Athina Papa has been a professional wordsmith all her life. She was born and grew up in the United States and was educated in Europe, she earned her degree in foreign languages and literature with a disseration on New York Puerto Rican Street Theater. She has been an interpreter for international organizations and a translator … Read More
Melinda VanLone is the founder of Book Cover Corner, a design company specializing in custom book covers and series branding for indie authors. She has a Master’s in Publishing from Syracuse University and over 20 years experience in the publishing industry. Melinda is also the author of the urban fantasy series House of Xannon.
Graduate of the master’s degree in Publishing Management of the ESCP Europe in partnership with Asfored, Camille Mofidi worked as a publisher within various publishing houses. After spending five years working within the Hachette group, Camille moved to the French Publisher’s Association (SNE), where one of her jobs entailed following e-book and digital publishing. Since, … Read More
Steena Holmes is a NY Times and USA Today author with a passion for traveling and telling stories that hit your heart. With over 1 million copies sold, she’s not satisfied with her stories until they evoke an emotional response – mainly, to make you cry. As a hybrid author, she believes she has the … Read More
Laura Drake is a city girl who never grew out of her tomboy ways, or a serious cowboy crush. She writes both Women’s Fiction and Romance. She sold her Sweet on a Cowboy series, romances set in the world of professional bull riding, to Grand Central. The Sweet Spot won the 2014 Romance Writers of … Read More
Kelli Ireland spent a decade as a name on a door in corporate America. Unexpectedly liberated by Fate’s sense of humor, she chose to carpe the diem and pursue her passion for writing. A fan of happily-ever-afters, she found she loved being the Puppet Master for the most unlikely couples. Seeing them through the best … Read More
Deidre Knight established The Knight Agency in 1996 after working in the entertainment industry. In the years since that time, she has built a dynamic, bestselling client list, placing nearly eight hundred titles in a broad range of categories, including romance, women’s fiction, commercial fiction, inspirational, memoir and nonfiction narrative, personal finance, business, popular culture, … Read More
RITA Award® winning author and Christy finalist Shelley Adina wrote her first novel when she was 13. It was rejected by the literary publisher to whom she sent it, but he did say she knew how to tell a story. That was enough to keep her going through the rest of her adolescence, a career, … Read More
Jaye Wells is a USA Today-bestselling author of urban fantasy and speculative crime fiction. Raised by booksellers, she loved reading books from a very young age. That gateway drug eventually led to a full-blown writing addiction. When she’s not chasing the word dragon, she loves to travel, drink good bourbon and do things that scare … Read More
Margie teaches writers how to use her psychologically-based editing systems and deep editing techniques to create page turners. Margie has presented over ninety full day master classes for writers in the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and on cruises in the Caribbean. Writers who have studied her material credit her innovative deep editing approaches with … Read More
