Gretchen S.B.

Gretchen is a Seattleite who loves her home. She has a day job as a Program Coordinator at a local university. She loves to read, write and create characters. As well as knit and binge watch Netflix. She is also on a sporadic book blog and internet radio show with some of her college friends. She currently lives with her husband and their mischievous Rotti mix, who always seems to find something new she shouldn't be chewing on.

Elizabeth Guizzetti

Much to her chagrin, Elizabeth discovered she was not a cyborg and growing up to be an otter would be impractical, so she began writing stories. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two dogs. She is the author and illustrator of independent comics: Faminelands and Lure and Out for Souls&Cookies! Her debut novel, Other Systems, was a 2015 Finalist for the Canopus Award for excellence in Interstellar Fiction. She continues to write science fiction, horror, and fantasy.

Martina Dalton

Martina writes young adult fiction and lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family. Born and raised in Alaska, she can nimbly catch a fish, dress for rain, and know what to do when encountering a grizzly bear. Now living in the Seattle area, she uses those same skills to navigate through rush-hour traffic.

David Alan Morrison

David received his B.A. in Deafness, Theatre, and Cultural Diversity from Fairhaven College and his M.A. in Theatre Arts from the University of Kentucky. His plays have been produced in Louisville, Seattle, Lexington and Houston. He is currently an adjunct instructor of Drama at Skagit Valley Community College and works with local theatres as a director, actor and instructor. His latest works, RESCUING AWEN and TRAVELS WITH PENNY are both now available.

Stevie Rae Causey

Stevie enjoys raising kids and quail, hiking, and finding new and challenging adventures which include but are not limited to: parasailing diving with sharks climbing down bridges to ghost towns karoke Napping. She loves readers. She loves writers. Young readers and aspiring writers have a special place in her heart.

Fabio Bueno

Fabio writes Young Adult/Urban Fantasy/Paranormal novels, including the award-winning WICKED SENSE. He resides in the Pacific Northwest with his wife and kids. When not writing or reading, he geeks out with family and friends, solidifies his reputation as the world's slowest runner, and acts very snobbish about movies.

T.M. Franklin

T.M. writes stories of adventure, romance, & a little magic. A former TV news producer, she decided making stuff up was more fun than reporting the facts. Her first published novel, MORE, was born during National Novel Writing month, a challenge to write a novel in thirty days. She's since written three additional novels and several best-selling short stories...and there's always more on the way.

Maren Higbee

Maren Higbee wrote Lana Fray and the Grand Plan while working in Los Angeles during the early days of the reality TV boom. She climbed the ladder via Mark Burnett and reached her goal – Producer by 30 – with Season One of the hit series, Deadliest Catch. Like her fictional heroine, She juggled this hectic whirl in tandem with all kinds of crazy strategies designed to find Mr. Right. Unlike Lana, she actually found her Mr. Right.

David A. Davies

David is an independent security consultant with experience in executive protection, investigations and physical security design. He has been engaged in the security industry in both the public and private sectors for more than 20 years.

Billie Grable

The fourth girl and middle child of seven children, Billie was named after her uncles, Bill and Gene. She approaches life in the offbeat way she was named, embracing the different and sometimes separate worlds she finds herself in. Billie's debut novel is The Weeping Willow Sings.

Brenda Beem

Growing up, books were Brenda's best friends. Her love of literature and the Pacific Northwest continued at the University of Washington where she earned a degree in English. She began sailing with friends when her children were small, and continues to sail the inland waters of the Puget Sound. She now lives on the shores of Lake Washington. When not with family, friends, or writing groups, she's reading novels by favorite authors, boating, or writing her next novel.

Robin Russell

Robin lives, writes, kvetches and teaches in Seattle. She is the author of the Summer Island books, Those Roys on Planet Earth, a multitude of homework assignments and twice as many crumpled to-do lists.

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