Author’s Bio: Diane Helentjaris often writes about unsung lives. After spending the middle years of her career as a clinical physician and public health administrator, she returned to her humanities roots. In 2020, she was a finalist for the Iceland Writers’ Retreat Alumni Award. Her historic novel The Indenture of Ivy O’Neill won the 2024 […]
Author’s Bio: TJ Butler writes fiction and essays that are not all fun and games, teaches workshops, and coaches writers. Her work has appeared in media outlets such as Huffington Post, Insider, and various literary journals. She owns a business that supports the arts, and she was one of those kids who wanted to be […]
This is the first thriller I’ve read by Nick Stephenson and it certainly won’t be the last. I’m a huge fan of thrillers and I found that this author truly delivered on action, suspense and a gripping tale of greed and betrayal. Let’s meet Leopold Blake, a billionaire and an expert criminology consultant for the […]
Author’s Bio: Award-winning novelist John DeDakis is a former editor on CNN’s “The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer.” DeDakis is the author of six novels in the Lark Chadwick mystery-suspense-thriller series. In his most recent novel, Enemies Domestic, Lark is a White House press secretary forced to make her extremely personal abort-or-not-to-abort decision in a […]
Author’s Bio: Linda Murphy Marshall has a Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literature and an MFA in Creative Writing. Her memoir, Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery received a starred review from Kirkus. She is an Associate for the National Museum of Language and a docent at the Library of Congress in Washington, […]
This is the second Z.L. Arkadie contemporary romance I’ve read, this time with an interesting trope (enemies to lovers). For starters, the book is divided into three parts: 1 – High School Crush, 2 – A University Night and 3 – The Plan. This provides context of the longstanding family feud between the Groves and […]
Author’s Bio: C.L. Merklinger, the author of Interloper – The first novel in the Realms and Realities Series – grew up with an insatiable appetite for reading and all things scary. Inspired by Horror Authors such as Ray Bradbury; Stephen King; Dean Koontz; and Edgar Allan Poe, she was also deeply influenced by great Mystery […]
Author’s Bio: Elizabeth Smith, who goes by Libby, lives in Parkville, Maryland with her husband Dennis. Her previous book, Twin Strokes, is about a young girl who suffered with a rare illness called Guillain-Barre Syndrome. Smith, who enjoys writing children’s stories, senior jokes, articles and essays, has three children and two grandchildren. Her hobbies include, reading, writing, baking, walking, swimming, and […]
This is the second Shelby Alexander thriller I’ve read and I remain steadfastly intrigued by Craig A. Hart. So, let’s meet Shelby Alexander, a former professional boxer nearing sixty who is thirty years older than his girlfriend, Carly. Carly needs her ex-boyfriend, James Blair to stop sending her text messages after she finds out he’s […]
Author’s Bio: Virginia (Ginnie) Isaacs Cover grew up in Minnesota. She holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Michigan and has worked throughout her career with children and adults with complex medical conditions and developmental disabilities. She is an advocate for those with disabilities and their families, and published a widely read […]
