A coal miner’s granddaughter, Tess Collins was born and raised in a crater. Yes, really—a crater formed by the impact of an asteroid millions of years ago, where her hometown of Middlesboro, Kentucky …
Laurel Richardson (b. 1936) is an American sociologist known for her work on qualitative sociology and the sociology of gender. Her numerous works include Writing Strategies: Reaching Diverse Audi…
My work springs from forgotten details of the historical past. Scientists once believed swallows hibernated at the bottom of lakes; Russian monks aboard a ship in the arctic claimed they saw Judas Isc…
Niki Danforth, daughter of a Cold War covert intelligence officer, has the "thriller/adventure" gene in her DNA. After a career as a successful TV/video producer and director in New York, this empty-n…
Pam Webber is the bestselling author of four historical novels—The Wiregrass, Moon Water, Life Dust., and Massawa. The Historical Novel Society, Southern Literary Review, and Readersfavorite.com among…
Globetrotter and writer Ted Neill has worked on five continents as an educator, health professional, and journalist. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, Recovery Today, and he has publish…
Keith lives in Swansea, Massachusetts. He has an abiding love and passion for the visual, literary and performing arts. At an early age he started playing the classical guitar and studying privately w…
I fell in love with mythic fantasy as early as age five, when my minister father had me tested and discovered I was reading over two hundred words per minute. Seeing the need to feed my thirsty young …
Jack became intrigued by thrillers when Tom Clancy's The Hunt for Red October was published in 1984. For the next 16 years he was content to read as much as he could and didn’t give writing much thoug…
B.R. KANG is a 1.5-generation Korean-American, unapologetic foodie, Harvard alum, and constant daydreamer. Her debut novel, “Caput Mundi,” has been nearly twenty years in the making—rooted in what-ifs…
My earliest and fondest memories aren't of toys or games, but of the sound of my mother’s voice. We were living through challenging times back then, and the…
Drawing from both history and imagination, Laura Lee Dooley crafts stories that bridge the cosmic and the intimate, where energy, consciousness, and connection are at the heart of what it means to be …
Joe Cary’s stories have appeared in One Story, XRAY Literary Magazine, BULL, MonkeyBicycle, and elsewhere, and also earned a Special Mention in the 2020 Pushcart Prize Anthology and a Best of the Net …
Fredric Marshall is a pioneer in identifying the research-based behavioral patterns of top performers—and then helping global innovators like Apple, Pfizer, and Genentech scale those behaviors to driv…
Hilpesh Patel is a Windsor-based writer who combines real-life experiences with heartfelt storytelling to write meaningful, relatable narratives. His writing is deeply inspired by the people he has me…
Randy Phares is living proof that the right strategy can change everything. He started his career digging ditches, has Tourette's Syndrome, and never finished college—yet he became the youngest Genera…
