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Natalie Normann is a Norwegian writer and writes historical romance series in her native language. She has also written crime novels and children’s books before turning to romance full-time.

She grew up in a shipping town on the west-coast of Norway and always wanted to be a writer. Actually, she wanted to smoke cigars and drink whiskey like Hemingway but settled for chocolate and the occasional glass of Baileys.

Her writing journey started with short stories in women’s magazines until her first book was published in 1995.

Summer Island is her first romance written in English and her latest book, Christmas Island, is out now.

You can find Natalie at Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, and Instagram.

A. R. Torre is a pseudonym for New York Times bestselling author Alessandra Torre. Torre is an award-winning bestselling author of more than twenty novels. Torre has been featured in such publications as Elle and Elle UK and has guest-blogged for the Huffington Post. In addition to writing, Torre is the creator of Alessandra Torre Ink, a website, community, and online school for aspiring authors.

You can learn more at www.alessandratorre.com

And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com

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Lyndon Hardy became interested in fantasy while wandering through the fringes of fandom when he was at Caltech.  In addition to reading and writing, he has sporadic bursts of enthusiasm for collecting stamps and playing cards. As of yet, he has not figured out a plot line for a stamp collector who saves the world.

He published three fantasy novels for Ballantine/Del Rey in the 1980’s. They are now available again.

While at CalTech, in 1961 he organized and led what has been called the best college prank ever pulled –  The Rose Bowl Card Stunt Caper.

You can find his latest book, Double Magic, out now. 

This other books in the series can be found on Amazon. 

Find him on his website, Facebook, and Amazon.

Melinda Curtis is the USA Today bestselling author of light‐hearted contemporary romance. In addition to her Sunshine Valley series from Forever, she’s published independently and with Harlequin Heartwarming, including her book Dandelion Wishes, which was made into a TV movie - Love in Harmony Valley, starring Amber Marshall. She lives in Oregon’s lush Willamette Valley with her husband - her basketball-playing college sweetheart. While raising three kids, the couple did the soccer thing, the karate thing, the dance thing, the Little League thing and, of course, the basketball thing. Now when Melinda isn’t writing and Mr. Curtis isn’t watching college basketball, they do the DIY thing. You can find out more at: https://www.melindacurtis.net/

And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com

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Tracy Krimmer loves coffee, popcorn, Drew Barrymore, and the movie Saving Silverman. She enjoys reading great books (of course) and writing realistic characters for you to enjoy. When she listens to music she prefers the 80s and 90s music she grew up on. In a typical day you'll find her writing at one of her favorite spots-on the couch, at the kitchen table, or at her favorite hometown coffee shop.

You can find her at her website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Bookbub, and Amazon.

And come join Tracy and a bunch of her writer friends during the Holly Jolly Chick Lit Hop December 7-13th.

Lisa Kessler is a Best Selling author of dark paranormal fiction. She's a two-time San Diego Book Award winner for Best Published Fantasy-Sci-fi-Horror and Best Published Romance. Her books have also won the PRISM award, the Award of Excellence, the National Excellence in Romantic Fiction Award, the Award of Merit from the Holt Medallion, and an International Digital Award for Best Paranormal.

Her short stories have been published in print anthologies and magazines, and her vampire story, Immortal Beloved, was a finalist for a Bram Stoker award.

When she's not writing, Lisa is a professional vocalist, and has performed with San Diego Opera as well as other musical theater companies in San Diego. She's also the host of the Book Lights Podcast for Reader's Entertainment.

You can learn more at http://Lisa-Kessler.com & Sign up for her newsletter here: https://goo.gl/56lDla

And for more about our Special Guest host NYT Best Seller Alyssa Day visit https://alyssaday.com/

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Photographer, author and product developer, Andrew Darlow has lectured, conducted seminars, and workshops around the world at conferences, and for photography organizations, including the Arles Photo Festival in France and the International Center of Photography in New York City.

His works have been featured in numerous magazines, newspapers and TV programs as well as held in many private collections.

He’s the editor of imagingbuffet.com, which covers photography, printing, and new media.

His latest release Focus and Filter was an Amazon Hot New Release, No. 1 Best Seller, and an award-winning finalist at the International Book Awards.

His book, Biscuit for Your Thoughts: Philosophy According to Dogs, combines humorous canine-inspired sayings with Andrew’s photographs from his long career as a commercial, pet and portrait photographer.

Find Andrew at his website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, LinkenIn.

Readers Entertainment Radio listeners can watch his 50 photography tips here.

Marc Watson is an author of genre fiction of all lengths and styles. He began writing at the age of 15 and continues to be a part-time writing student at Athabasca University. He has been published on flash fiction site www.101words.org (find his stories here) as well as comedy site www.thecorrectness.com. Marc lives in Calgary, Alberta. He is a husband and proud father of two. He is an avid outdoors-man, martial artist, baseball player, and lover of all Mexican foods. He can be found at online www.marcwatson.ca, as well as on Facebook at www.facebook.com/marcwroteabook

And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com

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Kaylie Newell was born in the great state of Oregon, where she was raised alongside rivers and lakes and scruffy dogs that chased their tennis balls as far as Kaylie’s noodle arms could throw. As she grew, so did her imagination, and it didn’t take long to realize she was a romantic at heart. She began to fancy herself the future wife of a cowboy, the likes of which graced every paperback novel she could get her hands on.

She decided to go to college in Oklahoma to snag herself one, but irony won over when she fell in love with a hippie in sheep’s clothing instead. Together, they came back to Oregon, started a family and watched their dreams unfold. Kaylie wrote her first book when her girls were toddlers, editing sex scenes with The Wiggles on in the background.

She’s proud of many things in life, among them the fact that she can still recite her lines from Romeo and Juliet from her seventh grade play, the fact that she can set a grilled cheese sandwich on fire faster than most people can make one, but mostly she’s proud of the stories blossoming inside her noggin on a daily basis.

You can find Kaylie on her website, Facebook, Twitter, BookBub, and Instagram. 

Her latest book Montana Christmas Magic is out now.

Laura Marks is a PEN Award winning playwright, television writer and comic book writer.  Her plays Bethany and Mine have garnered acclaim from critics and been published and produced across the US and overseas.  For TV, she's written episodes of The Good Fight, The Expanse, Servant, Ray Donovan, The Exorcist, and BrainDead, and she's currently co-writing a new project with Carlton Cuse.  Her debut comic series for DC's Hill House Comics, Daphne Byrne (with art by Kelley Jones), will be released as a hardcover compilation in November 2020.  She lives with her husband and two daughters in Brooklyn. You can learn more on her website: https://lauramarks.net/ 

And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com

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