Lee Tidball is a published author and optioned, award-winning screenwriter branded in broad audience and genre fiction, especially stories which feature children and young people. He's also written or co-written two novels strictly for adult audiences. Before becoming a full-time writer, Lee served hundreds of young students, athletes, and performers in his 3-decade-long career as a middle-grades public school teacher, non-profit athletics coach and children's theater director. It is from these many experiences with children and young adults that he draws much inspiration for his various writing projects and the characters that populate them. Lee currently writes from his home in northern California where he lives with his wife Cynthia, who is also a teacher. Besides writing and marketing his projects, Lee enjoys movies, riding his Giant road bike, watching sports, history, and traveling to scenic and/or historical places both in the US and around the world.

A native of the southwestern U.S., Karen Randau pens the Rim Country Mysteries. The fourth book in the series, Deadly Payload, was a finalist in the Book Excellence Awards and the Beverly Hills Book Awards. Karen has been writing and telling stories since elementary school. She holds a degree in journalism/public relations from The University of Texas at Austin and enjoyed a long career in marketing communications. In her work with an international non-profit, she traveled to numerous developing countries, witnessing famines, violence, and hopeful people working to overcome abject poverty. She loves fast-paced mysteries and thrillers, especially those with intricate plots, lots of action, and rollercoaster-like twists and turns.

Laurie Fagen’s crime fiction novel series “Behind the Mic Mysteries” includes "Equalizer," “Fade Out,” “Dead Air,” and "Deadly Misfire," available in e-book, print and audiobooks, which includes Fagen’s narration with professional actors, sound effects and original music. The third in the series, “Bleeder” will be released Nov. 2, 2021. A new series, “Behind the Lens Mysteries” is in the works, about a freelance news reporter/videographer who covers major crimes. Fagen is a former radio, commercial, cable television and print journalist, and published a community newspaper in Arizona. A “writer by habit,” she has also penned musical stage productions, corporate video, documentaries, magazines and murder mystery plays.

Marla J. Hayes is a freelance journalist whose articles and photographs have appeared in American and Canadian magazines and newspapers. She was a featured columnist in the magazine COLLECTIBLES CANADA for over 10 years—her specialty? dolls from all eras. Her earlier, short fiction pieces have been included in textbooks for elementary school reading programs in Canada and in public school libraries. She is also a produced screenwriter and occasionally an actress - check out her film biz credentials on www.imdb.com. Marla is now on staff at Short on Time Books publishing as their proofreader! http://goodkindles.net/