Rebecca Linam is a PAL member of SCBWI with stories in over 30 magazines. Her hobbies include reading, playing the piano and harpsichord, learning foreign languages, and figure skating. Check out her website at www.rebeccalinam.com or find her on Twitter @rebecca_linam.

Amanda J Evans is an award-winning writer of paranormal and fantasy novels as well as children’s stories. Growing up with heroes like Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones, her stories centre on good versus evil. An early tragedy in her life has also made its way onto the page and Amanda brings the emotions of grief to life in her stories too.

Amanda lives in Oldcastle, Co. Meath, Ireland with her husband and two children. Her first novel Finding Forever won Best Thriller in the 2017 Summer Indie Book Awards and her second novel Save Her Soul won Silver for Best Paranormal in the Virtual Fantasy Con Awards 2017. Amanda has a publishing deal with Handersen Publishing and her first children’s book, “Nightmare Realities” was released on the 25th of September 2017. Her latest story, Hear Me Cry, a fantasy romance telling of the old Irish myth of the Banshee won the Book of the Year Award at the Dublin Writers Conference 2018.

Amanda is currently working on part 2 of The Curse Angels and a paranormal romance novel that she hopes to submit to agents and publishers in 2019. Amanda is also the author of Surviving Suicide: A Memoir from Those Death Left Behind, published in 2012.

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"If you always do what you've always done, you will always get what you've always gotten."

"When you believe it, you will see it."

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Tevin Hansen is the multi-award-winning author of more than 20 middle grade books, including Hole in the Wall, Hairytale Adventures, and the Junkyard Adventures series. He enjoys writing fast-paced, humorous books for kids, and also the occasional YA novel. Tevin lives in Lincoln, Nebraska, with his wife, kids, and a collection of cheap guitars.

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Irene Mathias lives in Paisley, Scotland, where she loves to write stories and poetry for children and young adults. The Short Straw, her first book, was a winner in the New York City Big Book Awards 2017 and Felice the Christmas Fairy holds a Purple Dragonfly. All of her books have received 5 Star reviews from Readers' Favourite.

Nichole is the CEO of Handersen Publishing, as well as an editor for Stinkwaves, a YA literary magazine. She currently lives in Nebraska with her husband and two children who keep her on her toes and inspire her to stay young at heart. She has been an avid reader since childhood, and still prefers young adult books to any other out there, except maybe Jane Austen.

Herb Kauderer is an associate professor of English at Hilbert College near Buffalo, NY. He holds a PhD in Popular Literature from the University at Buffalo (2018), an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College (2007), and five other college degrees. He is the author of four books and fifteen chapbooks of poetry. He was the main screenwriter for the super low-budget indie film ‘BEYOND THE MAINSTREAM’ (2013), and has also written drama and short fiction.

Herb’s poem "Frozen Hurricanes" received third place in the Dwarf Stars Award in 2021, and “After” won the 2016 ASIMOV’S Readers’ Award. His collaborative poem “Soft Collision” was a finalist for the ANALOG AnLab Readers’ Award. His 2014 chapbook ‘THE BOOK OF ANSWERS’ was a two time nominee for the Elgin Award, and his 2019 chapbook 'FRAGMENTS FROM THE BOOK OF THE AFTER-DEAD' received third place in the 2020 Elgins. In 2021 Herb's non-fiction essay "Names: SF's Influence on Name Freedom" won the Critters Readers Award. His poem “A Twisted Certainty” won the Ewaipanoma Sonnet contest (2008), and other poems have been finalists or nominees for the Pushcart Prize, The Rhysling Award, The Dwarf Star Award, and the Dragon Soup contest.

As the featured poet in SCIFAIKUEST #55 for February 2017 Herb had 28 poems and an interview in the issue. That is longer than many chapbooks. He was featured again in SCIFAIKUEST #87 for February 2021 and contributed 29 poems, an interview, and an essay. Herb’s book THE SNOWSTORM OF ’14: POEMS FROM THE FRONT LINES (2016) recounts the experience of living at the epicenter of two of the worst snowstorms in the lower 48 states.

More information is available at HerbKauderer.com.