Foinah Jameson lives in Portland, Oregon, the delightfully weird center of the Pacific Northwest, and spends her days with a fabulous husband, two Norse Gods disguised as her children, and a menagerie of used animals. At night Foinah sneaks out to her office on the back deck under an umbrella where she writes feverishly on a battered Mac laptop, typing away madly until the sun rises. Dark, comic, creepy tales come to life as she sips cold coffee and chain-smokes aromatic cigars in the crisp night air. She is the author of Mostly Dead Melvin—a pop culture satire of the modern vampire mythos, Marker of Faith—a supernatural thriller, and five short story collections. Her short stories and novels run the gamut of the supernatural to poignant vignettes of everyday life. In a previous life Foinah was a musician, a publican, a fortune-teller, a chef, a burgeoning astrophysicist, and an artist rep. Now a domestic goddess and a mother by day/writer by night, Foinah enjoys her alter ego as the smoking monkey who gets to use a laptop. “Writing is so much cheaper than therapy! And you can drink while you do it.”

Robin Renee Ray is known as a Multi-genre Author. She's only been writing for seven and a half years but has come to love everything about the world of being a novelist. She began in the paranormal romance genre, then jumped into horror, then right on into suspense thrillers. 20 novels and numerous short stories later, she is well on her way! She resides in Southern New Mexico with her husband, David, very close to her two granddaughters. Robin is a newly self published author after giving a few small companies a try. And she will be opening her own company some time in 2014. Bloodbreeders: Living in Darkness Book One, The Revenge Book Two, Seeking Other Book Three... and book four Lies Beneath London (coming soon) are her babies! A Dark Fantasy Vampire series...And she has so much more; paranormal romance, contemporary romance, thrillers and even a children's book. http://www.robinreneeray.webs.com/ http://www.robinrray63.blogspot.com http://www.facebook.com/robinreneeray

Roxe Anne Peacock lives in Caledonia, Illinois and is the author of Leave No Trace, Fatal Catch and History Lover's Cookbook. When she isn't writing, she loves spending time with husband, Tom, old five daughters, seven grandchildren, son-in-laws, friends and family pets. Her pug, Spike and cat, Simba, help her write. Roxe Anne has participated in Civil War re-enactments for over ten years, hosted ladies' teas, participated in Civil War balls and fashion shows. At the present, Roxe Anne is working on a series set in northern Wisconsin, a science ficiton project off an island near Puerto Rico, and a non-fiction project about her journey to weight loss and health. The book will include color photos of gluten and sugar-free reicpes, articles on benefits of healthy vegetables, fruits, herbs and spices. She will also include a complete table of contents and nutritional guide. Roxe Anne is related to Benjamin Franklin, Norman Rockwell, Napoleon Bonaparte and Porter Rockwell, Joseph Smith's right hand man. This doesn't reflect her religious beliefs.

Angel Sharum is a Georgia Peach who sometimes writes stories that are rotten to the core. Never one to shy away from voicing her opinion, Angel found the perfect venue to share her thoughts when she started writing non-fiction articles for online publications. The success of her articles convinced her to try her hand at other forms of writing. Putting what friends and family called a vivid and sometimes twisted imagination to use, she began writing poetry and short fiction. It didn’t take long for her to realize this was where her true passion lay. Writing short stories allows her to take readers on journeys of imagination that linger beyond “The End” and poetry offers a way for her to shake up people’s emotions and make them think. According to Angel, when she accomplishes her goals a truly special connection exists between her and her readers.

Born in the almost a town of Murupara, New Zealand deep in the Kaingaroa forest imagination was always my best friend. Never staying in one place very long the characters that evolved in my mind became friends. It was inevitable that they burst free and demand that their story be told. I don't believe that I am the important one, that what is important are the stories that I tell and the characters that I love. I found her voice later in life through the rp world that lives on facebook and to this day I still have characters that I play on here as I thoroughly love to bring the characters of my favorite author Sherrilyn Kenyon to life. The key to the world of books is imagination and no matter where I write I strive to bring the imagination of my readers to life. Finally being able to bring my characters to life on the pages for everyone to see was the fulfillment of a dream that had long hibernated in my mind. I write characters and places that take the traditional and twist it to create a paranormal read not seen anywhere but from the pen of this writer.

Candace C. Bowen is the award-winning author of the Knight Series. Born in a suburb of Chicago, Candace moved to South Florida with her family at an early age. A writer of full-length historical romance fiction, she has broadened her scope to creating tales of modern day horror and historical adventure. Candace resides with her young son and adopted cat "Spuds" in South Florida. Email: ccbowen@knightseries.com Web: www.knightseries.com Twitter: @candacecbowen

The short version: About Rose - Known for crafting characters that stay with you long after the last page has turned, Rose Anderson is an award-winning author and dilettante who loves great conversation and delights in discovering interesting things to weave into stories. Rose also writes across genres under the pen name Madeline Archer. She lives with her family and small menagerie amid oak groves and prairie in the rolling glacial hills of the upper Midwest. When not writing, Rose gathers with friends for drumming, poetry, Reiki, and great discussions. The long version: http://calliopeswritingtablet.com/

Candy Burke writes stories that are romantic, sometimes include paranormal elements, and almost often spiked with suspense. She weaves her fiction in the wee hours, has a love of flavored coffee, and indulges her dark side in flash fiction and horror. "To have a reader live vicariously in a world I've built, through the characters I've created; worry about them, cheer for them and cry with them, is an amazing gift. " She resides in North Carolina with her true-life hero, and furbaby

A tall, mustached and rarely serious man, Wayne flies in the face of convention. After convention brushes him away, Wayne flies in the face of adversity. When he isn’t flitting around annoying time honored concepts, he writes a poem or a hundred or shoots pool or kills someone in a book....like "Selected” or the forthcoming “The Button Man”. Wayne lives and writes in a suburb of Minneapolis, MN, with two cats and one wife. He is older than the picture might suggest.