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Fred McGavran
A graduate of Harvard Law School, Fred McGavran defends psychiatric malpractice claims and represents veterans in claims against the Veterans Administration as counsel for Frost Brown Todd LLC in Cincinnati, Ohio. The Ohio Arts Council awarded him a $10,000 Individual Achievement Award in 2009 for a story that the Harvard…
Evelyn Krieger
Evelyn Krieger works as a learning specialist, writer, dance instructor, and homeschooling mom in Sharon, MA. Her writing credits include: Memoirs, Ink., Lilith, Writer's Digest, Family Fun, Teacher Magazine, and Reading Today.
Sally Hermsdorfer
Sally Hermsdorfer was born in Memphis, TN and has been a writer by avocation since elementary school. She is principal of Immaculate Conception High School for Girls in Memphis, TN. She has had nonfiction work published in The Catholic Digest and The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture.
Margo Frazier
I'm a native of Memphis, Tennessee, but relocated to Northeast Florida after joining the US Navy at the age of 33. My tenure as a Navy Photographer afforded me the opportunity to spend time in Sicily, Iceland, Germany, Bermuda and parts of New England before returning south to be near…
Ray Clark
Ray Clark is the co-author of Manitou Man: The World of Graham Masterton, nominated and short listed for both the British and World Fantasy awards in 1998. the author has also had a variety of short stories published both traditionally and electronically. The Lord of Misrule & Other Stories, his…
Johnmichael Simon
Johnmichael Simon was born in England, grew up in South Africa and has lived in Israel since 1963. He has published five books of poems and several collaborations with partner Helen Bar-Lev and other poets. His poetry has been awarded numerous prizes and honorable mentions and is published widely in…
James Dickson
A firefighter for the past 19 years, I've lived in Arizona most of my life. I discovered the joy of writing three years ago and hope to someday transform it from hobby to new career (getting too old for firefighting). I've written one novel and will begin my second soon.…
John Biggs
John Biggs is a Tasmanian writer who spent several years in Hong Kong, which results in a distinct Sino-Australian flavour to much of his work. He has published several award-winning short stories, including the occasional Tom Howard award, and four novels. His latest, Tin Dragons, is an historical romance about…
Dixon Hearne
Dixon Hearne is the author of a new book, Plantatia: High-toned and Low-down Stories of the South (Southeast Missouri State University Press, 2009), and co-editor of two recent anthologies of Southern fiction. He is one of fifty authors selected to appear in Woodstock Revisited: 50 Far Out, Groovy, Peace-Loving, Flashback-Inducing…
Debbie Fox
Debbie Fox, a retired RN, is an award-winning writer and a St. Louis Writers Guild Member of Distinction whose work has appeared in books, magazines, and newspapers. After living in Southern California for twenty-five years, Debbie returned to her Midwestern roots in 2005 where she now lives in a small…
Gabriela Blandy
Gabriela Blandy has an MA with Distinction in Creative Writing. She co-runs a live reading event in London for both published and unpublished authors, and teaches 'Oration Skills for Writers' on several MA programs. She is currently working on a collection of short stories.
Suzanne Covich
Dr. Suzanne Covich, a poet, short story writer, public speaker, Human Rights activist and the first Australian teacher to win two National Excellence in Teaching Awards (NEITA), has been widely published in Australian literary journals, including Quadrant, Meanjin, Island, Southern Review and Northern Perspective. A recent winner of the Gold…
Linda Zabolski
Linda Zabolski lives in Kona, Hawaii, where she owns Captain Zodiac Rafting Adventures, along with her husband, Bill. She graduated from The University of Massachusetss/Amherst with a B.A. in French Literature. She then went on to receive a “Diplome D'Etudes Francaises” from the University of Grenoble, France. Linda loves to…
Mary Lou Simms
Mary Lou Simms is a reporter currently working under a national journalism grant. She has had stories published by Cat Fancy Magazine, The Minnetonka Review and McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. She is also working on an online comic strip, “The Geese of Tucker Lake”, and gathering material for a collection of…
Lance Mason
My work has appeared in The Packinghouse Review (2010, CNF), The Santa Barbara Independent (2010, political/sports journalism), upstreet (2007, travel memoir), City Works (2007, short story), Yellow Bricks and Ruby Slippers (2001, eclectic short fiction), SeaSpray Magazine (1997, sports), and Voices of Survival (Capra Press, 1982; anti-nuke anthology). I also…
Arielle Kaden
Arielle Kaden is a rising Junior at Randolph High School in New Jersey. She lives with her Mom, Dad, Sister, and Brother. She loves to write and when she is older she hopes to make writing her profession. She is thrilled to see her first short story “8 Missed Birthdays”…
Annie Eagleton
Born in Britain, I have spent much of my adult life abroad. I currently live in Vietnam and am a regular contributor to The Guide magazine. I am an English teacher and editor, lover of words, wildlife and the planet.
Mari Grana
Mari Grana left a California career in urban planning to move to New Mexico to write. She has published several books on women in medicine as well as on New Mexico history. Her memoir, Begoso Cabin, won the Willa Cather award in 2000.
Arlene Lidbergh-Jasper
Arlene Lidbergh-Jasper was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and has lived in Anchorage, Alaska, for the last forty years. She is a freelance writer and has been working on a set of Boston memoir stories. She meets with a writers' group once a week, and takes occasional workshops at UAA in…
M.T. Gabrick
My name is M.T. Gabrick. I am 51 years old and live in Peoria, IL. I teach writing, literature, and religion to junior high students at the Catholic school connected to my parish. I have been married to my husband Jim for 26 years. We have four daughters, ranging in…
Emily Jiang
The daughter of Chinese-American immigrants, Emily Jiang received an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Saint Mary's College of California and a B.A. in English from Rice University. She is also a graduate of the Clarion Writers' Workshop in San Diego and the Napa Valley Writers' Conference. Her fiction has received…
Carla M. Zwahlen
Carla Zwahlen lives in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire, where she plays keyboard at church and other events, and teaches private piano lessons. Her paintings hang in private collections in the United States and Europe. Currently, she is working on a nonfiction book project from which Guideposts Books and HCI Books have…
Judy Willman
Judy Willman was born in 1943 in a suburb of Seattle, Washington. She grew up in a family of 5 children and worked her way through 4 years at the University of Washington, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Home Economics Education. She married her childhood friend and high…
Cyndee Hollamon-Cook
Cyndee enjoys writing children's stories, poetry, and essays, and is currently working on her first novel. In addition to a lifelong interest in writing, she is also an artist. She is 44 years old and lives with her family in Oregon.
Liz Davies
After many years of living in exotic lands, Liz Davies has returned to the beautiful old city of Cambridge, where she finds inspiration among the churches, colleges and gardens of this ancient city. Here she is, visiting the Great Oriental Plane Tree of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
Mark Carlson
Mark Carlson, 51, lives in San Diego, with his wife, Jane. He is a freelance writer and aviation historian. He is a docent and researcher at the SD Air & Space Museum. Legally blind, he works with his Guide Dog, Musket, a male Yellow Lab. Past President of Poway-Black Mountain…
William (Bing) Bingham
William (Bing) Bingham grew up in a military family and traveled the world as a child. Among his writing credits are a number of short stories, television shows, and the screenplay Faith of My Fathers, which was produced for A&E in 2005. He teaches at a private school in Kent,…
Ina L. Jones
I have been a teller of stories and writing fiction since I was young, building them around emotions of a single dilemma from real-life actualities of people. When not writing fiction, I'm writing and teaching, encouraging Bible studies for women. I've participated in writer groups in CA, NJ and FL,…
Lucille Bellucci
I was born in Shanghai, China, of an Italian-Dutch-Indonesian father and Chinese mother. We were exiled by the Communists in 1952 and went to Italy, where we lived five years before I and the remainder of my family emigrated to the United States. Later, I moved to Rio de Janeiro…
Robert B. Robeson
Robert B. Robeson flew 987 combat medical evacuation missions in South Vietnam (1969-1970) while evacuating 2,533 patients from all sides of the action. He had seven helicopters shot up by enemy fire and was twice shot down. He's been published over 750 times in 130 countries, which include Reader's Digest,…
Judith Koenig
Judith Koenig was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. She attended Lutheran schools and graduated from DePaul University in 1969. After a brief teaching career, Judith worked in the real estate industry. Moving to Georgia in 1987, she was employed as a Regional Property Manager. Now retired, Judith lives in…
Randy Zumalt
I was born in Northern California to descendants of pioneer settlers. Once here, nobody left. Raised in the building and cattle ranching businesses, I returned to live here as well. I earned a BS in Business Administration from Pacific Union College. Much to my delight, I have very successful children,…
Kelcey Stivers
Kelcey Stivers is a very active 14-year-old who enjoys going on mission trips with her church youth group, playing soccer on her school team, writing, and singing. Upon completion of her middle school years, she was awarded the Presidential Award for Academic Achievement due to her “all A's” honor roll…
Rajdeep Paulus
Rajdeep, who prefers to be called “Raj”, decided to be a writer during her junior year in high school after her English teacher gave her an “F” but told her she had potential. She studied English Literature at Northwestern University, and spent over a decade as an English Teacher and…
Luke Melia
Luke Melia lives and works in London. He writes fiction in his spare time. In 2011, his entry The Temp was shortlisted for the Crime Writers' Association's Debut Dagger Award. In May 2012, his short story “The Novel Factory” was highly commended in the Bristol Prize. Luke is currently developing…
Rita Myres
Rita Myres, MSW, RSW, grew up and began her working life in England, where she followed the path of science into research. After coming to Canada in 1970, initially for a one-year working adventure, she and her husband, Tony, discovered the great joy and challenge of raising three beautiful children.…
Tom Alberti
I'm a retired x-ray technician. I have self-published a children's book, The Adventures of Hippie, and my essay called the “Barrier of Life” won a prize in the Northwest senior district in the state of Illinois. Once again thank you.
B.F. McCune
B.F. McCune has been writing since age ten, when she submitted a poem to the Saturday Evening Post (it was immediately rejected). This interest facilitated her career in public relations and also in freelance news and features. But her true passion is fiction, and her pieces have won several awards.…
Tony Myres
Tony Myres was born in Bristol, England in 1944. His stories have appeared in several independent publications, including Volumes 1 and 2 of The Black Lake Chronicles, as well as a self-published collection of short stories entitled The Go-Between. Tony's storytelling explores a mixture of personal and shared histories. His…
Dana Yeo
Dana Yeo is currently an undergraduate at Stanford University, majoring in Biomedical Computation and minoring in Creative Writing. Her writing career began at the tender age of seven when she won first prize at the L.A. County Fair for a haiku about the playground grass. Since then, Ms. Yeo's work…
Stacie Tomita
I am a student and aspiring writer who was born and raised on Oahu. Currently, I live in the Bay Area of California. I enjoy discussing social and political issues on my blog, as well as writing short fiction and creative nonfiction. I also try to spend as much time…
Michael Allonois Peters
Michael Allonois Peters is an educational interventionist and college prep tutor when he's not creating. He is currently producing a series of board games for students based on college readiness standards so that studying doesn't have to feel like studying. He lives in Colorado but can often be found on…
Michael Connon
Michael Connon is a writer of Scottish descent born and living in the North East of England. His stories have been winners of the Pitlochry Festival Winter Words short story contest in Scotland for the last three years in succession. In the past he has written for TV and radio…
Jasmine Belen
Originally from a small town in New England, I've lived in Sonoma County, California, for 38 years. At the age of seven I started writing poems and stories. After multiple tragedies I took a writing hiatus for several years. I delved into the healing waters of art before the magic…
Maria Ashworth
Maria enjoys writing everything from picture books to adult fiction. She's a member of SCBWI and The Writers Guild. In 2012, her picture book manuscript, Step One, Step Two, Step Three and Four, about a newly merged family where the step-children are struggling to get along, was a finalist in…
Gwen Angstrom
Living on ten acres below the Willapa Hills in Southwest Washington State provides much inspiration for my writing. I started creating stories for my grandchildren about fifteen years ago featuring them in the starring roles. My latest passion is short story writing—a wonderful avocation in retirement! My husband, Richard, and…
Doreen E. Massey
Doreen E. Massey is a member of the House of Lords in the UK Parliament. She speaks mainly on issues related to child welfare and education. She is on the Board of UNICEF UK. Her career has been in teaching and health education, including consultancy work in Central Asia and…
Erin Byrne
Erin Byrne writes travel articles and essays, short stories, and poems, which have won numerous awards, including 2012 and 2013 Travelers' Tales Grand Prize Silver and Bronze Solas Awards for Best Travel Story of the Year. Erin's work appears in a variety of publications, including World Hum, Best Travel Writing…
Journal Entry September 11, 2001
JOURNAL ENTRY SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 Heavy exterior glass panels and wall sections fell away making dead drops, straight down like stones. The air handling system, sheet metal ducts and plenums were sucked out and fell slower, seesawing to the ground. The fire within the interior spaces caused updrafts, downdrafts and…
Victor Colantonio
Victor Colantonio is a cutting-edge technology entrepreneur. He is a global adventurer, designer, photographer, angler, sailor and storyteller who resides in Massachusetts.
