HL Bernabe
Epic & Cozy Fantasy
HL Bernabe writes in multiple genres, but primarily fantasy. She’s a geeky, chaotic-good cat lady and mom of two grown-ass kids. While her background is in screenwriting, the quarantine encouraged her to sit and write something lengthier, which turned into a three book epic fantasy series that she is currently editing. Short stories of hers appear in anthologies and regularly feature in her newsletter. Hope, found family, kindness and compassion often feature as themes in her work. By Her Grace is available on Amazon. Currently, she’s working in the high desert of Central Oregon and learning the book publishing biz. She also does beta reading, critiquing, and some developmental editing.
Margot Conor
Speculative Fiction and Non-Fiction Self-Help
Margot Conor attended a liberal arts college, focusing on visual arts, which also became her career. Over the years, she took writing courses and penned numerous novels and stories that remained unpublished, primarily in the speculative fiction genre. Her breakthrough came with the completion of her debut novel, Inverse, a science fiction-fantasy multiverse adventure, with the subsequent books in the series already in production. Over the past four years, she has immersed herself in workshops, summits, writers’ retreats, and courses on publishing and marketing, building her author platform along the way. Despite not being tech-savvy, she navigated countless tutorials to acquire the necessary skills. Through this experience, she decided to compile her extensive research and insights into self-help books for aspiring authors. Now, she is preparing to launch the Newbie Writers Series, set to be published in 2025.
Elaine Correia
Mystical/ visionary Fantasy, Women’s Fiction, Personal Transformation
Elaine crafts mystical fantasy that weaves Celtic mythology and spiritual wisdom into tales of powerful women navigating prophecy and transformation. Drawing from her healing traditions and Celtic shamanism background, she creates rich worlds where magic and personal sovereignty intersect. Her Rebel Healer series explores themes of spiritual awakening and feminine power through the eyes of complex heroines who seek wisdom over warfare. Through her work, she hopes to inspire readers to embrace their purpose, connect with their higher selves, and courageously step into their destiny. When not writing, Elaine enjoys walks in the magical forests of Oregon with her Italian Greyhound and doing mystical dance.
Barbara Evers
Fantasy, Contemporary Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Short Stories
Barbara V. Evers crafts matriarchal fantasies with clever animals. Her fantasy trilogy, THE WATCHERS OF MONIAH, won the Imadjinn Best Fantasy Novel twice, and her collection, PIECES OF HER, includes award-winning stories including a Pushcart Prize nominee. Barbara uses her Zoology and Communication degrees to conduct business training. Maybe she can speak to animals!
Katie Fitzgerald
Epic Fantasy
Katie Fitzgerald has pursued art her entire life, starting at the precocious age of 13 when she wrote a rather bad knock-off of The Black Stallion. She finished her first novel (unpublished) in her twenties, which is the progenitor of the Cyridan stories.
The need for an income entailed a twenty-year career in technical writing, a career in decorative and fine art, and finally, back to her first love, writing fiction. Her goal is to entertain you and hopefully leave you feeling happier than when you started the story. Katie lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains of California with her husband, two kids, and the world’s happiest dog.
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Lark Fitzgerald
Epic Fantasy
Lark writes Epic Fantasy with elements of mystery, action, politics, and magic. She grew up immersed in stories of mythical creatures and quests, which are reflected in her writing. She is most interested in exploring situations that require growth in thought or character. Lark is an alumnus of UMass, Amherst, and lives in the Northeast. By day, she works as a Test Automation Engineer, which comes through in how she structures her magic systems. She is currently working on her first novel, Mendallon.
Elana Gomel
Speculative Ficion & Narrative Theory
Born in Ukraine and currently residing in California, Elana Gomel is an academic, an award-winning writer, and a professional nomad. Her academic work centers on speculative fiction and narrative theory. Among her many published books are Science Fiction, Alien Encounters, and the Ethics of Posthumanism and The Palgrave Handbook of Global Fantasy. A member of Horror Writers of America (HWA), she is the author of many short stories, two collections, several novellas, and eight novels of dark fantasy and science fiction. Her stories appeared in Best Horror of the Year, The Darkmagazine, Apex and many anthologies. Her novel Nightwood, a fairy tale about exile, marriage, and monsters, won the Silver Award in the Bookfest 2023 contest. Her latest novel is an epic dark fantasy A Tale of Three Cities.
JL Henker
Fantasy & Science Fiction
J.L. is a fantasy/sci-fi author, blogger, and host to the YouTube Channel: Women Fantasy Authors. Her fantasy/sci-fi short stories have appeared in multiple anthologies. She also facilitates Women Writing Other Worlds, a writer’s support group for women fantasy/sci-fi authors. Her career has included stints as a bookseller and used/rare book buyer. She lives in northern California with her partner Diane and a ginger cat with attitude named Leo. When not writing, you’ll find her collecting recipes, haunting thrift shops, and hiking in Northern California’s amazing regional, state, and national parks..
Ryana Hunter
Speculative Fiction (which includes fantasy, horror and sci-fi)
More specifically: Dark Urban Fantasy, Dark Paranormal Love Stories, with Horror – Thriller – Psychological elements.
Ryana Hunter writes compelling dark stories to remind the world of things forgotten and challenge their perception of reality, relationships, and beyond by giving voices to characters that are not mainstream.
She is a neurodivergent author working in prose and comic books. Drawn to flaws and darkness, she finds honesty and depth lurking there, believing our most interesting stories are hidden behind our protective day-to-day facade. She scratches at the surface, flips the coin over, and keeps digging until she finds the soul of a story.
Ryana lives in a small island town in the wilds of the East Coast. When she’s not writing or enthralling people with oral storytelling, she can be found relaxing with a cup of coffee, designing house layouts or painting with diamonds.
SD Huston
S.D. Huston is an epic fantasy romance author with a passion for writing about broken characters who face adversity to become a better version of themselves. And there may or may not be Dragons, but there’s always love to find 😉
Epic Fantasy Romance
Kelsey Josephson
Steampunk, Sci-fi, Fantasy, and Romantasy
Kelsey Josephson is a sci-fi fantasy author and member of SFWA and ALLi from the Midwest. She has a deep love for Universal Monster movies, all things related to Nikola Tesla, and iced coffee.
Her work includes Strange Happenings, a gaslamp fantasy series set in an alternate timeline, and Forsaken Beauty and the Etherbeast, a steampunk fairy tale retelling.
Anne Keck
Science Fiction & Fantasy
An avid fan of Science Fiction and Fantasy for as long as she can remember, Anne now writes in both genres. Her short stories appear in multiple anthologies published by the California Writers’ Club (2024 Best of the Best Anthology) and one of its branches, Redwood Writers. She’s currently working on her first two novels and has several stories waiting in the wings to be released into the world. A twice-over alumna of U.C. Berkeley (B.A. & J.D.) and originally from Sonoma County, California, Anne and her husband Michael now call Maui home. Anne believes in ocean swimming, live music, public libraries, feminism, climate action, the interconnectedness of things, and cooking as an expression of love. If she’s not at her computer or out adventuring, you can find her splashing around or paddling in the Au Au Channel.
Susan Mansbridge
Fantasy
Originally from the north of England, Susan has made Southampton her home. She lives with her husband and also enjoys her time as Nana to her granddaughter twice a week.
Her love of fantasy started very early after being given Ursula Le Guin’s Earthsea trilogy one Christmas, and her dream has always been to write her own books.
Having worked in the NHS as a staff nurse, and in education as a TA and administrator, Susan left employment in 2016 and soon after began her first novel, Master and Apprentice.
When she is not writing, Susan enjoys reading (of course), watching movies, and solving cryptic crossword puzzles. She also loves walking in the New Forest with her camera and fellow clicking buddies and is an active member of Testwood Baptist Church.
Joy Muerset
Sword & Sorcery, Epic Fantasy
Joy has been writing for as long as she can remember and always dreamed of being published. She pursued martial arts training focused on sword fighting, enabling her to shed light on the realities of hand-to-hand combat and portray battles more accurately. Her first novel, A Contradiction in Fate, is available with a series called The Unsung Chronicles in the works. She relishes the development of multi-dimensional characters, exciting fighting sequences, politics, and an arching storyline.
Mickey Peters
Fantasy Romance
Mickey spent most of her professional life as a Technology Education teacher and administrator, She enjoys traveling, especially cruising, scuba diving, embroidery, woodworking and of course reading. Mickey became interested in her biology after reading the series by Jean M. Axel, growing many of her own herbs including many medicinals herbs. She and her husband enjoy living on their land in Pamplin, Virginia with their three cats. Mickey always escaped into her vivid imagination and hopes you enjoy joining her there.
Palmer Pickering
Epic Fantasy, Science-Fantasy, LitRPG
Palmer has been writing fiction since she was eight. She received her BA in American Studies from Wesleyan University, with concentrations in Religion and Race Relations. She currently works in Silicon Valley in the gaming industry and high tech. In addition, Palmer holds a certificate in Chinese Acupressure, is a certified solar panel installer, and studied Tibetan Buddhism with the 14th Dalai Lama.
She lives and writes in the magical redwood forest of the Santa Cruz Mountains, California.
Susan Ruff
Epic Fantasy, Sword & Sorcery & Cozy Fantasy
Susan Ruff has been a fan of science-fiction and fantasy since her high school years back in the 1970’s. For most of her life, she was a “one-of-these-days-I’m-going-to publish-a-novel” writers, but she finally grew serious about writing after she retired from full time work. Since 2020, she has co-authored five full-length fantasy novels with her husband John, as well as numerous short stories. Susan is the writer of the pair, while John helps with developmental editing and characterization. Their latest fantasy novel, written under the pen name J.S. Ruff, was just published in December 2024.
Carrie Schweiger
I live in the Pacific Northwest with my husband. By day, I work as a failure analyst, investigating how magic smoke escapes electronic circuits. By night, I dream of magical people in faraway places. I’m a senior editor for the ezine, Allegory, and have one short story published in the Land Beyond the Horizon ezine.
Fantasy, Alternate History, & Science Fiction
BJ Sikes
Historical Fantasy
BJ Sikes is a 5’6″ ape descendant who is inordinately fond of a good strong cup of tea, Doc Marten boots, and fancy dress. I live with one large cat, two sweet teenagers, and one editor-author, plus an array of chickens in a place very unlike my homeland. My fave genre is historical fantasy with themes of a woman’s struggle for agency.
Catharina Steel
Middle Grade – Adventure Fantasy/Magical RealismYoung Adult – Adventure Fantasy/Romantasy
Catharina has an adventurous spirit and enjoys traveling and exploring. The forests in The Wythic Wood Mysteries series stem from her love for hiking, the outdoors, and the enchanting essence found in these settings. She’s had various pets over the years, among them a kid goat named Billy, named after the famous Billy the Kid. Her current cherished companion is Macherie, a gentle and sweet greyhound. During her leisure time, Catharina enjoys viewing properties, walking in the southwest region of Western Australia where she dwells, reading, sketching, and watching TV series.
Linda Verde
Editor, All Genres
Linda edited her first book in 2017 and since then has edited many books in diverse fields of interest, including self-help, exercise, spiritual development, historical fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction. She approaches each book with a particular affinity for keeping lines of thought clear and focused while wrapping them in language that shows them in their best light and intrigues the reader.
She was a part-time freelance editor for almost twenty years, then increased her entrepreneurial pursuit to full-time editing and writing back in 2015. Since then, she has refined her practice to full-time editing and in 2019 she won Entrepreneur of the Year for her editing practice.
Linda is a very talented freelance editor and specializes in making her clients’ words sparkle with authenticity, clarity, and conviction. She works from her home in Sarnia, Ontario.
Krista Wallace
Fantasy, General
Krista is a Fantasy writer, musician, actor, audiobook narrator, podcaster, Mum, Gran; a lover of pie, dark chocolate, and fine single malt scotch. She hails from Port Coquitlam, BC, where she writes and records in a closet, emerging occasionally to tap dance, or sing with the big band FAT Jazz, or her duo, the Itty Bitty Big Band (not usually all at the same time). She has a Theatre degree, has performed in lots of shows, and has been musical director for a good many musicals with young people. She is the author of the Gatekeeper Fantasy series (books 4 & 5 coming out soon), the Urban Fantasy Comedy Romance, Griffin & the Spurious Correlations, and has several short stories published in various magazines and anthologies.
Dover Whitecliff
Mystery, Gaslamp Adventure, Cybersteam, Haiku, Superspies/heroes
Dover’s books dance on the borderline between genres: cybersteam and spies (She-Wolf in Shorts), haiku poetry and coloring pages (Haiku Hedgehogs), a steampunk/gaslamp fantasy take on Hardy Boys style mysteries with kick-ass girls (The Stolen Songbird) and sleuthing and superheroes (the upcoming Murder by Spandex). Her whimsical art becomes stickers, notepads, and postcards from places that don’t exist.
Dover was born in the shadow of Fujiyama, raised in the shadow of Olomana, and lives where she can see the shadow of Mt. Shasta if she squints and it’s a really clear day. She is an author, an artist, a retired analyst, a problem solver, and believes that drawing a hedgehog a day keeps the blues at bay.
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