Month: November 2023

Katherine Cobb writes books exploring love, relationships and our shared, often messy, humanity. She believes dreams come true, love conquers all, and reading and chocolate are the perfect pairing. She writes fiction, nonfiction and picture books because…why choose?

Beth Romero was born and raised in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. After a thirty-year sojourn on the West Coast, she recently moved back to Philadelphia. In addition to having made her a pizza aficionado, her Italian American, East Coast background inspires the straightforward, humorous, and self-deprecating narrative style that characterizes her writing. (As every good cook knows, the secret is the salt.)

With a background and degree in psychology, Beth channeled her creativity into a successful sales and branding career. From Veep to Boss to Happiness Junkie, persuasive storytelling is her superpower. She showcases those skills to their fullest in this practical and entertaining how-to guide for happiness.

Jody Gelb has a forty-year career acting on stage and screen. She has portrayed roles in the Tony Award-winning Broadway plays The Who’s Tommy, Titanic, Big River, and Wicked, among others. Gelb also played Joan of Arc’s mother in the David Byrne rock opera Joan of Arc: Into the Fire at The Public Theater in New York and was a featured player in the world premiere of Shel Silverstein’s Wild Life with Julie Hagerty, Henderson Forsythe, William H. Macy, and Raynor Scheine. On television, she has appeared in guest roles in Gunplay, Law & Order, and Dr. Death. Gelb is now following the career of her daughter, Dora Jar, as she tours the USA and the world as a singer-songwriter.

CJ Cook is an author, historian, and biographer of artists working in Polynesia, primarily Hawaii and Tahiti. His first biography about Ralph Burke Tyree, Tyree: Artist of the South Pacific (2017), won two Gold Awards for Best Cover and Best Biography from the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA). His second book about Edgar Leeteg, Leeteg: Babes, Bars, Beaches, and Black Velvet Art, was awarded a Gold Medal for Best Biography from the IBPA. Cook is a lifelong manuscript collector who has a particular interest in art and the South Pacific. He is a Manuscript Society board member dedicated to preserving historical documents. 

Teresa H. Janssen’s essays and short fiction have appeared in Zyzzyva, Catamaran, Parabola, Chautauqua, Eastern Iowa Review, Los Angeles Review and elsewhere; and in the anthology, Art in the Time of Unbearable Crisis. Her writing has twice been designated notable in Best American Essays. Her debut novel, The Ways of Water, inspired by her grandmother’s early life, is forthcoming November 2023 from She Writes Press. She lives with her husband in Port Townsend, WA.