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Author Spotlight: Marie Andreas

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Marie Andreas

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: Marie Andreas is a multi-award-winning fantasy and science fiction author with a serious reading addiction. If she wasn’t writing about all the people in her head, she’d be lurking about coffee shops annoying total strangers with her stories. So really, writing is a way of saving the masses. She lives in Southern California and is owned by two very faery-minded cats. She is also a member of SFWA (Science Fiction and Fantasy … Read more

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Author Spotlight: C.E. Page

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Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: C. E. Page writes emotionally rich, character driven tales of magic and adventure, primarily in the adult epic fantasy genre. Her stories feature demigods and other divinely assisted misfits who would prefer it if megalomaniac fools would stop trying to destroy the known realms in their search for power.  She lives on the east coast of Australia with her partner Evan, their two children, and one of the world’s quirkiest dogs. An avid … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Sarah Biglow & Molly Zenk

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Sarah Biglow & Molly Zenk

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: USA Today Bestselling Authors Sarah Biglow and Molly Zenk are the authors of three fantasy series. Sarah lives in Massachusetts with her husband and son. Molly lives in Minnesota with her husband and three daughters. Thanks so much, Sarah & Molly, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: If you could tell your younger writing self anything, what would it be? Sarah Biglow: I would love to go back and tell my younger … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Ann McNicol

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Ann McNicol

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: I grew up in South Florida, exploring local beaches and coral reefs, watching space launches, and devouring science fiction novels. I earned a Master’s degree in Zoology from the University of Queensland (Australia), and worked in fisheries science, pharmaceutical science and virology. For thirty-five years I taught high school and college classes in biology, chemistry, environmental science and biotechnology. Having retired from my day jobs, I write and enjoy life. When I’m … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Warren Rochelle

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Warren Rochelle

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: Warren Rochelle lives in Charlottesville, Virginia. He retired from teaching English at the University of Mary Washington in 2020. His short fiction and poetry have been published in such journals and anthologies as Icarus, North Carolina Literary Review, Forbidden Lines, Aboriginal Science Fiction, Collective Fallout, Queer Fish 2, Empty Oaks, Quantum Fairy Tales, Migration,  The Silver Gryphon, Jaelle Her Book, Colonnades, and Graffiti, as well as the Asheville Poetry Review, GW Magazine, Crucible, The Charlotte Poetry Review, and Romance and … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Sumiko Saulson

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Sumiko Saulson

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: Sumiko Saulson (ze/hir or they/them) is an award-winning author of Afrosurrealist and multicultural horror and speculative poetry, and a comic zine maker. Author of The Rat King: A Book of Dark Poetry (Dooky Zines, 2022) Happiness and Other Diseases (Mocha Memoirs Press 2022), and the LOHR Reader’s Choice Award-winning collection Within Me Without Me (Dooky Zines, 2022), and the novel. Winner of the HWA Scholarship from Hell (2016) BCC Voice “Reframing the Other” contest (2017), Mixy Award (2017),  Afrosurrealist Writer … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Joyce Reynolds-Ward

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Joyce Reynolds-Ward

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: Joyce Reynolds-Ward has been called “the best writer I’ve never heard of” by one reviewer. Her work includes themes of high-stakes family and political conflict, digital sentience, personal agency and control, realistic strong women, and (whenever possible) horses, frequently in Pacific Northwest settings. She is the author of The Netwalk Sequence series, the Goddess’s Honor series, The Martiniere Legacy series, The People of the Martiniere Legacy series, and The Martiniere Multiverse series as well as standalones Beating the Apocalypse, Klone’s Stronghold and Alien Savvy. Samples … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Dan Rice

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Dan Rice

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: Dan Rice pens the young adult urban fantasy series The Allison Lee Chronicles in the wee hours of the morning. The series kicks off with his award-winning debut, Dragons Walk Among Us, which Kirkus Reviews calls, “An inspirational and socially relevant fantasy.” To discover more about Dan’s writing and keep tabs on his upcoming releases, join his newsletter: https://www.danscifi.com/newsletter Thanks so much, Dan, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: What were your … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Joe DeRouen

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Joe DeRouen

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: Joe DeRouen (joederouen.com) is an Amazon best-selling author of contemporary fantasy and horror novels. His most recent novel, Leap Year, has enjoyed strong reviews and currently has a 5-star rating on Amazon. His other works include the first two books of the Small Things trilogy (Small Thing, Threads, and A Pattern of Shadows) stand-alone novel Memories of a Ghost, and Odds and Endings, his collection of short stories and novellas. Joe was … Read more

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Author Spotlight: Michelle Patricia Browne

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Michelle Patricia Browne

Welcome to my weekly Author Spotlight. I’ve asked a bunch of my author friends to answer a set of interview questions, and to share their latest work. Today: A writer and professional freelance editor, Michelle Browne lives in Lethbridge, AB with her partners-in-crime and their cats. She is currently working on the next books in her series, other people’s manuscripts, knitting, jewelry-making, and drinking as much tea as humanly possible. Thanks so much, Michelle, for joining me! J. Scott Coatsworth: When did you know you wanted to write, and when did you discover that you were good at it? Michelle … Read more