Anne Carrole
Anne Carrole writes historical and contemporary western romances including the popular Hearts of Wyoming series. She's an eastern girl with a western heart who was raised on a farm (yes, they have them in the East) with horses, dogs, cats, chickens, rabbits and whatever other animals she could convince her parents to shelter. Besides reading and writing romances, she loves western history, rodeo, football, gardening and tennis. Married to her own suburban cowboy she's the mother of a twentysomething cowgirl. She's also co-founder of the western historical romance site http://www.facebook.com/lovewesternromances.com. You can also visit her at http://www.annecarrole.com. | |
Anne Frazier Walradt
Anne Frazier Walradt is a freelance teacher, writer, and editor. Her articles and essays have appeared in such diverse publications as Maine in Print and Romance Forever. She taught literature and power writing at the secondary and college levels. Prospective authors take her nationally known “Show, Don’t Tell” course, which often leads to publication. She’s taught a humor workshop at the International Women’s Writing Guild conference held at Skidmore College for thirteen years. A past president of New Jersey Romance Writers, she is the editor of their monthly newsletter. In 1999, she edited Romance Recipes for the Soul (Doubleday), which includes one of her short stories. As a leader in her church and community, has actively supported families in grief and has created digital montage testimonials. | |
Caridad Pineiro
Caridad Pineiro is a transplanted Long Island girl who has fallen in love with the Jersey Shore. When Caridad isn’t taking long strolls along the boardwalk, she’s also a NY Times and USA Today bestselling author with over a million romance novels sold worldwide. Caridad is passionate about writing and helping others explore and develop their skills as writers. She is a founding member of the Liberty States Fiction Writers and has presented workshops at the RT Book Club Convention, Romance Writers of America National Conference as well as various writing organizations throughout the country. You can connect with Caridad at www.caridad.com. | |
Chris Redding
Chris Redding lives in New Jersey. She teaches various workshops about writing and is an accomplished ghostwriter. Her books are romantic suspense and paranormal romance. She's written more than 30 novels and novellas for herself and her clients. | |
Dee Davis
Dee Davis has a BA in Political Science and History, and a Masters Degree in Public Administration. During a ten-year career in public relations, she spent three years on the public speaking circuit, edited two newsletters, wrote three award winning public service announcements, did television and radio commercials, starred in the Seven Year Itch, taught college classes, lobbied both the Texas State Legislature and the US Congress, and served as the director of two associations. Her highly acclaimed first novel, Everything In Its Time, was published in July 2000. Since then, among others, she’s won the Booksellers Best, Golden Leaf, Texas Gold, RT Reviewers Choice and Prism awards, and been nominated for the National Readers Choice Award, the Holt and two additional RT Reviewers Choice Awards. Recently she was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Romance Writers and has also been nominated for a Lifetime Achievement Award for romantic suspense from Romantic Times. In addition, she is Hall of Fame member of the New Jersey Romance Writers and was awarded an Odyssey Medal from Hendrix College. To date, she has written over 30 novels and novellas including romantic suspense, time travel, and women’s fiction. Among her latest books you’ll find her her newest novels Cottage in the Mist and Fade to Gray. For more information, please visit http://www.deedavis.com/. | |
Irene Peterson
My imagination knows no bounds. I've been writing seriously since 1975, sold my first manuscript in 2006 to an editor I met at a writers' conference. I am a wife, mother, teacher, truck driver, cook, and book editor, but most importantly, I'm a dreamer. | |
Julie Kenner
J.Kenner (aka Julie Kenner) is the New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal and #1 International bestselling author of over seventy novels, novellas and short stories in a variety of genres. Though known primarily for her award-winning and international bestselling erotic romances (including the Stark and Most Wanted series) that have reached as high as #2 on the New York Times bestseller list, JK has been writing full time for over a decade in a variety of genres including paranormal and contemporary romance, “chicklit” suspense, urban fantasy, and paranormal mommy lit. JK has been praised by Publishers Weekly as an author with a “flair for dialogue and eccentric characterizations” and by RT Bookclub for having “cornered the market on sinfully attractive, dominant antiheroes and the women who swoon for them.” A five time finalist for Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA award, JK took home the first RITA trophy awarded in the category of erotic romance in 2014 for her novel, Claim Me (book 2 of her Stark Trilogy). Her Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series (as Julie Kenner) is currently in development with AwesomenessTV/Awestruck. Her books have sold over three million copies and are published in over twenty languages. For more information, please visit http://juliekenner.com/. | |
K. Edwin Fritz
Keith Edwin Fritz entered this world on Halloween. The year, 1974, was the same as when Stephen Edwin King published his first novel. Keith prefers to think neither the date nor their middle names were a coincidence. Today Keith teaches 7th Grade Language Arts and writes to his heart's content during his "spare time". The best of these moments are nearly always by moonlight. The worst of them are also by moonlight. Keith lives with his wife, Corina, in Lawrenceville, NJ. | |
Kathye Quick
Kathye Quick has been writing since she used #2 pencils and Catholic School lined paper. She originally wanted to be President of the United States or an Organic Chemist, but somehow life got in the way and she got married right out of high school and had a set of twins two years later. The Presidency seemed out of reach and night school to get her Ph.D. to create new molecule that would ultimately result in the betterment of humankind seemed a little time consuming while trying to raise twins, so she decided to write instead. First published in 1999, she has 20 books in print in several genres, and is working on an Urban Fantasy Series as P. K. Eden with partner, Patt Mihailoff. Their fantasy romance, FIREBRAND, recently won two Reviewer's Choice Awards and a 5-Star review. For more information on Kathye, please visit www.pkeden.com | |
Kim Lowe
Kim Lowe is a military veteran, international travel enthusiast, and dark chocolate connoisseur. She crated her blog, Aloha On My Mind (alohaonmymind.blogspot.com) while living in Hawaii as a means to stay connected to Romanceland. Her family now resides outside Baltimore with too many cats and stacks of books. Contact Kim at sos.aloha@yahoo.com. | |
Kimberly Rocha
Kimberly Rocha is the founder of Book Obsessed Chicks book blog, book-obsessed-chicks.blogspot.com. She lives on Long Island with her family who patiently moves out of the way on book club night. They lend a hand for the Book Obsessed Chicks annual bar-b-que, bringing authors and readers together on Long Island Sound. Kimberly is also a talented photographer with an infectious laugh. | |
L.G. O'Connor
LG O'Connor is a corporate marketing exec by day who takes her author cape out at night. An avid reader, she loves books with memorable characters that make her heart sing. She's the author of the urban fantasy / paranormal romance series, The Angelorum Twelve Chronicles, and Caught Up in RAINE, her contemporary romantic women's fiction debut. Shelter My Heart (a Kindle Scout Winner) is the second novel in her romantic women's fiction series, Caught Up in Love, a series which follows three women in the same family on their road to redemption and a second chance at love. A native 'Jersey Girl,' she's always in search of the perfect cup of coffee and fine Italian leather. Her perfect hero always keeps the heroine fed. You can find recipes from Caught Up in RAINE hero, Raine MacDonald (first appeared on Joyce Lamb's USA TODAY Happy Ever After blog), in her new cookbook: Recipes from Raine’s Roost aka Jillian’s Kitchen. Visit her at http://www.lgoconnor.com | |
Lois Winston
USA Today bestselling author Lois Winston straddles two worlds. She's an award-winning author of mystery, romance, romantic suspense, humorous women's fiction, children's chapter books, and non-fiction under her own name and as Emma Carlyle. She's also an award-winning designer of needlework and crafts projects for magazines, craft book publishers, and craft kit manufacturers. Like Anastasia, the protagonist in her Anastasia Pollack Crafting Mystery series, Lois worked for several years as a crafts editor. A graduate of the prestigious Tyler School of Art, she often draws on her art and design background for much of the source material in her fiction. | |
Marianne Rice
Marianne Rice writes contemporary romantic fiction set in small New England towns. She loves high heels, reading romance, scarfing down dark chocolate, gulping wine, and Chris Hemsworth. Oh, and her husband and three children. You can follow her all over social media, and keep up to tabs with her latest releases on her website: www.mariannerice.com | |
Nancy Quatrano
Nancy writes mostly as N.L. Quatrano and is an award-winning author of novels and short stories. She's also a semi-monthly correspondent with the St. Augustine Record and owns On-Target Words, a writing company that specializes in press releases, content editing and writing copy that sells. | |
Patt Mihailoff
Patt is the author of numerous published short stories has authored Five novels, is in five anthologies including times bestselling erotic author and publisher Zane. RWA/NYC 2009 author the year, RWA/NYC 2010 Mentor of the year. Recently retired from the Detective bureau of Somerset County Sheriff’s, she loves her Dog, Game of thrones, Keanu Reeves, Jason Mamoa, oh and her husband too most of time. | |
Paula Chaffee Scardamalia
Paula Chaffee Scardamalia, dream consultant for PEOPLE Magazine (Country), is an author, book coach, and tarot and dream intuitive. Since 1999, Paula's shown writers how to use tarot, dreams, rituals and other intuitive tools to write stories from the deepest part of their imaginations. She's presented workshops at small private events on the East Coast, and at both national and regional Romance Writers of America conferences and meetings, at the 2014 San Diego University Writers Conference, and the International Women's Writing Guild summer conference. Paula publishes a weekly e-newsletter on writing, dreams, and tarot, and is the award-winning author of Weaving a Woman’s Life: Spiritual Lessons from the Loom. | |
Rachel Brune
Rachel A. Brune served five years as a combat journalist, including two tours in Iraq, and a brief stint as a columnist for her hometown newspaper. After her second tour, she attended ROTC, earning her MA in Political Communication, and her commission as a second lieutenant in the military police corps. She returned to the Army Reserve in November 2014 and served as a company commander for two years until the end of her obligation. Rachel writes and publishes short fiction and novels across a variety of genres. She also works as a writing coach, helping new and experienced authors realize their visions on the page. She blogs her adventures, writing and otherwise, at The Infamous Scribbler. You can also follow her on Twitter, where she goes by the handle @rachelabrune. | |
Rachel Kenley
A Jersey Girl trapped without good diners or boardwalks in New England, Rachel Kenley is the author of eight romance novels, most recently the Melusine’s Daughters trilogy. Rachel started reading romances at 14 and credits them with her lifelong fascination with relationships and how they contribute to our ability to go for our dreams. When she is not writing she is homeschooling her sons, trying unsuccessfully to keep up with laundry, and laughing as much as possible. She believes in shameless flirting, never missing the chance to watch The Wizard of Oz and the emotional and economic power of retail therapy. You can follow her exploits on her blog at www.rachelkenley.net where you can also find a free story download! | |
Rick Ollerman
Rick Ollerman is the author of six novels, a collection of non-fiction essays and several anthologies. He is also known as a critic and frequent panelist and moderator at various conferences around the country. In addition, he’s also the founder and editor of DOWN & OUT: The Magazine and has worked as a freelance editor as well as published short stories. Known for the breadth and depth of his knowledge in the crime fiction genre as well as his sense of humor and energy, this workshop will be a fun, exciting, and most of all, memorable addition to the conference schedule. | |
Sourabh Sharma
Sourabh Sharma is the founder and heads up marketing for FIG or out, a digital marketing and PR company that works across various verticals including tech, fashion, beauty and lifestyle. He has 10+ years of experience in the marketing space with a background in brand management, social media and management consulting, having worked for multinationals, startups and small businesses. As a digital influencer with a lifestyle portal 3FS Lifestyle for travel, lifestyle, food and fashion, he has been keynote and social media chair or judge for brands, and has been published for marketing in international and national publications. Sharma has undergraduate engineering and business degrees and MBA from the Wharton School, the University of Pennsylvania and the Rotterdam School of Management. Links to his presentations are on his Slideshare, and white papers in the digital space are in the publications section of his LinkedIn. | |
Stephanie Queen
USA Today Bestselling Author Stephanie Queen is a romantic at heart and a writer by nature. So of course, she loves creating stories where the good guys always win. She writes the romantic detective series, Beachcomber Investigations set on Martha’s Vineyard and the Small Town contemporary romance series as well as other series and stand-alone novels. You can check out all her books at www.StephanieQueen.com. Although she's lost count of all the jobs she had before she settled on being a novelist, her favorite was selling cookies as a Keebler Elf. She is a graduate of UConn (go Huskies!) and Harvard U. She lives in New Hampshire with her family and her cat, Kitty. | |
Susan Carlisle
Susan Carlisle’s love affair with books began when she made a bad grade in math in the sixth grade. Not allowed to watch TV until she brought the grade up, Susan filled her time with books. She turned her love of reading into a love of writing. Currently she has written nineteen contemporary romances for Harlequin. Writing nonfiction as Susan May, she is traditionally published through Tiger Iron press her book Nick’s New Heart about her son’s heart transplant. Under S. Carlisle May through Pelican Press she has published a biography titled A WWII Flight Surgeon’s Story. In her past life, she has been a full-time mother to four children, a high school substitute teacher and now when Susan isn’t writing she is busy being a fun grandmother. She lives near Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband of over thirty years. Susan loves castles, traveling, cross-stitching and reads voraciously. Visit her at www.SusanCarlisle.com, www.SusanCMay.com and www.WWIIArmyAirForceMedicine.com | |
Teel James Glenn
Teel James Glenn has traveled the world for forty years as a stuntman, fight choreographer, swordmaster, jouster, illustrator, storyteller, bodyguard, actor and haunted house barker. One of the things he’s proudest of is having studied sword under Errol Flynn’s last stunt double. He’s stories have been printed in magazines from Weird Tales, Spinetingler, SciFan, Mad, Black Belt, Fantasy Tales, Pulp Empire, Sherlock Holmes Mystery, SciFan, Sixgun Western, Crimson Streets, Fantasy World Geographic, Silver Blade Quarterly, and scores of other publications and dozens of books and anthologies in many genres. His short story “The Clockwork Nutcracker” won best steampunk story for 2013 from Preditor and Editors poll. He is also the winner of the 2012 Pulp Ark Award for Best Author. Mr. Glenn worked regularly as an actor on Guiding Light and New York soaps alternately doing stunts or acting in over 300 episodes. He worked as an actor and stuntman (in a fight scene with Hawk) on the “Spenser for Hire TV. Series and in episodes of the Equalizer. His most famous ‘small screen’ appearance was as Vega in the worldwide web series “Street Fighter: The Later Years.” His website is: theurbanswashbuckler.com | |
Yvonne Ventresca
Yvonne Ventresca’s latest YA psychological thriller, Black Flowers, White Lies (Sky Pony Press, 2016) won a National IPPY Gold Medal for YA fiction in 2017. Her debut novel, Pandemic (Sky Pony Press, 2014), won a Crystal Kite Award from the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Yvonne’s other work includes two nonfiction books and several short stories selected for anthologies such as 30 Shades of Dead, Hero Lost: Mysteries of Death and Life, and Prep for Doom. She loves a good ghost story and studies Isshinryu karate in a haunted dojo. You can learn more about her books at YvonneVentresca.com, where she also features resources for teen writers. |