Liz Coley, playwright and author. Pretty Girl-13 from HarperCollins has been released in twelve languages on five continents, in print, ebook, and audiobook. There are secrets you can't even tell yourself. Selfpubs include: Teen romantic thriller series TOR MADDOX. Disarmed is a prequel short story, followed by the novels TM1: Unleashed, TM2: Embedded, and TM3: Mistaken. A heroine for our times Time travel/alternate history Out of Xibalba features a modern teenager thrown back to ancient Mayan times. The story starts when the world ends. Sci-fi tween/teen adventure The Captain's Kid is about Brandon Webb's first interstellar journey to a failing colony. What happens when when the starship is sabotaged, the alien holds secrets about his past, the villain is on the right side, and the world isn’t ready to be saved? Liz lives in Cincinnati, Ohio with her husband and crazed felines Pippin and Merry. When she's not involved in writing-related activities, she can be found sewing, baking, playing tennis, and singing. Liz loves reading aloud. Check out her #UndercoverReading series on YouTube on the LizColeyBooks channel.

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Heather Albano is a storyteller, history geek, and lover of both time-travel tropes and re-imaginings of older stories. In addition to novels, she writes interactive fiction. She finds the line between the two getting fuzzier all the time. Heather lives in Massachusetts with her husband, two cats, a tankful of fish, and an excessive amount of tea. Learn more about her various projects at heatheralbano.com.

Carol Ryles is an Australian author who began her professional life as a registered nurse and then moved to Hainan Island, China, where she worked in occupational health, learned Mandarin and tutored English at various institutions. She now holds a BA in English (Hons 1) and a PhD focussing on the process of writing in the sub-genre of steampunk. She is a graduate of Clarion West 2008, and has worked as a Steering Committee member and editorial consultant for Trove (renamed Tenderfoot) an online journal of creative writing from The University of Western Australia. Her stories have appeared in a number of Australian publications including Eidolon, Aurealis and The Year’s Best Australian Fantasy Horror (2013). When not writing, Carol enjoys the art of quilting and is also turning her backyard into a forest.

Amanda Pillar is addicted to writing. Not in the fun kind of way, more in the has-to-get-her-fix kind of way. But that's a good thing, right? It means she's busy working on her next book and has plans for many more to come, all with lots of snark. Because snark. Amanda has had almost a dozen books published, alongside a variety of short stories, as well as solo and co-editing over half a dozen anthologies. People say it's because she's an 'over-achiever' but, in reality, Amanda doesn't understand the concept of 'relaxation'. (Please feel free to explain it to her. Use small words.) Compounding this issue, Amanda has commenced work on a PhD. Because she's crazy. Oh, and in her day job, she's an archaeologist. (And no, she doesn't get chased around site by rogue boulders, thank the flying spaghetti monster. She doesn't even want to imagine the OH&S paperwork THAT would cause).

Donna Maree Hanson is a Canberra-based writer of fantasy, science fiction, horror, and under the pseudonym (Dani Kristoff) paranormal romance. Her dark fantasy series (which some reviewers have called ‘grim dark’), Dragon Wine, is published by Momentum Books (Pan Macmillan digital imprint). Book 1: Shatterwing and Book 2: Skywatcher are out now in digital and print on demand. In April 2015, she was awarded the A. Bertram Chandler Award for ‘Outstanding Achievement in Australian Science Fiction’ for her work in running science fiction conventions, publishing and broader SF community contribution. Donna also writes young adult science fiction, with Rayessa and the Space Pirates and Rae and Essa’s Space Adventures out with Escape Publishing. Look out for Opi Battles the Space Pirates coming soon. In 2016, Donna commenced her PhD candidature researching Feminism in Popular Romance. Also her first Indie published book, Argenterra, was publishing in late April 2016. Argenterra is the first in an epic fantasy series (the Silverlands) suitable for adult and young adult readers. The final two books are due out in early 2017. Donna grew up in New South Wales mostly, but was living in Bondi when she gave up school at aged 15 without any qualifications. She did a stint as a hairdressing apprentice and then worked for a stockbroker. After running off to New Zealand for a man, she started studying again, gaining her year 10 school certificate and later University Entrance. Once back in Australia as a single mum with three kids to support, Donna eventually started studying again, finishing a degree in Economics at the Uni of Sydney, majoring in accounting. She worked in the Australian Public Service as an auditor, leaving that job in 2016. While working she did a certificate in professional writing (editing) and a Masters in Creative Writing at the University of Canberra. Looking back over her life, she is proud to be undertaking a PhD in Creative Writing.

Talie Helene is a musician and writer, from Melbourne, Australia. She has poetry published in journals including Midnight Echo, Voiceworks, Avant, and Inkshed, and Mary Manning's About Poetry (Oxford University Press), and a co-authored short story (with Martin Livings) The Last Gig of Jimmy Rucker in More Scary Kisses (edited by Liz Grzyb). She has appeared on panels at Aussiecon 4, Dirty Words - a writers' flash festival, and Continuum 5 - Galaxies By Gaslight, and performed at the St Kilda Music and Poetry Festival. Talie is Horror Editor for the anthology The Year's Best Australian Fantasy and Horror (Ticonderoga Publications), and was News Editor for the Australian Horror Writers' Association for four years (2006-2010), for which she received a Ditmar nomination. Talie is a member of the SuperNOVA writers' group, and is working on her first novel. As a journalist she has been on staff at the UK's bible of extreme music, Zero Tolerance magazine, for five years; her column Waltzing Macabre was a regular in Black: Australian Dark Culture magazine. Talie is currently preparing her AMusA in Classical Singing, is ambling through an Advanced Diploma in Music Performance (Jazz and Contemporary), and climbing the mountain that is classical Double Bass. She has a Cert IV in Music Industry (Technical Production), and a Diploma of Professional Writing and Editing; her interdisciplinary interests lean strongly towards audio arts and film score composition. She has performed with many artists including The Tenth Stage, Wendy Rule, Sean Bowley, Saba Persian Orchestra, Maroondah Symphony, and Eden; she also performs solo. Talie event managed the weekly metal club event Hammerheart. You can find out more about Talie's music and writing at www.taliehelene.com. She also keeps a Livejournal. She is taller online, than in real life.