Brigitte, "Gitte," Tamar was born in a small rural Oregon town. She attended Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, until she won the title of Miss Oregon USA in 2015.

Samantha was a finalist in The Wishing Shelf Book Award for 2021 for her debut novel, Blood Orphan, book 1 in The Tom Grant Series. She enjoys writing fast-paced thrillers with characters you can relate to.

Catherine Mesick is the author of Pure, Firebird, Dangerous Creatures, Ghost Girl, and A Maryland Witch. She is a graduate of Pace University and Susquehanna University. She lives in Maryland. As our Author of the Day, she tells us all about her book, Pure.

Daniel is a history nerd with a passion for all things historical fiction. As an English and ESOL teacher, he spent a decade living in Italy, Japan, Poland and the UAE. He is now back in his native Yorkshire with his young family.

Paul Teresi attended Eastern Illinois University to pursue a degree in teaching history. He left to pursue a career in writing after creating an independently produced sold-out show on his campus.

Caleb Andrew is an author, lawyer and ex-Ohioan living in Switzerland with his beautiful wife.

Perched on a limb, high in a tree that had stood for decades, was a skinny little farm girl. Her focus was solely on the scrappy notebook and pencil in her hands.

Gretchen McCullough was raised in Harlingen Texas. After graduating from Brown University in 1984, she taught in Egypt, Turkey and Japan. She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Alabama and was awarded a teaching Fulbright to Syria from 1997-1999.

Ashli Montgomery is a wife, a momma, and an author whose passion is sharing love stories, books, quilts, yoga, recipes, and all of her favorite things in life.

Jon Monson is an American epic fantasy author from Salt Lake City, Utah. He is known for his Sun and the Raven trilogy, which won the 2019 Best Indie Book Award for Fantasy. Jon is happiest when immersed in the fantasy worlds he so lovingly creates.