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Maddie Dawson is an American author of women’s fiction novels. Maddie Dawson grew up in the South, surrounded by a family of wild storytellers who swore their most outrageous tales were true—from alligator attacks to a love-struck pilot buzzing the house in a stolen jet. With a childhood steeped in drama, humor, and everyday chaos, […]
Steve Demaree is an author of cozy mystery novels. He writes the Dekker Cozy Mystery, Off the Beaten Path Mystery, and Aylesford Place series. Steve loved mysteries from childhood, but did not decide to become an author until his 50s.
Melanie Cellier is an author of YA fantasy novels. She writes the Four Kingdoms series and the Spoken Mage series. Melanie grew up reading all the books she could. She’s always loved children’s and young adult books, and when she started writing herself, YA is what she chose to write. Melanie lives in Adelaide, Australia, […]
Matt Braun (1932-2016) was an American author of Western novels. Matt was from Oklahoma, and he grew up among the Cherokee and Osage people. Having been around them for many years, he learned about their traditions and culture, and even took on much of their philosophy in life.
Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014) was a Colombian author and journalist. He earned the Neustadt International Prize for Literature in 1972 and the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. His writing is considered part of the Latin American Boom and the magic realism movements. In his fiction, Márquez would leave out key elements in order to […]
Steven Henry is an American author of mystery and fantasy novels. He writes the Erin O’Reilly Mystery series, and is a USA Today bestselling author. Steven can almost say he knew how to read prior to knowing how to walk! And almost as soon as he could read, he was compelled to write his own […]
N.C. Lewis is an author of crime thriller, cozy mystery, and psychological thriller novels. They write the Amy King, DI Fenella Sallow, Maggie Darling, Ollie Stratford, and Skegness Seaside series. The protagonists in these fast-paced series are amateur sleuths and police detectives.
Stephen Fry is an English author of fiction and non-fiction books, as well as an actor, comedian, writer, and more. Fry first found fame from forming a duo with Hugh Laurie – Fry & Laurie – and co-starred with him in the television series “A Bit of Fry & Laurie” and “Jeeves and Wooster.” Stephen […]
Helena Marchmont is the pen name of Scottish author Olga Wojtas, who writes cozy mystery stories under this pen name. She writes the Bunburry series. Encouraged to write by her inspirational English teacher, Iona M. Cameron, Helena has published numerous short stories and novels. She received a Scottish Book Trust New Writers Award in 2015.
Howard Owen is an American author of literary fiction, mystery, and thriller novels. He writes the Willie Black series. For his novel Oregon Hill, Owen was awarded the Hammett Prize in 2012. He is also a recipient of the Theresa Pollak Prize from Richmond Magazine. Howard was educated at the University of North Carolina at […]