Eliza Emmett is a pseudonym for Patricia Friedrich, a professor of English with several academic books and journal articles published.

Charles Brass works as an imaging technologist in the small city hospital where he lives, some thirty miles west of Minnesota’s Twin Cities.

Ray Deptula is a native of Wells, Maine, and a graduate of Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine.

Vanessa Zamarripa is a children's book author and a Hall of Fame inductee at UCLA and Region 5, recognized for her success in gymnastics. She is one of the most accomplished gymnasts in UCLA Bruins history and a former U.S. National Team member.

Terrene Davenport (affectionately called Storm) is a Jersey native with big ambition from day one, she's had the pleasure of traveling to different parts of the world early in life. Every experience has shaped her into who she is today.

Strelich was born into a family of professional wrestlers and raised in Bakersfield, California, and his writing career began on a dare from a theatre director.

Jodé Millman is the multi-award-winning author of THE EMPTY KAYAK, HOOKER AVENUE and THE MIDNIGHT CALL, which are the first three installments in her true-crime inspired “Queen City Crimes” Series.

Gina Giordano always had an insatiable curiosity and a penchant for history. Born in New York City, she is a writer, artist, and conjurer of the past.

Benedict Brown is a Welsh-Irish-Englishman originally from South London who now resides in Spain. Born into a family passionate about crime and mystery, he has always had a love for whodunits. At university, he even studied a course on detective fiction.

Marcy is the mother of four humans and two pups, but she’s also tossed pizzas for a pizzeria, acted and sang in a musical, advocated for families with special needs, made appearances in a few movies, and mimed with balloon animals at the Halifax Busker Festival.