Janet Stilson lives in two worlds. On the one hand, she is a journalist. On the other, she writes scripts, novels and short stories that largely fall in the grounded sci-fi and fantasy genres and illuminate the human condition in provocative ways.
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Patrick Hicks
Patrick Hicks is the author of The Commandant of Lubizec, Adoptable, Library of the Mind, and The Collector of Names, among others. His work has appeared on NPR, The PBS NewsHour, American Life in Poetry, and his first novel was selected for National Reading Group Month. He is the Writer-in-Residence at Augustana University as well as a faculty member in the MFA Program at Sierra Nevada University. He lives in the Midwest and hosts the popular radio show, Poetry from Studio 47. His latest novel is In the Shadow of Dora.
Tim Grove
Tim Grove writes about American history, striving to show the complexity of the past and making history accessible to all ages. His most recent book, Star-Spangled, was a Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020. His book First Flight Around the World was a 2016 YALSA excellence in nonfiction finalist. His fourth nonfiction book for ages 10-14 will be published in 2022. His career memoir, A Grizzly in the Mail and Other Adventures in American History, highlights some of the fun projects he worked on as a public historian, educator, and exhibition developer at three Smithsonian museums. He lives in the Washington, D.C. area.
Julie Carrick Dalton
Julie Carrick Dalton is the author of Waiting for the Night Song (Jan. 12, 2021, Forge Books, Macmillan) and The Last Beekeeper (coming in 2022.) She is a Tin House alum, 2021 Bread Loaf Environmental Writers Conference fellow, and graduate of GrubStreet’s Novel Incubator. She is a member of the Climate Fiction Writers League and is a frequent speaker at universities, bookstores, and writers conferences on the topic of Fiction in the Age of Climate Crisis. Julie also owns a small farm in rural New Hampshire.
Dr. Kellie Brown
Dr. Kellie Brown has been a member of the Milligan University music faculty since 1998 and holds the positions of Chair of the Music Department, Professor of Music, and conductor of the Milligan Orchestra. She is a frequent clinician and performer throughout the country and serves as the assistant conductor and associate concertmaster of the Johnson City Symphony Orchestra.
David P. Madden
I am a retired trial lawyer having practiced for over 40 years. I was involved in all kinds of civil litigation in state and federal courts throughout the United States, and tried over 100 jury trials, including civil rights actions involving Sections 1981 and 1983.I was also a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Judge Advocate General Corps practicing in administrative and criminal law as it relates to the UCMJ. I also worked for Legal Aid representing some of America’s most vulnerable populations. I have taught legal studies and American and military history at the college level. I am currently a volunteer speaker for the ACLU.
Donna Rifkind
Donna Rifkind is the author of The Sun and Her Stars: Salka Viertel and Hitler’s Exiles in the Golden Age of Hollywood (Other Press, Jan. 2020) Her book reviews appear frequently in The Wall Street Journal and many other publications.
Joan Gelfand
Joan Gelfand’s reviews, stories, essays and poetry have appeared in over 150 national and international literary journals and magazines including the LA Review, PANK! The Huffington Post, Rattle, Levure Litterarie, Voice and Verse, Sycamore Review, Prairie Schooner and The Meridien Anthology of Contemporary Poetry.
Barry Eisenberg
Barry Eisenberg is the author of Primal Calling, his debut novel. His writing has appeared in the New York Times, among others. An associate professor of health care management in the School for Graduate Studies at the State University of New York Empire State College, he is also a health care management consultant and a former hospital administrator. An avid bicycle rider, Eisenberg lives in New Jersey with his wife, Amy.
Mary-Rose Hayes
British born Mary-Rose Hayes is the author of nine novels, most recently WHAT SHE HAD TO DO, including the TIME/LIFE bestseller AMETHYST and two political thrillers co-authored with Senator Barbara Boxer.