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V. Mylynne Smith is an independent fiction author. She grew up in Jay, Oklahoma but moved to Arkansas in 2012 when she met her husband, Kevin. They now reside in Bella Vista with their pitbull Renegade and their cat Bandit. 

Smith primarily writes thrilling short tale...

Teri Polen reads and watches horror, sci-fi, and fantasy. The Walking Dead, Harry Potter, and anything Marvel-related are likely to cause fangirl delirium. She lives in Bowling Green, KY with her husband, sons, and black cat. Sarah is her debut novel and was named a ho...

D. Victoria BonAnno is a freelance writer, blogger, bad hobby photographer, and occasional performance artist. She graduated from Bowling Green State University with degrees in creative writing and criminal/abnormal psychology. She lives in Cleveland, Ohio with two dog...

JCaroline Akervik has been an avid reader since the fourth grade when she encountered the magical world of Narnia. In her own work, Caroline seeks to write from the heart and to transport her readers and give wings to their imaginations. Caroline writes for young peopl...

Tara St. Pierre has been writing for over two decades, but her muse only sporadically provides inspiration. Her laptop is filled with incomplete manuscripts and other plot outlines, and she feels blessed when one finally pushes its way through to completion--no matter...

Sarah J. Donovan is the author of Alone Together and Genocide Literature in Middle and Secondary Classrooms. A junior high English teacher by day and college education professor by night, she spends every other moment reading young adult novels and writing. She lives w...

Jess Peters is an aircraft mechanic by trade and an author in her spare time. She is lucky her work shift allows her a fair amount of

She loves to read in her spare time. All the different books she has encountered have inspired her towards her own. Getting a glimpse in...

Gary Smith has always loved superheroes and been fascinated by the idea of having special powers. Over the years he has put the assorted comics trivia in his head to good use, writing for Comic Book Resources and the Big Glasgow Comic Page, and teaching classes on Marv...

Author Sterling R. Walker has been writing since she was old enough to spell, filling notebooks and -- more recently - laptops, with her stories. She earned a BA in English from North Carolina State University, with a focus on Creative Writing. The Orphan Ship is her f...

Emily lives in sunny Southern California with her husband and daughters. She started writing in elementary school and continued writing in college, where she earned a degree in creative writing.

Emily often gets ideas for stories from the lives of her friends and family...