Connie Beckett writes a variety of fiction under her name, and middle-grade books under the Teter Keyes name. She resides in Northeast Kansas with her excitable dog, Dax.
www.conniebeckett.net and www.teterkeyes.com

Aspiring writer of suspenseful romance and children's books

With over twenty-five years of experience in sales, management, and training, D.J. Cracovia brings a wealth of corporate expertise to her creative work. While she has successfully published creative non-fiction, her primary passion lies in fantasy romance—a pursuit she prioritized as her two children entered their preteen years. Beyond her own writing, she has developed and instructed specialized courses such as Critiquing with Grace and Writer’s Block is not a Disease. Now a dedicated writing coach, she focuses on helping authors of all skill levels overcome creative hurdles and refine their storytelling.
https://luv2write2.wordpress.com/

I love writing whether I’m writing poems, plays, short stories, cookbooks, grants, newsletters, newspaper articles or full-length novels. Growing up in New England where summers are sweet, but winters are long and cold has given me lots of opportunity to expand my creativity. I have enjoyed: basket weaving, spinning wool, quilting, canning, teaching cooking and traveling. I have been a recipe tester, sailor, farmer, shepherd, cattlewoman, chick herder and Master Gardener. Like many women, I have worked full-time, raised two children, and helped my husband’s career. Finally, I get to make my dream come true. After all, dreams never die, and new doors open every day. Today, I live in sunny Florida with my husband enjoying paradise. In addition to writing novels, I recently took up birding, and photography. My photos have done well in local contests. My stories are about courage, redemption and second chances. Everyone deserves them, don’t you agree? Find my books on Amazon and KU. (KnightGuard Security, Brotherhood Alliance)
www.lilaferrariwrites.com

Llewella Forgie (rhymes with corgi) is an award-wining author who creates stories of tenacious women battling injustice and creating their own happily-ever-after. When Llewella was young, her father read her the Oz books, the Narnia books, the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. She watched PBS costume dramas and murder mysteries with her family. In college she began attending Science Fiction conventions. All that comes together in her writing: she writes fantasies set in historical times that involve stopping criminals. Llewella has a Bachelors in English Literature and a Masters in Teaching. She has been called an “amazing editor” and also “a 21st century Maxwell Perkins.” She was one of a few developmental editors for the anthology Turning Points by Off Campus Writers’ Workshop which came out in June 2021, and she reprised that role for the anthology Meaningful Conflicts: The Art of Friction, also by OCWW, which came out in April 2023. Both anthologies have been finalists for awards.
https://llewellaforgie.com

yet to be published, but have submitted several stories over the past ten years
beaupeggy2016@gamail.com

My full first name comes from a science fiction novel. My parents, when I was a child, did historical reenactments and were more than pleased when I decided to major in history in college instead of something more useful such as computers or science. After a first failed attempt at being an academic, I graduated with honors from Wichita State University in 2004 as a non-traditional student. My focus of interest was in the post-Alexander world but pre-Roman, called the Hellenistic Age. I also have an unhealthy obsession with ancient Egypt, Native American cultures, the trainwreck that are the Tudors, and just about anything else prior to 1940. I have worked at two ‘open air’ historical reenactment museums: Old Cowtown Museum in Wichita, Kansas and The Pawnee Bill Museum and Buffalo Ranch in Pawnee, Oklahoma. I began writing as a child, like most authors. My mother likes to tell the story of driving in the car on a long trip, digging through her purse for a scrap of paper and a pen because I had a story in my head that I had to write down RIGHT NOW. First town we stopped in, she pulled into a grocery store, bought a pack of pens and a notebook for me to write in. Our car always had pens, pencils and paper for just such emergencies forever after that. It was as vital to have as her first aid kit. I learned thereafter to also always have pen and paper handy, because you never know when inspiration will strike, even in the middle of the night. I started dabbling in writing original fiction during my second college stint, but didn’t take it seriously. I was more interested in writing fan fiction, which was, and is, more fun sometimes. Though I am still an avid fan fiction writer and reader, I am now writing more original works with the intent to publish. Like so many other authors, being a fan fiction author has been my jumping off point. Since I’m an unashamed geek, I’m proud of it too! If you’re interested in my fan works, don’t hesitate to drop me a line! Because of my fan writing I can claim to be a contributor to the Hugo Award Winner for 2019 for the Organization for Transformative Works and their archive, An Archive of Our Own. I am a voting member of The Organization for Transformative Works, and am active in two local writing organizations, Mid-America Romance Authors.
www.valfassnight.com

Karen fell in love with books at a young age, especially mystery and romance. Once she learned about the fascinating universe held in fiction books, she started writing her own stories. She currently has three historical romances published under a pen name on Kindle Vella and is working on multiple other projects. Her favorite genres are historical fiction, historical mystery, and historical/western romance. Karen has been a member of RWA and several of its chapters for years, and previously served as Secretary of Outreach International Romance Writers. She is currently serving as Secretary of Outreach International Writers, inc. Karen lives with her husband, Curt, and their two cats in beautiful western Colorado. Besides writing, Karen also loves doing genealogy and is currently studying to become a certified genealogist.
https://kaylerrosepublishing.com/

Melba is a multi-published author. She is a retired special education teacher and holds a BA in history as well as a M.Ed. in learning disabilities. Melba is currently publishing on Kindle Vella and enjoying more success there than any other venue. When she is not writing she enjoys creating graphics for promotion of her work and her friends. She loves container gardening and cooking. Traveling has always been her most enjoyable past time. Melba lives in Georgia, USA with her husband and a small dictator Pomeranian named Rowdy.
https://mjflournoy.com/

I graduated from two different universities, St. Thomas and St. Catherines, with degrees in English, French, and Secondary Ed, but I run a coffee house and wine bar with 2 of my 5 sisters. I write historical romance set in the US, have completed my first manuscript and am working on my second.

Author of children’s books and fantasy romance.
authorfasp.com

Nanci Race was born in a small city in Western Massachusetts, the second of six children born to a middle-class family of Native American descent. When she was young, her family moved to the area known as The Berkshires, also in Western Massachusetts. She began writing at a young age. While taking a hiatus from nursing, Nanci became the editor of an arts magazine. That led to a BA degree in Creative Writing and Literature, which she started at Southern Vermont College. Nanci returned to nursing for several years, but she was also working on her writing. Eventually, many years after completing her BA, she returned to school and, in two years, completed her Master of Fine Arts Degree with a concentration in Writing at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri. These days, Nanci is retired from over 50 years of nursing and loves spending time with her family, particularly attending her grandchildren's sporting events with her husband. Nanci has independently published two cozy mysteries that are available on all platforms and is currently the President of Outreach International Writers, Inc., and is a member of Romance Writers of America.
https://nancirace.com

Unpublished writer. Taken numerous online and classroom writing classes.

Augustina Van Hoven is a paranormal romance author who lifts the veil on the secrets hidden in the world around us. Whether it’s traveling through a crack in time, interacting with the dead, or meeting the supernatural creatures living among us, her characters find love in unexpected places. What would you do if you actually met a shifter? Or woke up a hundred and fifty years in the past? Or looked into a mirror and found the face staring back at you wasn’t your own? Come and read stories that show you what is possible if you will only believe. Augustina was born in The Netherlands and currently resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and three cats. She is an avid reader of romance, science fiction and fantasy. When she’s not writing she likes to work in her garden or in the winter months, crochet and knitting on her knitting machines.
https://augustinavanhoven.com/

Aspiring romance author writing high-heat stories with grit. I live in the Southeastern USA with my family and our one cute cat! I enjoy reading all romance tropes and sub-genres.
www.torriweldon.com

I knew I wanted to be a writer when I was sixteen years old. A career in teaching later, I became a bookseller. My husband and I ran our independent book store for eleven years in a rural area until Amazon and Kindle killed it. Then I finally became a fiction writer. I really was writing all along: parent pamplets and newsletters, curriculum for my school system, and ten years as a copy writer for the Content Authority. I have now written four prepublished romance novels and one prepublished middle school book. I joined Romance Writers of America in 2020, Georgia Romance Writers in 2021 and Atlanta Writing Club in 2022. I became a member of OISI in 2025. We live in the North Georgia Blue Ridge Mountains in a log house with a herd of deer that visit and eat at our feeder every evening. We're taken care of by our big tuxedo cat Obiwan Katnobi and our petite former stray seal-point looking mama cat . We enjoy visits from a pudgy possum who keeps our tick population under control but not so much the visits from a rude racoon that poops on our roof and tears up our birdfeeders. We are respectful of the occasional black bear that wanders through. My hobbies are reading, writing, volunteering at the used bookstore in our local library and working for Toys for Tots all year long. My dream is to make it to Ireland one day.