines including The Phantom of the Movies’ VideoScope Magazine and Scary Monsters Magazine, among others.

When he is not writing Robert enjoys reading and watching drive-in movies on TV until his eyeballs ache.

He lives in Huntsville, Alabama with his wife Frances.

Sherry Gloag

Sherry Gloag is a transplanted Scot now living in the beautiful coastal countryside of Norfork, England. She considers the surrounding countryside an extension of her own garden, to which she escapes when she needs “thinking time” and solitude to work out the plot for her next novel. While out walking, she enjoys talking to her characters—as long as there are no other walkers close by.

Apart from writing, Gloag enjoys gardening, walking,and reading. She cheerfully admits her books tend to take over most of the shelf and floor space in her workroom-cum-office. She also finds crystal craft work therapeutic.

Jared Gullage

Jared Gullage was born and raised in Opelika, Alabama. Though at first a slow learner in reading and writing, once he began to do so, I grew to love it. His father always told him that to be a great writer, a person must learn to form pictures with words. Since him brother was the better cartoonist and visual artist, he worked at creating stories. Role-playing and an excellent education in English throughout high school honed his skills further.

Attending Auburn University, he majored in English. Throughout his life, creative writing and anything that makes it better, easier, or more worthy, has been that which appeals to him most. Often, to understand this world, he took his knowledge to imaginary ones to toy with. He's jokingly told his students that writing is his default setting and what he'd do if he had to decide on one thing to do forever. Writing is much less a thing he does, but a place and time, a brief leap from the boundaries of the mundane. 

Miranda Heart

Miranda Heart writes BDSM erotic escapades with an edge and sensual historical that will keep you on a slow simmer. Miranda loves to bring tortured souls to their ultimate romantic conclusion by less than normal means.

Heather Hiestand

Heather Hiestand is the author of seven novels as well as many novellas and short stories.
Her first sale was in the mystery genre and since then she has focused on romance, eventually splitting her identity and becoming Anh Leod for her erotic romances. She lives near Portland, Oregon with her husband and son.

Christopher Hivner

Christopher Hivner writes from a small town in Pennsylvania surrounded by books and the echoes of music. He writes mainly horror, humor and poetry, occasionally foraying into other genres and has been published in many print and online magazines. A book of horror poetry, “Moonlight Glinting off the Blade” was published in 2011 (out of print) and he has had 3 chapbooks of non-genre poetry published: “Edged in Blue”, “The Silence Brushes my Cheek Like Glass” and “Adrift on the Cosmic Sea”. Christopher has been a winner 4 times (2 firsts, 2 seconds) in the Mona Schreiber Prize for Humorous Fiction and Nonfiction and 5 times (1 first, 2 seconds, 1 fourth and 1 fifth) in the HumorPress.com writing contests. One of his poems won 1st place in 2013 and 2014 in the Eye on Life Magazine poetry contest.

Jack Horne

Jack Horne is educated to double A-level standard in Information Technology (RSA Diploma) and currently works for the local theatre in Plymouth, England.

A number of his poems, short stories and articles have been published in magazines, anthologies and webzines, and broadcast on radio programs. He has also had some competition success. Horror is his favorite genre.

Jack Horne has collaborated with two friends to publish a collection of poetry: Shades of Darkness and Light, also available from eTreasures Publishing.

Harrison Howe

Harrison Howe is the author of over 80 short stories and poems appearing in various online and print publications since 1999, and is a founding member of the Garden State Horror Writers, a group of writers of all genres based in Manalapan, N.J. He is the editor of Dark Notes From NJ, an anthology of short stories written by members of that group, published in 2005. He is also the author of a humor book, Purring Elephants and Killer Coconuts, published this year by Renaissance Books. He lives in Pennsylvania with his incredibly supportive wife, Dee, and their two children.

Delle Jacobs

I like to say I live in a fantasy world of endless green forests, cascading silvery rivers that run between shining, snow-capped mountains, and within reach of both a high desert scabland and a sandy-beached, marine blue ocean. It's called Washington State. I share this wonderland with two to three generations of adult males (more or less, depending on time and circumstances), the requisite two writer's cats of mixed heritage and contradicting dispositions, and all sorts of other mossy-backed folk who don't mind the rain that makes our land so magical. I love to fill my historical and fantasy romance with this same feeling of magic.

I'm a three time winner of the Golden Heart and have won many other awards for my books. I have been involved in e-publishing almost from the industry's beginning. Besides writing, my other favorite addiction is designing covers for ebooks.

Now, it's true, my life doesn't always seem all that rich in fantasy and beauty. But every word of it is true. I might have dressed it up a bit for the introductions, but since that's the way I like it, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.

R.J. Jerome

R.J. Jerome grew up in historic Bristol, Pennsylvania, where his interest in secret societies, the paranormal, and religions was born.

Secret societies and religions have always intrigued him. He spends most of his free time researching these topics. They fuel the imagination. He once attended a private lecture at the Gloucester Cathedral where he witnessed two priests debating over an old scroll. This spawned the idea for ‘The Pelagius Game’ series. He spent the next four years researching missing texts, attending more lectures, and constructing narratives for six books.

When starting the project, R.J. needed a title for his series and he remembered stumbling across Pelagianism, a theological theory named after the British monk, Pelagius. Pelagius believed that original sin did not taint human nature and a mortal's will is still capable of choosing good or evil without special Divine aid.

From this, R.J. constructed the idea of a competition between God and Satan using gifted beings as pawns in a cosmic game that determines the end of days.

When not busy researching religions and secret societies, you can find R.J. discussing Manchester City FC, craft beer, red wine, and absinthe's.

Margaret Karmazin

Margaret Karmazin's credits include short stories published in over seventy magazines, including Rosebud, North Atlantic Review, Potomac Review, Confrontation, Mobius, Chiron Review, and Carve Magazine. Her stories in The MacGuffin, Eureka Literary Magazine and Words of Wisdom were nominated for Pushcart awards. Pipers’ Ash Ltd. published a chapbook of her sci-fi stories, COSMIC WOMEN and her fantasy novel, BONES, the story of a prehistoric Native American shaman, is available on Amazon.com. She also co-wrote the introduction for and has a story included in STILL GOING STRONG, Haworth Press, and December 2005. She lives by a lake in northeast Pennsylvania with her husband and two cats.

Ciara Lake

Reading and writing is a wonderful diversion from an often-difficult world. I love to create my own stories and have control over how things will end. It's exciting to create brand new worlds and characters. My imagination can come alive.

In sci-fi and paranormal stories, I can invent wonderful places and people. Anything is possible in these genres and that's limitless. I'm able to create an escape into a special world filled with unique and fantastic things and there is always a happy ending.

A high school teacher inspired me to write. However, instead of initially pursuing my writing career I became a lawyer. I work in divorce court, so romance is a great escape. There can be true love and happy-endings, at least on my pages.

My two children and I have two good-humored dogs that share our home and ease our stress. I have traveled and lived all over the world and these experiences have given me great creative ideas.

I look forward to creating many more adventures in romance.

Keith Luethke

Keith Adam Luethke obtained his BA in English from The University of Tennessee and is currently pursuing a graduate degree. Other works include: The Wolves of Elkhorn Peak, Black Tamanous, and The Dweller.

He resides near the Smoky Mountains and in his spare time enjoys hunting for monsters and new fans. Keith enjoys feedback via Myspace and Facebook.

Stacey Leigh Malloy

Stacey Leigh Malloy is the author of the Shelly the Hermit Crab Adventure Series. She has published fiction work in the Georgia Bar Journal and is near completion on a fictional novel called “Panache”. She is an attorney licensed to practice law in Georgia, Massachusetts and the District of Columbia. 

Stacey served as a pro bono lawyer volunteer for the DC Bar Probate Resource Center and DC Homeless Resource Center. She has been Vice President of Leadership Bryan of Bryan County Georgia. She actively supports LUPUS and Veteran causes and has been awarded the Honorable Order of Molly Pitcher by the U.S. Army Field Artillery community.

Stacey is the mother of four children and is married to a retired U.S. Army Officer. The Shelly the Hermit Crab Adventure Series is a reflection of her children’s experiences.

Barbara Miller

Barbara Miller has a BA in writing and a Masters in Library Science from The University of Pittsburgh. Currently she teaches at Seton Hill University’s MFA program in Writing Popular Fiction. She is also the Reference Librarian at Mount Pleasant Public Library where she teaches writing to teens and manages the book club. Her thirty plus previously published books include historical romances, cozy mysteries and chapter books.

Carol North

Carol North, writes contemporary romances set in elegant or unusual settings. "Gifts for the Goddess" is her first novella. In addition, three of her novels and numerous short stories are published.

North has four grown children (who all turned out exceptionally well). She lives in Savannah, Georgia, where she heads the Savannah Writers Group.

Jackie Paxton

Jackie Paxton is a Professor of Curriculum & Instruction at Arkansas Tech University, holding a Doctorate in Special Education with over thirty years' working experience in parenting and education.  Dr. Paxton is professional educator recognized by numerous International and National conferences for his presentations in attention deficit disorder, classroom management, autism, sensory impairments, parenting the strong willed child, gender learn differences, and everyday learning problems. He is available to present workshops/seminars on a variety of topics including; Attention Deficit Disorder, Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder and Classroom Management.

When Dr. Paxton is not teaching or lecturing, he enjoys the quality time with his family and writing science fiction. His publication, The Amazing Adventures of An Alien Hunter won an Honorable Mention at the Oklahoma Writers Federation Conference.

Joyce Reynolds-Ward

Joyce Reynolds-Ward is a Portland, Oregon writer, skier, horsewoman, and former special education teacher. She's had short stories and essays published in Zombiefied, River, How Beer Saved the World, Fantasy Scroll Magazine, Trust and Treachery, and First Contact Cafe. 

Her novella Seeking Shelter at the End of the World is available from eTreasures Publishing. Her novels Netwalk: Expanded Edition,Netwalker Uprising, Life in the Shadows: Diana and Will, and Alien Savvy as well as other works are available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google Play, and other sources. Examples of Joyce's professional education writing can be found at ChildsWork.com. 

When not writing or working as an education consultant and tutor, she's often thundering about on her intrepid reining mare, Mocha, or living la vida ski bum.

Andrew Richardson

Andrew Richardson lives in Wiltshire, England, with his wife, teenage son and a hamster.   He is within easy reach of Stonehenge and other historical places whose regal solitude provides a clear mind for working out plots.  

Andrew read as much horror as he could as a teenager so it’s not surprising that when he turned to writing several years’ later horror became his genre. His influences are James Herbert, Stephen King and, in particular, Richard Laymon. 

When he’s not writing or working as a science administrator, Andrew’s passion is Aldershot Town Football Club, which he has supported since the age of six. He also enjoys walks over rugged countryside, especially to ancient places. 

Ronald Scala

Born in a former century Ronald Joseph Scala grew up in western Pennsylvania on “Poe” Drive, hence a lifelong interest in horror fiction.

While in college a pivotal event transformed him from an avid reader to an aspiring writer. He came upon an abandoned barn littered with the remains of… well, you’ll have to read the book to get the details. Anyway, the strange events that occurred on that day in 1975 inspired Ron to eventually write his first horror novel. Ron has also written numerous short horror tales, many compiled in a short story collection published by eTreasures Publishing.

Ron makes ends meet with a day job as a Medical Physicist. He practices in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania where he lives with his family.  

Georgina Sellwood

The first time the writing bug bit my children were small, and I used to write while the kids had their afternoon nap. When they were bigger, I had to stop; I was just too busy. Four and a half years ago, I moved here to the prairies and finally had time to write again. I read on the net that if you write a page a day you can have a novel written in a year.

That was doable, so I sat down with pen and paper and six months later I had a short novel finished. I have since graduated to using a laptop and have written three novels and one novella.

I write inspirational romance because when I was seventeen, I had stopped going to church and picked up a Grace Livingston Hill Inspirational and came back to a close relationship with God.

I decided I would like to give my readers that same experience. Something life changing and positive. 

Pembroke Sinclair

Pembroke Sinclair is a literary jack of all trades, playing her hand at multiple genres. She has written an eclectic mix of fiction ranging from horror to sci-fi and even some westerns. Born in Rock Springs, Wyoming--the home of 56 nationalities--it is no wonder Pembroke ended up so creatively diverse. Her fascination with the notions of good and evil, demons and angels, and how the lines blur have inspired her writing. Pembroke lives in Laramie, Wyoming, with her husband, two spirited boys, a black lab named Ryder, and a rescue kitty named Alia, who happens to be the sweetest, most adorable kitty in the world! She cannot say no to dessert, orange soda, or cinnamon. She loves rats and tatts and rock and roll and wants to be an alien queen when she grows up.

Ellen Spain

Ellen Spain wanted to be either a physicist or a librarian but always held a side interest in the publishing field. As Fate would decree, after a few years of studying geophysics at the University of Pittsburgh, Ellen progressed to law school, which provided the professional basis for her plus thirty-year career, happily working in federal field investigations. And during those years, Ellen also managed to earn a Doctorate in Psychology, get licensed in Complementary Medicine, earn a Doctor of Divinity degree, and a Masters of Arts in Writing (fiction). 

Ellen prefers to write inspirational-style thriller and mystery fiction with characters emulating from her research, her experience from her government travels and in her real life. See www.EllenSpain.com for more details. Ellen's decades of on-going research in Near-Death-Experiences and her research in psychic techniques stem from her long-term relationship with the Assoc. for Research & Enlightenment/Edgar Cayce Foundation and with the Institute of Noetic Science. Ellen holds author memberships with Intl. Thriller Writers, RWA, EPIC, SCBWI, PARSEC, PW, IONS, Historical Society and the Carnegie.

Monica Spence

Monica Spence is a writer of Historical Fiction and Historical Romance. After working as a costume designer in the Theater and a swimwear designer for several Seventh Avenue fashion houses, she now teaches full time at the Art Institute of New York City. This augments her passion for the history and people of Sixteenth Century Florence. She's a member of the Costume Society of America, the Society for Renaissance Studies, the Historical Novel Society, and the Romance Writers of America. She is a past President of the Romance Writers of Long Island and she also belongs to the Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA). She is an assistant editor of The Compleat Anachronist, a scholarly publication for the members of the SCA, and reviews new fiction and non-fiction for the Historical Novel Society. She was granted MA and BA in Theater/ Costume, and an MA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University (June 2008 graduate). In January 2008 she had a one-woman costume show in New York City. She is currently completing her PhD Thesis in Creative Writing at Lancaster University in England and hopes to graduate this year.

Jenny Storm

Jenny Storm publishes under a half a dozen names in both fiction and non-fiction. She?s been a fan of thoroughbred racing since she was seven years old, and has written about the sport since 1999. She loves and collects YA mystery series from the early 20th century, such as Nancy Drew, Beverly Gray, Judy Bolton, Ruth Fielding, et al. She wanted to grow up to be either Nancy Drew or Beverly Gray, but writing many characters? adventures is even better.

Kirtimaya Varma

Kirtimaya Varma graduated with a degree in electronics and telecom engineering from the University of Pune, Maharashtra, India in 1972. For sixteen years he was an electronics engineer working on jobs that involved the operation and maintenance of satellite earth stations. While in the engineering profession, during his leisure time, he was a freelance writer of short stories, articles, and poems. His writings have appeared in over 50 publications all over the world.

In 1988, Kirtimaya left the engineering profession and became a full-time writer and technology journalist. Currently he is Editor-in-Chief with EDN Asia, a monthly global magazine on electronics design.

Based in India, he is the author of the novel Together in Time published by Resplendence Publishing, Florida, and two technical books brought out by Sterling Publishers, New Delhi.

The author, who has worked in several countries, travels extensively all over the world, and regularly speaks before audiences in various countries. He is married and has two sons.

Jamieson Wolf

Jamieson Wolf has often viewed the world with a different eye than most people. Anything can be a story; a conversation, a flight of birds, a song. Words come from inspiration. Jamieson often feels he has too many words. "I guess I have a lot of Muses." He says, "If I don't write, I go crazy."

Writing from an early age, Jamieson was not really aware that he wanted to become a writer. Starting with poetry, he slowly began to fill journals with words. They words didn't really have meaning to him at the time; they were scratches on paper. Turning away from his words for a time, trying to find his way in the big world of the corporate drones, he enjoyed a great many different hats.

One night, after a particularly bad day at his zillionth office job, Jamieson came upon his old journals and started reading. When he was done, night had come, but instead of sleeping he got up and found a blank journal. And started writing.

"The words just kept coming." he says. "It was like they were there, underneath my skin all the time. I just didn't know it. I wanted to be an actor you know." Here he bends forward and sits in a more comfortable position. "I went to school for it and everything. I loved the acting." He makes a face. "I just didn't like the people."

Reading those words was like an epiphany. Jamieson knew what he wanted to do at that point; but it would take time. Approaching the art of writing like a Bard in training (Seven Years Learning, Seven Years Practicing, Seven Years Teaching) Jamieson has branched outward to give his voice it's hold.

Currently his work is available in: Susan Sarandon: A True Maverick and Fantasies: The World's Greatest Short Stories. He has also had his fiction published in: The Dark Krypt, Clean Sheet's Erotica, Mytholog, The House of Pain, The Twilight Times and others. He is currently a Senior Reviewer at Linear Reflections and is currently working on his fourth serial novel and a dark children's tale.

"I just love what I do." He says. "I'm going to be telling stories for a long time to come. It's like I can tap into the world around me and hear the tattoo under the ground. It's quite the feeling."

Miles Wright

Geoff Wright writing as Miles Wright lives in a small seaside village on the beautiful far south coast of Australia, with his wife and children (and his fish.) Right from an early age he fell in love with the outdoors; especially the sea. When he was very young he lived on a small farm, and spent many happy hours searching the creek for small fishes, tortoises and other make-believe creatures. He learned to ride a horse at the age of four, and sometimes rode his horse to school. When he was eight years old his family went to live on a river. There were no roads or cars down by the river, making it a very secluded and idyllic place to live. After school he spent many happy hours fishing, and sometimes hiked with friends up the river to exciting and unexplored places. These magical experiences and places have helped form the backdrop for some of the settings in his books.

He began reading books at an early age, and started writing short fantasy and science fiction stories, which his teacher would read to the class. His favourite subject all through school was English, and he won a Commonwealth Scholarship before going on to university to study English Literature and Marine Biology. He also has spent time studying at Moore Theological College. He is also a member of YALITCHAT, an organization for those who write Young Adult books. He is a keen environmentalist, and supports the local zoo for endangered species. He owned a Christian bookstore for several years, and would like to use the sales from his own books to support the Salvation Army, and help those less fortunate in society.