Author Amanda Ashley

About Amanda Ashley started writing for the fun of it. Her first book, a historical romance written as Madeline Baker, was published in 1985. Since then, she has published numerous historical and paranormal romances and novellas, many of which have appeared on various bestseller lists, including the New York Times Bestseller…

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Author Bryan Alaspa

About: Bryan W. Alaspa is a Chicago born and bred author of both fiction and non-fiction works. He has been writing since he sat down at his mother’s electric typewriter back in the third grade and pounded out his first three-page short story. He spent time studying journalism and other…

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Author Dr. Tony Alessandra

About Dr. Tony Alessandra has a street-wise, college-smart perspective on business, having been raised in the housing projects of NYC to eventually realizing success as a graduate professor of marketing, Internet entrepreneur, business author, and hall-of-fame keynote speaker. He earned a BBA from Notre Dame, an MBA from the Univ.…

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Author Renee Ashley

About Renée Ashley has received fellowships in both poetry and prose from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts and a fellowship in poetry from the National Endowment of the Arts. A portion of her poem, “First Book of the Moon,” is included in a permanent installation by the…

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Author Ron A. Austin

About Ron A. Austin holds an MFA from the University of Missouri–St. Louis and is a 2016 Regional Arts Commission Fellow. “Avery Colt Is a Snake, a Thief, a Liar,” his first collection of linked stories, won the 2017 Nilsen Prize. The book will be released in fall of 2019.…

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Author Thomas Fox Averill

About Thomas Fox Averill is Professor Emeritus of English at Washburn University of Topeka, where he taught courses in Creative Writing and Kansas Studies for 37 years.  Educated at the University of Kansas (BA/English, 1971; MA/English, 1974) and the University of Iowa Writers Workshop (MFA/Fiction, 1976), he is the author…

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Author Hal Ackerman

About Former area head of the UCLA Screenwriting program. Books My writing entails novels, short story collection, and screenwriting book STEIN, STONED STEIN STUNG WRITE SCREENPLAYS THAT SELL…THE ACKERMAN WAY

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Author C. D. Albin

About C. D. Albin was born and reared in West Plains, Missouri.  He is the author of the story collection Hard Toward Home, for which he received the 2017 Missouri Author Award in Fiction, as well as the poetry collection Axe, Fire, Mule.  He has taught for many years at…

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