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I was raised in Unicoi County, surrounded by the traditions and dialect of the area. I embraced the regional stories, mountain views, culture-except sweet tea and unannounced visits-and sought to correct the misconceptions about the local people and the town stories that turned into rumors. I reside in Erwin, Tennessee, with my children and...

Carmen María Navarro has worked in marketing and brand story telling in top 500 companies since graduating with her MBA from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in 2004. She serves on the Board of Center for Human Services, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting youth and eliminating youth homelessness. Carmen María is a stepmom...

I started writing poetry in college as a way to deal with troubling emotions and traumatic memories from my childhood. In graduate school, I was more courageous, and I wrote scenes from memory, trying to recapture the mood of much of my life with a mentally ill parent. During the day, I taught high schoolers...

Since establishing his company, TALENT, in 1986, Tony has written hundreds of television and radio commercials and collateral pieces as part of multimedia advertising campaigns, conducted national media relations programs, conceived and developed successful promotional events, and won several awards at many levels, including the prestigious International Newspaper Marketing Association Award in 2005 for direct-response...

Rebecca Johnston graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelors in English and Modern European History in 2015, and in 2017 she graduated with her Masters in English from the University of Texas at Tyler. Currently Rebecca is pursuing a doctoral degree from the University of Exeter while also serving as the Vice President of the...

After studying journalism at Texas A&M University, Jody was a television news reporter and anchor in Bryan-College Station Texas; Charleston South Carolina; and San Antonio Texas. In addition to writing, her other passion is advocating for people with special needs. She met her son, Marius, while reporting on Romania’s orphanages post-communism and saw firsthand the...

Mikael Carlson is an award-winning political fiction author, including a silver medal from Readers’ Favorite and National Indie Excellence, American Fiction, Lyra, and Global E-book Awards. He was named one of the ‘50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading’ by The Authors Show in 2018. Mikael is a former U.S. Army Paratrooper and retired Army...

Pete grew up in Green Bay, Wisconsin, before joining the Army out of high school. After a couple enlisted years, he switched gears and decided to go the officer route. He graduated from West Point four years later and subsequently spent five years as an Army Transportation Officer. He eventually moved back to Green...

My goal as an author is to encourage and entertain my readers. In 2011, I began writing nonfiction, but my fictional writing started in 2016 while facilitating a novel-writing class with my students. The voices wouldn’t stop talking! Vivid characters and their dialogue exploded, and writing their stories was my only relief. My psychiatrist friend...

Larry Freeland was born in Canton, Ohio.  Since his father was an officer with the United States Air Force he grew up on many Air Force bases across this country.   After graduating from High School at Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico, he attended the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida.  He graduated in 1968 with...