Authors on Fire

Robert Gainey is a born and raised Floridian, despite his best efforts. While enrolled at Florida State University and studying English (a language spoken in several small countries), Robert began volunteering for the campus medical response team, opening up a great new passion in his life. Following graduation, he pursued further training through paramedic and firefighting programs, going on to become a full time professional firefighter in the State of Florida. He currently lives and works in Northeast Florida with his wife and dogs, who make sure he gets walked regularly. Robert writes near-fetched fantasy novels inspired by the madness and courage found in everyday events.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/RNGainey
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Website: https://www.robertgainey.com/
Book Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B095GNZJCN
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Prior to Gary Lee Miller beginning his writing career, he was a successful businessman and entrepreneur.
Miller’s writing is rooted in life experiences and people who have crossed his paths in his life’s journey. He draws on his ability to translate his observations into very relatable stories by readers.
Gary lives in “the Scenic City of the South” Chattanooga, Tennessee and has two adult daughters and one granddaughter who live close by. You might recognize him from his roles acting in movies and TV; he is listed here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5136329/
Visit his website at: GaryLeeMillerBooks.com
To contact Gary, email: [email protected]
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Joni Iraci is a retired Registered Nurse who, after raising three children, returned to college to pursue her dream of becoming a writer. She earned a BFA in liberal studies with a concentration in literature and creative writing. She then earned an MFA in creative writing from Columbia University in her 60’s and published “Reinventing Jenna Rose,” shortly thereafter. Her second novel is currently under consideration with several traditional publishers. The third is in progress. Several short stories can be found in online literary journals.
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Kiel Barnekov forged his career as an information technology executive pioneering innovative airline and airport technology projects for over 30 years.  Mr. Barnekov chaired the Airport Council International – North America Information Technology Committee. Channeling his grandmother (and fellow author), Fleur Conkling, Sheperds of Destiny is the first novel in his reality bending series.


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Deanie Humphrys-Dunne is a multi-award winning children’s author of eight books : My Life at Sweetbrier–A Life Changed by Horses, Charlie the Horse, Charlene the Star, Charlene the Star and Hattie’s Heroes, Charlene the Star and Bentley Bulldog, A Tractor Named Wilbur and  Un Tractor Llamado Wilbur and Wilbur’s new Home. Many of her fictional books are beautifully illustrated by Holly Humphrys-Bajaj who also designed Deanie’s covers. Wilbur’s new Home is wonderfully jointly illustrated by Wanda L. Urabazo and Holly Humphrys-Bajaj. The series of Charlene the Star books is told by the animal characters.
Deanie’s writing has earned the coveted Mom’s Choice Awards for My Life at Sweetbrier and A Tractor Named Wilbur. Charlene the Star and Hattie’s Heroes won the Reserve Champion Winnie Award at the Equus Film Festival in Children’s Fiction. In that same contest, My Life at Sweetbrier won the Winnie Award in Equine English Biography. Other accolades include the Feathered Quill Silver Medal, Readers Favorites silver medals, and New Apple Solo (Gold) Medal, among others.
Deanie believes the message that perseverance is the key to accomplishing amazing things and has made it her mission to share this message, one that can benefit every child. Through her inspiring, real life and fictional works, children learn that anything is possible when they refuse to give up on their dreams.  Deanie knows from her own life experience that we can attain much more than we ever imagined possible by never quitting.
Deanie’s stories remind readers that tenacity is the key to success. She shares proof that obstacles can be overcome. With the goal of being a positive role model for generations of children, Deanie loves to write entertaining stories that emphasize values that build self-esteem and confidence in young readers. She works tirelessly to create stories that appeal to children in an engaging manner.
Deanie has been featured on several author websites including TheAuthorsShow.com, and blogtalkradio.com with authors JD Holiday and Annette Rochelle Aben.
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Deborah Wynne began writing as a young girl, filling dog-eared spiral notebooks with whimsical stories and terrible poetry. A University of Colorado alumna, Ms. Wynne entered the workforce listening to the advice of her parents who said, “Get a good government job.” She subsequently had two distinctly different careers in municipal government before becoming a private sector consultant.
Unlike other authors that have long lists of interesting hobbies, Ms. Wynne claims to have left such things in her past in order to focus on writing and creating the perfect cup of coffee. Using music as her inspirational backdrop, she tends to listen to her favorite artists in repetitive loops—Neil Diamond, Imagine Dragons, Frank Sinatra. Her writing marathons allow her to live vicariously through her characters and stories which bear no recognizable similarity to her real life. Ms. Wynne is married and lives at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. She has two grown daughters and four grandchildren.
Prior to Ms.Wynne published two books. Her debut novel, Opening Act (Book One of the Pirouettes and Promises Series ) is a 2021 Winner of the Firebird Book Award for Contemporary fiction as well as a 2021 Winner of the Firebird Book Award for New Fiction. She also released Intermission—the sequel to Opening Act (Book Two of the Pirouettes and Promises Series). Encore, the third installment in the Pirouettes and Promises Series , is scheduled for release in the near future. One of her very short stories was included in VSS365 Anthology: Volume One 2019. Currently, she is working on Cassie’s Woods, a conspiracy thriller. The Original Wife is the third book by award-winning author Deborah Wynne released in September 2021.
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Twitter – @WynneDeb
Facebook – @Deborah Wynne Author
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Caitlin Billings lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family. 
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has a thriving therapy practice specializing in complex trauma. She is working on her second book.


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When Eleanor was 21, just out of college, and on her way to her first job—teaching English in Japan—she learned that she had an aunt who had married a man from China and lived in China 40 years. At the time China was closed to the West, so no one knew if her aunt was still alive. Eleanor was determined to find out—and, one day, to tell her story. When Nixon and Mao opened the doors, Eleanor’s Aunt Grace returned to the US. Eleanor soon met her and lived with her aunt the last year of her life. Eleanor has just published a novel Dragonfly Dreams, set in China during WWII, based on the true story of how her aunt’s family with three children survived the Japanese occupation and avoided being sent to an internment camp.  Eleanor’s earlier book, Grace in China, tells about her aunt’s 40 years in China and will be republished this August by New South Books. Eleanor has worked in Japan, traveled around the world by herself before she was 25, lived in San Francisco and New York, and currently lives in Chattanooga, TN.
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F. Coe Sherrard Jr, a former United States Navy aviator and longtime businessperson retired and living in Edinburg, Virginia. Born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, Coe grew up in the farming community of Rising Sun, Maryland, and graduated from Western Maryland College (now called McDaniel College) in 1971. During college, he adopted the pen name, E. A. Coe, while writing humorous parodies of prose encountered during a semester of Early American literature. Coe left WMC with a degree in Economics and a wife (Jean) and reported to Pensacola, Florida for naval flight training.
During the latter years of the Viet Nam Conflict, Coe flew carrier-based logistical support aircraft serving the East-Coast carrier fleet. At the conclusion of the Viet Nam hostilities, Coe remained in the Naval Reserve, flying E-2C (Hawkeye) airborne early warning aircraft. He retired with the rank of Commander in 1991.
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Diane Wald’s novel Gillyflower was published in April 2019 by She Writes Press, and won first place in the novella category from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards, first place in the novella category from American Book Fest, first place in Fiction: Novella from International Book Awards, and a bronze medal from Reader’s Favorite. You can read more about Gillyflower at www.gillyflowernovel.com. Since 1966, Diane has published more than 250 poems in literary magazines. She is the recipient of a two-year fellowship in poetry from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and has been awarded the Grolier Poetry Prize, The Denny Award, The Open Voice Award, and the Anne Halley Award. She also received a state grant from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts.  She has published four chapbooks and won the Green Lake Chapbook Award from Owl Creek Press. An electronic chapbook (Improvisations on Titles of Works by Jean Dubuffet) appears on the Mudlark website. Her four full-length poetry collections are Lucid Suitcase , The Yellow Hotel, Wonderbender, and The Warhol Pillows. My Famous Brain is her second novel. 
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