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Jess Kidd is an author of literary fiction, historical mystery, fantasy, and children’s fiction novels. Jess was raised by an Irish family in London, England. She won the Costa Short Story Award, and her novels have been shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards, Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year 2019, and have been named […]

Gabe Hudson is an American novelist of fantasy novels. His collection Dear Mr. President was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award and winner of the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Hudson was named one of Granta’s 20 Best of Young American Novelists and was a recipient […]

James Maxwell is a New Zealand author of fantasy novels. Raised in both New Zealand and Australia, James took inspiration from the forests of these two countries. He would also read science fiction and fantasy novels at a great pace, and would begin writing when he was 11 years old. Since this time, he has […]

Rod Reynolds is an English author of crime fiction novels. He was born in London. Prior to becoming a novelist, he worked in advertising and as a media buyer. He attended City University and completed its two-year Crime Writing Masters course. Rod lives in London with his wife and daughter.

Sadie Hartwell is an American author of cozy mystery novels. She grew up in New York State – near the Canadian border. Due to all of the cold, dark, and snow, she was able to develop indoor hobbies – reading mystery novels and needlework. Sadie earned a history degree from St. Lawrence University. She has […]

Thorne Smith (1892-1934) was an American novelist of comic fantasy novels. His work involves lots of sex, drinking, supernatural transformations and racy illustrations. He was born in Annapolis, Maryland, and attended Dartmouth College. He went onto work as a part-time advertising agent (where he didn’t earn much money), until the creation of his Topper character […]

Zinzi Clemmons is an American author of literary fiction novels. She was raised in Philadelphia, and graduated from both Brown University and Columbia University. Her work has been published in Zoetrope: All-Story, The Paris Review Daily, Transition, and The Common. She is a co-founder and former publisher of Apogee Journal, a contributing editor to Literary […]

Melissa Grey is an American author of YA fantasy novels. She writes the Girl at Midnight series. Melissa was born and raised in New York City. She wrote her first short story when she was twelve years old and has never stopped writing. She earned a fine arts degree at Yale University, and then set […]

Mary Gentle is an English author of science fiction and fantasy novels. She writes the Orthe Duology, Book of Ash, and other series. Mary has two Master’s degrees, and is an expert sword fighter. Mary lives in England.

Dan Jolley is an American author of children’s fantasy novels, as well as comics and video games. He writes the Gray Widow Trilogy series and the Five Elements series. He’s also written manga for Erin Hunter’s Warriors and Seekers series, Transformers: War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron video games, and more. Dan lives in […]