About Darian Smith: I'm a New Zealand based author writing fantasy mixed with mystery. I live with my wife (who also writes) and our cat (who doesn't). I've won the Sir Julius Vogel Award and the Koru Award and was a finalist for SPFBO. I'm a qualified counsellor and a member of the NZAC and I work with people who have neuromuscular conditions as my day job. I can also be seen getting killed by Spartacus in the TV show of that name. What inspires you to … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Darian Smith
Interview with Author – J. W. Barlament
About J. W. Barlament: I'm a high school student from the United States who has been writing nearly all my life. I am also an avid writer of articles, drummer, explorer and successful burger flipper. What inspires you to write? I have an immense pile of thoughts swirling around my head at all times. And, of course, these are not just mundane questionings about future meals. I have, in short, too many good ideas not to write them down. Tell us about your writing process. I find … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – J. W. Barlament
Interview with Author – Jeremy Williams
About Jeremy Williams: Jeremy Williams was born with a thirst for knowledge. From his earliest days he was always experimenting or reading. He attended college and attained a bachelors degree in Aerospace Engineering with a minor in Mathematics. During his days in college he began experimenting with building worlds through words. He found he had a knack for building expansive worlds. But he also found his mind often outran his fingers when creating worlds. He ended up skipping entire … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Jeremy Williams
Interview with Author – Anthony Caplan
About Anthony Caplan: Anthony Caplan is an independent writer, teacher and homesteader in northern New England. He has worked at various times as a shrimp fisherman, environmental activist, journalist, taxi-driver, builder, window-washer, and telemarketer, (the last for only a month, but one week he did win a four tape set of the greatest hits of George Jones for selling the most copies of Time-Life’s The Loggers.) Currently, Caplan is working on restoring a 150-year-old farmstead where he … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Anthony Caplan
Interview with Author – A.J. Norfield
About A.J. Norfield: A.J. Norfield lives with his loving family on land but below sea level. He tries not to worry too much about climate change and the melting of the polar ice caps. His wife and two rascals of children keep him engaged and grounded in life while he pursues goals of publishing a story that has been stuck in his head for years. As a longtime forest and mountain enthusiast, he often wonders about his flat surroundings and how to escape them. In his free time, if available at … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – A.J. Norfield
Interview with Author – Frances Pauli
About Frances Pauli: Frances Pauli writes across multiple genres. Her work is speculative, full of the fantastic, and quite often romantic at its core. Whenever possible, she enjoys weaving in a little humor. Once upon a time she was a visual artist, but she's since come to her senses. Now she fills her minuscule amount of free time with things like crochet, belly dance and abysmal ukulele playing. She lives in Central Washington State with her husband, two children, a pair of hairless dogs and … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Frances Pauli
Interview with Author – Adam Dreece
About Adam Dreece: In 2014, Adam Dreece stopped hoping to be an author one day. He wrote and indie published the first two installments in his young adult, steampunk meets fairy tale, series The Yellow Hoods. In 2015, when the first two books became IAN Book of the Year finalists in YA and Fantasy, he released two more in the series, as well as a novelette. Along the way, Adam has become a fixture on Twitter and Facebook for his blog articles and willingness to help other authors. He's a … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Adam Dreece
Interview with Author – Shawna Reppert
About Shawna Reppert: Shawna Reppert, an award-winning author of fantasy and steampunk, is proud of keeping readers up all night and making them miss work deadlines. She believes that fiction should ask questions for which there are no easy answers, while at the same time taking the reader on a fine adventure that grips them heart and soul and keeps them turning pages until the very end. “Definitely give this author a chance,” says one reader, “her storytelling will draw you in. Her style is … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Shawna Reppert
Interview with Author – Sherry Snider
About Sherry Snider: Sherry Snider, Technical Writer evolved over years of teaching (English, reading, & speech), then, working in the IT (Information Technology) field. After documenting hundreds of technical processes and teaching others how to duplicate results, technical writing and training became the next logical career path. After many happy years of corporate employment as a documentation specialist and technical trainer, opportunities for independent contract and freelance work … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Sherry Snider
Interview with Author – Charlotte Eriksson
About Charlotte Eriksson: Charlotte Eriksson is a songwriter, publisher and author from Sweden, currently living on the road somewhere in Europe, wherever the seasons take her. She is the author of Empty Roads & Broken Bottles; in search for The Great Perhaps, which is the story about how she left everything she had to dedicate her life to her art. Her second book "Another Vagabond Lost To Love: Berlin Stories" will be published in May on "Broken Glass Records: Press & Distribution". … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Charlotte Eriksson
Interview with Author – Natalie Wright
About Natalie Wright: Natalie is the author of H.A.L.F., a young adult science fiction series, and The Akasha Chronicles, a young adult fantasy trilogy. She lives in the high desert of Tucson, Arizona with her husband, tween daughter, and two young cats. Natalie spends her time writing, reading, gaming, geeking out over nerd culture and cool science, hanging out on social media, and meeting readers and fans at festivals and comic cons throughout the western United States. She likes to walk in … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Natalie Wright
Interview with Author – Tara Ellis
About Tara Ellis: Author Tara Ellis lives in a small town in beautiful Washington State in the Pacific Northwest. She enjoys the quiet lifestyle with her husband, two teenage kids and several dogs. Having been a firefighter/EMT and working in the medical field for many years, she now teaches CPR and concentrates on family, photography and writing young adult novels. What inspires you to write? I have wanted to be a writer for as long as I can remember. As a child, I tapped out my first … [Read more...] about Interview with Author – Tara Ellis
