Kirkus Reviews may have said of Janiel Miller: “Miller is a remarkably unknown writer. So much so that we aren’t even saying this about her.” Because they didn’t. In any case, Janiel started her career co-writing an autobiographical comic book series with her best friend when she was twelve. In it she named herself FlashGirl, …
Brad R. Torgersen is a multi-award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer whose book A Star-Wheeled Sky won the 2019 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel at the 33rd annual DragonCon fan convention in Atlanta, GA. A prolific short fiction author, Torgersen has published stories in numerous anthologies and magazines, to include several Best Of …
Colby Dunn has been at his author career for 15 years while working local and international jobs. He completed his first epic fantasy trilogy, The Eyes of Fate, in 2022 and published his next stand-alone novel, The Brink, in 2023. His unnecessarily random hobbies range from illustrating to gaming to card magic, but most of …
D.J. (Dave) Butler has been a lawyer, a consultant, an editor, a corporate trainer, and a registered investment banking representative, and he is now a Consulting Editor for Baen Books. His novels published by Baen Books include the Witchy War series (Witchy Eye, Witchy Winter, Witchy Kingdom, and Serpent Daughter), In the Palace of Shadow …
Stanley Wheeler has been a vacuum cleaner salesman, window washer, construction site lackey, cow milker, farmhand, customer support representative, software documentation writer, law clerk, lawyer, and is currently a deputy prosecuting attorney in Idaho who writes books and short stories. His novels include the Tomahawks and Dragon Fire series (Threading the Rude Eye, Power to …
Lance Conrad is an unhinged eccentric who happens to write books. He wanders his native state of Utah, telling stories and imparting unsolicited writing advice to schoolchildren and those too polite to walk away. Doing so has gained him a profession, a letter from the Governor commending him for his efforts in education, three Best …
Tyler Tarter grew up throughout the western United States, getting to live in several different places and experiencing several different states. After a few years of living in Brazil and on the east coast, he pursued his two loves of writing and technology. He currently spends his days working in the IT and Cyber Security …
Larry Correia is the creator of the Wall Street Journal and New York Times best-selling Monster Hunter International series, with first entry Monster Hunter International, as well as urban fantasy hardboiled adventure saga The Grimnoir Chronicles, with first entry Hard Magic, and epic fantasy series The Saga of the Forgotten Warrior, with first entry Son of the Black Sword. He is an avid gun …
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