About Anne Marie Lucci Stahl
Anne Marie Lucci-Stahl is the creator of the Resident Witch series, a young adult fantasy collection. She also writes daily devotionals for families and is endorsed by The Police Wives of America organization.
She’s lived the life of a teacher, training consultant, public speaker, and video game tester. Her best life is that of wife to a retired police officer, mother to two adult sons, and writing partner with an 80-pound puppy.
About Anne Marie Lucci Stahl‘s latest book
Step into the enchanting world of the Hawthornes, where summer flits by with the promise of school breaks and joyous wedding celebrations. But beneath the seemingly idyllic surface, lie secrets waiting to be unraveled. Unbeknownst to the Hawthornes, the elusive and mysterious resident witch may have been right under their noses all this time.
About Annette Dashofy
USA Today bestseller Annette Dashofy is the author of over a dozen novels. Her standalone, Death By Equine, is the 2021 winner of the Dr. Tony Ryan Book Award for excellence in thoroughbred racing literature. She is also the author of Where the Guilty Hide, the first in her new Detective Honeywell series set on the shores of Lake Erie. HELPLESS is the twelfth and latest in her multi-Agatha-Award-nominated Zoe Chambers mystery series about a paramedic-turned-coroner in rural Pennsylvania.
About Annette Dashofy‘s latest book
As a massive weather system barrels toward them, Vance Township Police Chief Pete Adams and his wife, County Coroner Zoe Chambers-Adams, soon learn how unprepared they really are. A 911 call reports a dead young mother, her critically injured husband, and their missing seven-year-old daughter. Pete and Zoe realize that as the storm moved north from Louisiana, a mysterious killer came with it.
About Bill Arnold
Bill Arnold was a humble dairy farmer, who was thrown into one of the most globally watched rescues in history. His story of being one of the lead rescuers is amazing and inspirational. You will be captivated by his story, rocked by the roller coaster ride, and will be uplifted by the results.
About Bill Arnold’s latest book
“Miracle at Quecreek Mine” is a story of hope. In the days after 911, the world was focused once again on Somerset County, just nine miles from the crash site of Flight 93. Nine men were clinging to life, trapped in a flooded coal mine. It would take a string of miracles to get them out alive…..
About Brian D. Berkey
Brian received his chemical engineering degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1974 and has worked in the chemical industry, primarily in the environmental, health and safety area since then. Brian is also an ordained minister in the Church of the Brethren and serves as a part-time pastor at a small church in Chester County, PA. He lives in Elkton, MD but also spends a lot of time in Bedford, PA. While he has worked as an engineer during his adult life, he has had a life-long passion for all types of history as well as his family history.
About Brian D. Berkey’s latest book
This book presents something of a Pennsylvania farm family’s experience of World War II through a compilation of the letters that his family received from their sons as well as entries from the mother’s diaries and the headlines and articles from their local newspaper, the Johnstown Tribune. It is a story of how an ordinary farm family from the hills of western Pennsylvania coped with the extraordinary circumstances of being caught up in a global conflict. The story is set within a concise history of the major events of the war to tell the overall tale.
About Brian Dumm
Brian Dumm is a professional author, illustrator, artist, graphic designer, and art educator from Pennsylvania. Working primarily in children’s publications, Brian’s work has been published globally since 2005 with over 200 books and products in his resume. He has worked with notable clients like Scholastic, McGraw Hill, and Ballard & Tight. Learn more at www.briandumm.com.
About Brian Dumm‘s latest book
A heartwarming children’s story that reminds us all to appreciate the positives in life, no matter how big or small. After a particularly bad day at school, a young boy’s focus turns to the homemade spaghetti that awaits him at dinner time. This sweet, humorous, rhyming story is meant to illustrate the idea that we can all find something to be thankful for, even on the worst of days.
About Corey McCullough
Corey McCullough is the author of five books (so far), including the award-winning historical fiction novel “Rust on the Allegheny” and the young adult fantasy series “The Fallen Odyssey.” He lives in western Pennsylvania with his wife and three children. His favorite pastimes are reading, writing, and most of all, being a dad.
About Corey McCullough‘s latest book
“Rust on the Allegheny” is a historical fiction novel told through the shifting perspectives of multiple generations of the MacCulloch family, a bloodline said to be cursed by perennial misfortune. It is the story of one family’s messy and at times dysfunctional relationship with their hometown of Latonia City, Pennsylvania — where moldering Victorian manors and empty art deco theaters tell of the rich heritage and industrial downturn of America’s Rust Belt, with glimpses of hope for the future.
About Danielle Lydic
Danielle Lydic is the author of the new book, Fatal Conception. She is an avid reader and has decided to shift her focus to writing. Her unique story is bursting onto the scene. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and two children.
About Danielle Lydic‘s latest book
As a teenager, Darcy thought she had it all figured out – graduate with honors, go to college and begin a career – until she decides to be a normal high school student and let loose. A night out with friends couldn’t hurt, right? Wrong.
Darcy works tirelessly over the years to make up for the guilt and shame she carries with her from that night. She is married and has a rewarding career. When free-spirited Elena moves next door she is drawn into her care-free life. Both women view the other as a conduit to move on from their past. As chance would have it, they both become pregnant at the same time. Who wouldn’t want to have a child at the same time as their best friend?
Until one of them loses their child and sees their friend as the solution. Life is the only thing standing in the way. Kill the friend, steal the baby and live happily ever after.
About Debra R. Sanchez
Debra Sanchez is an award-winning bilingual author, editor and translator. She and her husband have three adult children and six grandchildren (so far). She teaches writing workshops, provides writing coaching, and hosts writing retreats. Her writing has won awards in various genres, including children’s, poetry, fantasy, fiction, educational, and creative nonfiction. Several of her plays and monologues have been produced and published. Her other works have been published in literary magazines, newspapers, and anthologies.
About Debra R. Sanchez‘s latest book
Flutter Me By is more than “just” a bilingual picture book. It is a story, a poem, a dream, a lullaby. It includes an easy to play music score. In this story, a child goes on an incredible trip to the land of fairies.
Join in the journey into a world where few are invited.
Follow the adventure.
Dare to dream.
About Deidre Conlon
Hi, I’m Deidre, a keep it simple with a dose of chaos wife, mom, and children’s book author. I’m the type of person that makes up jingles for everyday things and decided to put my skills to work in 2020. I’d sing and make up songs when my kids were babies and decided to keep writing children’s poems. I try to keep my poems and illustrations simple and fun so children and adults can weave their own imagery through my words. Writing and self publishing has been my favorite career move so far.
About Deidre Conlon‘s latest book
The Wise Moon and the Sea is a bedtime poem for all ages. It takes a creative look at how your dreams weave a magical tale each night as they explore the creatures of the sea. The moon acts as a beacon to make sure your dreams are tucked away when you wake up each morning.
About Donald Firesmith
Donald Firesmith is a multi-award-winning author of speculative fiction, including science fiction (alien invasion), fantasy (magical wands), horror, and modern urban paranormal novels and collections of short stories.
Prior to retiring to devote himself full-time to his novels, Donald Firesmith earned an international reputation as a distinguished engineer, authoring seven system/software engineering books based on his 40+ years spent developing large, complex software-intensive systems.
He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, with his wife Becky, his daughter Sera, and varying numbers of dogs and cats.
About Donald Firesmith’s latest book
Multi-award-winning speculative fiction author Donald Firesmith brings you eleven visionary and thought-provoking science fiction gems that will take you on a faster-than-light journey to future worlds of dreams and nightmares. If you enjoyed episodes of the TV series The Twilight Zone and The Outer Limits, then these short stories are for you.
About Elizabeth Rodenz
Elizabeth Rodenz grew up hearing stories of living in a coal patch, and Josephine was inspired by her great-grandmother. She authored Samson and Delilah: My Two Loves and Samson and Delilah Plus Twenty, memoirs about two rescue beagles and twenty foster dogs. Not a Father’s Daughter will be published in late 2023. Elizabeth facilitates a writing group, conducts workshops on Jungian psychology, writes poetry for fun, and is currently writing a memoir, My Distinctive Father.
About Elizabeth Rodenz’s latest book
Josephine: A Woman of Indomitable Spirit, set in a coal patch during the industrial age, chronicles a time in American history of social injustice and greed. Josephine’s efforts to shape a life that sets her afire are thwarted time and again. She struggles to survive and help other women do the same as heartache reaches into every home. Their lives are crushed by tragedies, the constant threat of poverty, and by society’s blinkered ignorance and imposed limitations. Timeless, poignant with flawed, unforgettable characters, this novel is full of unpredictable twists up to the crushing, heart-wrenching end.
About Franklin E. Lamca
An Air Force, veteran and graduate of Liberty University, Franklin lives the winters in Arizona and the summers near Raystown lake in Pennsylvania. He has published two novels in the devil hound trilogy, and the third is nearing completion. An avid student of history and genealogy, Franklin is deeply rooted in Pennsylvania.
About Franklin E. Lamca‘s latest book
The Devil hound series deals with persecution of the Romani ethnic group in the mid-18 century. This is a persecution of a minority that continues to this day.
About Gabriel Welsch
Gabriel Welsch’s collection of short stories, Groundscratchers, was published by Tolsun Books in 2021. He has also published four collections of poems, the most recent being Four Horsepersons of a Disappointing Apocalypse. His work has appeared in hundreds of literary journals. He has lived throughout the Alleghenies, working at Penn State, Juniata College, and now Pittsburgh, where he’s vice president of marketing and communications at Duquesne University.
About Gabriel Welsch‘s latest book
An SPD Bestseller in 2021, Groundscratchers is a collection of stories. Fred Shaw described it in Pittsburgh Quarterly as “[a] revelatory short story collection . . . [with] sympathetic characters who often do the wrong thing. The finale, ‘Last Words,’ reads like a fusion of Clue and Rashomon.” J. David Stevens said, “Each sentence is a joy of craftsmanship, lyrical language that does not describe these narrative worlds so much as incant them to life.”
About George G. Moore
George worked on the International Space Station project in the late ‘80s. Since then, he created computer systems and managed projects for BoatUS, a recreational boaters’ association, and Geico, from which he recently retired. When not writing science fiction and speculative fiction, he participates in several critique group and enjoys swimming, golfing, reading, and attending concerts.
About George G. Moore‘s latest book
Gretchen must decipher odd symbols in a remote Martian cave in the hopes of erasing the blackball in the archaeological community, but her employer’s competition will stop at nothing to steal the prize behind those symbols, including bribery and even murder. The prize she finds is beyond her wildest dreams and could change the course of humanity.
About Hannah Allman Kennedy
Hannah Allman Kennedy is a writer and artist from the oil ghost towns of Venango County, Pennsylvania. Her debut novel, And It All Came Tumbling Down, was published in 2021 from the Watershed Journal Literary Group, and was awarded Book of the Year at the 2023 Writer’s Conference of Northern Appalachia. Hannah holds an MFA from Carlow University. She lives in Pittsburgh, where she teaches writing.
About Hannah Allman Kennedy‘s latest book
Amy Reilly grew up in Haven, Pennsylvania, a once-prosperous land where oil barons built magnificent mansions and grand boomtowns. Now the boomtowns are ghost towns, the money is gone, and nature is reclaiming the land inch by inch. When a family tragedy pulls Amy back home, she must reckon with the identity she left behind and try to make peace with the past, before she loses everything that is most important to her.
About Hilary Hauck
An Italian speaking Brit living in the US, Hilary Hauck is award-winning author of historical fiction and fantasy. Hilary moved to Italy from her native UK as a young adult, where she mastered the language, learned how to cook food she can no longer eat, and won a national karate championship. After meeting her husband, Hilary came to the US and drew inspiration from Pennsylvania coal history for her debut novel. Learn more at www.hilaryhauck.com.
About Hilary Hauck‘s latest book
The Things We’ll Never Have is part mystery, part psychological drama set in 1960s Italy about family, friendship, and the lies that bind us. Everleigh’s dreams are crushed when her Italian fiancé mysteriously vanishes before the wedding. She travels to Italy, convinced he’s returned to his hometown, but when she finds the man everyone knows as Gualtiero, she’s never seen him before. The question is no longer where her fiancé is, but who he is.
About Ivan Cox
Ivan Cox writes novels, plays, essays, and screenplays and practices medicine on Martha’s Vineyard. Ivan grew up near Pittsburgh, attended Kiski School in Saltsburg, majored in English at Princeton, received his medical degree from the University of Cincinnati, and moved to Boston for his medical residency. Last year his screenplay Death Dose was a finalist in the Boston Screenplay Competition. Kirkus Reviews honored his novel Blood Pudding as one of the top indie books featured in 2023. Ivan also acts, sings, and if required, tap dances.
About Ivan Cox’s latest book
Blood Pudding renders vividly, at times violently, the raw struggles of the colorful Malinowski family, immigrants from Poland. Gritty, patient, always loving, their son Tad runs a gauntlet of painful and humiliating boyhood cruelties. Above Tad’s clear voice, we hear the cold constant heartbeat of a growing industrial city, whose restless yet noble soul surely resides in the lives of these very immigrants.
About J.L. Delozier
J.L. Delozier is the author of several thrillers and mysteries, including the Persephone Smith trilogy, as well as award-winning short fiction, which has appeared in Artemis Journal, The Pittsburgher, Thriller Magazine, Retreats from Oblivion, and various anthologies. Her latest murder-mystery, The Photo Thief, won an Ippy Award for Best Mystery. A retired Professor of Medicine at Penn State, she lives in State College, Pennsylvania with her husband and feline twins. See more at www.jldelozier.com.
About J.L. Delozier‘s latest book
A wealthy, murderous family.
An epileptic teen who claims to talk to the dead.
A grieving detective faces a choice: Overlook a socialite’s death & save his career or risk everything to hear his dead daughter’s voice again.
But photos never lie.
About James H. Lewis
James H. Lewis is a former journalist, public media executive, and consultant to non-profit organizations who continues to serve as a story-teller for nonprofit organizations. He has written six novels, including the Chief Novak series. Lewis is a member of The Author’s Guild, Mystery Writers of America, Pennwriters, and Pittsburgh South Writer’s Group.
About James H. Lewis‘s latest book
As the fate of the world hangs in the balance, one man must take matters into his own hands to derail a plot to derail the plans of an Allied conference to defeat Nazi Germany. When Brandon Armitage, the guard of a Canadian POW camp, realizes an escaped German prisoner intends to assassinate President Franklin Roosevelt, security officials refuse to take him seriously. Armitage must go it alone while struggling to save his own marriage.
About Joseph Olsavsky
Joseph E. Olsavsky and his wife Cathy reside in the scenic Laurel Highlands, PA and are the parents of three adult children. They consider their faith and love of family and friends to be most important to them. The Adventures of Cadet Cody, Joseph’s first book, recounts the events leading up to the send-off and goodbye to their son as he embarks on his future at West Point and the US Army. In his spare time, Joe likes to tie his own flies and fly fish for trout in the nearby streams of Somerset County.
About Joseph Olsavsky‘s latest book
A warm, sunny, beautiful Sunday, July 2, 2017, morning departure from our home and loving dog, Cody, and the scenic hills of southwestern Pennsylvania in Somerset County placed us on a collision course with the imminent sixty-second farewell on Reception Day, July 3, 2017, at West Point for our Class of 2021 son—Nate. The Adventures of Cadet Cody story comes to life in the summer weeks of July and August 2017 during the exchange of letters to our soon-to-be Plebe. Heartfelt and separated by time and distance, we revert to the antiquated pastime of writing letters, pen and paper in hand. Our imagination, Cody’s antics, our family experiences, and activities come to life in a cartoon, storylike fashion.
About John G. Inman
John G. Inman was born in Altoona, PA and graduated in 1969 from Bishop Carroll High School in Ebensburg, PA. The author received a BS from Lock Haven State college in 1972 and also did course work at St. Francis college in Loretto, PA. He retired from the Penn Cambria School District after thirty-two years of service. John was also the Director of Northern Cambria County’s ABE and GED evening programs for Altoona Area Continuing Education. Mr. Inman is married to his lovely wife Anita and has two daughters Juliana and Jaime.
About John G. Inman‘s latest book
Inspired by the story of Fatima, this uplifting and inspirational Catholic Christmas novella is set in Pennsylvania in the year 1963. Baseball player and egomaniac Jim “Cannonball” Edwards is involved in a serious car accident and meets Melody Malone a 12 year old girl suffering from MD. During the next four months Jim’s relationship with Melody changed his life. In a dark lonely cemetery, a holy miracle occurs on Christmas Eve. Using Dickens’ like magic Jim’s complete transformation has taken place within him.
About John Washinsky
John Washinsky is the grandson of Ukrainian immigrants. His hometown is Bakerton, a western Pennsylvania coal mining community. He grew up during the 60’s and 70’s, where his playground was an abandoned coal mine. Life was a struggle at times, but there was a sense of community. He earned a BS degree in Electrical Engineering from Penn State in 1982, programs automated machinery and currently resides in Clemmons NC.
About John Washinsky‘s latest book
Michael Zemetsky’s very human systems have been infiltrated by travelers from deep space. Michael will help them to determine what makes these Earthlings tick. He’s a whiz kid—smart, lucky when trouble arrives, and unaware of the alien intelligence. The cunning aliens will dare to trespass on the Cold War space race., fiddling and tinkering with NASA and the Russians, and always undetected. This fast story unfolds in Western Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Mountains.
About Joseph Von Gaggermeier
Joseph Gagermeier, native of Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, is a graduate student at Penn State University in American Studies, and author of several titles. He is currently attaining his masters degree and working on new projects.
About Joseph Von Gaggermeier‘s latest book
“A Civilized Mountain: Ebensburg in Context” is a survey of Cambria County, Ebensburg, and American history. It takes the past of the mountain town of Ebensburg and places it in the larger context of American history, seeking to find a small towns place in the national tapestry. From its humble and difficult founding, to its boom as a resort town “A Civilized Mountain” chronicles the story of Ebensburg in a unique way.
About Joshua David Bellin
Pittsburgh native Joshua David Bellin has been writing novels since he was eight years old (though the first few were admittedly very short). A college teacher by day, he has published a number of sci-fi novels, including the Survival Colony series and the Ecosystem series. His novel MYRIAD, a time-travel thriller set in Pittsburgh, was published on May 23, 2023.
About Joshua David Bellin‘s latest book
Miriam Randle works for LifeTime, a private law enforcement agency that uses short-term time travel to prevent crimes from happening. Though a seasoned time traveler, she is haunted by the death of her twin brother, whose murder remains unsolved years later.
When a routine assignment ends in a tragedy by Miriam’s hand, she is forced to flee into the past. But the past is filled with horrors Miriam would rather forget… including her brother’s killer.
About Karuna Das
Karuna Das was born in Wisconsin, grew up in Massachusetts, and presently resides in Pennsylvania, but he lives wherever he happens to be at that moment, feels at home everywhere in the universe, and steps through almost any door that opens to him. He’s published the novels Sex, Drugs & Spiritual Enlightenment (but mostly the first two) and Kat’s Cradle: Webolution Book One, as well as short fiction, creative nonfiction, drama, and poetry.
About Karuna Das‘s latest book
On the cusp of turning eighteen in the summer of ‘85, it’s time for Drew Lovell to become a man. But deep within, he has questions about what that means and how to go about it. After undergoing a series of profound experiences—often wild, sometimes painful, and always revealing—it still takes nearly dying from trying to conform to conventional models of masculinity for Drew to finally embrace the truth of who he is.
About Kelly Killian
Kelly Killian was born and raised in Johnstown, PA where she discovered a love for writing at a very young age. She is the author of seven books, including the light-hearted Jessica Summer series, and heartwarming novels Tennessee Peaches, Goodbye’s Journey and A Sugar Maple Christmas.
About Kelly Killian’s latest book
It’s almost Christmas in Sugar Maple, Vermont, and this quaint little town has a few surprises of its own this season. When four estranged siblings come back to the place where they were born due to a serious situation with their mother, they must each confront pieces of their long-forgotten past. Together they discover that a little bit of forgiveness can lead to a whole lot of love in the heart of this town that brings the magic alive at Christmas.
About Kerry E.B. Black
With two YA Paranormal Thrillers and three collections of short stories, award-winning author Kerry E.B. Black is happy to again join the annual Festival of Books in the
Alleghenies. This resident of a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the mother of five talented humans, wife of one clever man, and cat wrangler of three felines named for great writers. Please feel free to follow Kerry at www.KerryEBBlack.com
About Kerry E.B. Black’s latest book
Casey Adams senses when someone is about to die, and with her expressions of grief, she aids their passage beyond the veil. There are new developments, though, with new responsibilities. She learns psychopomps help more than just people, has to share her best friend, Jaimie, and makes new friends at Ol’ Nor’Eastern College. As her family handles a complicated relationship with her mother, a mysterious stranger who looks a lot like Casey causes mischief. Spring of Secrets is Book Two of the Seasons of Growing series. In Book One, Awakening at Equinox, Casey and her friends were part of an “Awakening” ceremony on campus.
About Kimberly Kurth Gray
Kimberly Kurth Gray is a writer of mystery, women’s fiction, and memoir. She is the recipient of the William F. Deeck-Malice Domestic Grant, a Hruska Fellowship finalist, and a Wellstone Emerging Writer winner. In addition to her novellas, her work can be found in various anthologies and online as The Detective’s Daughter and the blog Scenes From a Baltimore Kitchen.
About Kimberly Kurth Gray’s latest book
In their latest madcap mystery, Natalie Tannon and her boss, the mysterious Mrs. North, search for Santa who has been mistakenly kidnapped while dealing with the shenanigans of the devious Jingle Kringle, Santa’s mom. Dial M for Mother-in-Law puts family Christmas celebrations on its ear.
About L. Bossi
L. Bossi is a professional artist and graphic designer. She has 10 years of experience in fashion design and over 15 in art/graphic design. She has held an intimate love for both art and writing since early childhood and has used The Piri Project to bring both together.
About L. Bossi’s latest book
The Enpirion Project: Nadir (Book 2) – Two years have passed and life has been anything but normal. With the Seri government in turmoil and society on the brink of a revolution, life has become increasingly difficult. With Neph on the political front lines and Piri dealing with his own hardships, their relationship strained to breaking, the two are thrown into an untenable situation, caught between power-hungry ambitions and supernatural forces that threaten to tear everything apart.
About L.A. Detwiler
L.A. Detwiler is the USA Today Bestselling author of The Widow Next Door with HarperCollins UK and several other bestselling novels. A former high school English teacher, she is currently an Internal Communications Specialist for Sheetz Corporate. She has also had articles published in The Huffington Post, Chicken Soup for the Soul, Harness Magazine, and more.
About L.A. Detwiler’s latest book
How well do you know your neighbors? In The Widow Next Door, a dark thriller, a couple moves in next door to a lonely widow. They have dark secrets … but so does she. A USA Today Bestselling thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat.
About L.E. DeLano
L.E. DeLano lives in Amish country, Pennsylvania. Her 2021 Young Adult novel, BLUE, garnered six literary awards, including the prestigious SPARK Award from The Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. In addition, L.E. also writes paranormal and contemporary romance with heart, humor, and heat under her alternate pen name, Britt DeLaney. In her spare time she tries to thwart her cat’s plans for world domination. This has been unsuccessful on every level.
About L.E. DeLano’s latest book
BLUE is a story of a high school girl whose brother is involved in a car accident that killed the father of a classmate – and she has to deal with the fallout. (L.E. DeLano)
SHORE THING is the story of Roni and Dominic, who shared a summer romance while working at the shore six years ago. When Roni rolls back into town, she and Dominic have a lot of lost time to make up for. (Britt DeLaney)
About L.E. Martin
L.E. Martin lives in Pennsylvania with her hubby of twenty eight years. They are empty nesters who recently became first time grandparents!
She published her first steamy contemporary romance book in 2019, when silly text exchanges between her and a friend morphed into a humorous yet heartbreaking story idea. Right now seven are in the series with more coming.
Her newest release is book three in her Blood Covenant World, dealing with demons and witches.
About L.E. Martin’s latest book
Demon Hardin Wraith has managed to make a colossal mess of his life.
When Sadie Leill runs into Hardin, their friendship is instantaneous. And she can’t help but be captivated.
He craves more with Sadie but is he merely setting them both up for heartache? She’s human so how can that possibly work out? He can’t outrun his past or his heredity, leaving her caught in the crosshairs, when his dad comes to claim him.
About Liz Milliron
Liz Milliron is the author of The Laurel Highlands Mysteries series, set in the scenic Laurel Highlands and The Homefront Mysteries, set in Buffalo, NY during the early years of World War II. Her most recent book is The Truth We Hide, Homefront Mysteries #4. Liz’s short fiction has been published many places, including the Anthony-winning anthology Blood on the Bayou..
About Liz Milliron’s latest book
When new private eye Betty Ahern finds out her latest client is gay, she must come to terms with her beliefs and solve his murder.
About Lori Duffy Foster
Lori Duffy Foster is a former crime reporter and the Agatha and Shamus award-nominated author of the Lisa Jamison Mystery Series. NEVER LET GO, her debut thriller, released in December from Level Best Books and NO TIME TO BREATHE, book 3 in her series, released in April. Lori is a member of Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, The Historical Novel Society, International Thriller Writers and Pennwriters.
About Lori Duffy Foster’s latest book
Journalist Lisa Jamison wants to blow off steam after arguing with her boyfriend, so she heads to her friend Ricky’s kickboxing studio for an early morning workout. But someone was there before her, uninvited. Ricky is dead, and Lisa is a suspect in his murder. Lisa must clear her name, but the deeper she digs, the more danger mounts. Can she find Ricky’s killer before the killer eliminates the last obstacle, silencing Lisa for good?
About Marianne Spampinato
Marianne Spampinato earned a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and a Masters degree in Leadership and Liberal Studies from Duquesne University. She served as communications director for the local American Red Cross Blood Services Region for 34 years before retiring in 2015. She is a freelance writer, currently for Somerset Magazine. She also enjoys reading, crafts and puzzles.
About Marianne Spampinato’s latest book
In “Betsy the Rescue Dog,” for ages 5 through 7, a beloved family pet is given up after one of her owners is in an accident. When her new owner neglects her needs, Betsy is rescued by a humane officer and animal shelter, which facilitates her recovery and adoption by a new family. The book includes a parental discussion guide written by professional counselor and information about animal abuse and neglect.
About Michael G. Farrell
Michael Farrell was raised in the suburbs of DC and then in Fenton, Michigan. As a graduate of Adrian College in SE Michigan, he participated in the storied football program. Michael went from being the only person on the team not to play a single play his freshman season to the next year leading the nation in field goals made per game, was a two-time All-American, three-time All-MIAA first-team placekicker, and currently holds the NCAA Division III record for being the only person to never miss an extra point attempt.
About Michael G. Farrell’s latest book
When Perfection Isn’t Perfect is for all who feel broken, alone, and have no hope in their future, and those who seek a valid purpose for their life. This memoir is the story of a life guided by God, but taking detours because of a human desire to choose the direction of the journey. My imperfect life took some interesting turns from crippling childhood anxieties to a desire to end my own life after believing there was no future or purpose for my life. After a Divine encounter and a deliberate change in perspective on my part to seek the positive aspects of life, my story includes an unlikely path of sports participation and an eventual perfect national collegiate football record that stands today as a testament to the amazing blessings God provided in my life.
About Michael Kiel
Michael Kiel is a rehab specialist, advocate and author from Pennsylvania. Michael was shot during his sophomore year of college, resulting in a spinal cord injury. After rehabilitating in Atlanta, Michael returned to college, gaining a BS and MA. He is currently employed through the University of Pittsburgh. He has spent the last 20 years working with young adults with disabilities. He sits on several Boards of Directors and enjoys traveling, playing chess, friendship, laughing and writing. He published his memoir, Challenge the Moment, in 2019
About Michael Kiel’s latest book
Michael Kiel is a quadriplegic, the result of a gunshot. This memoir is about his perspective on life – his entire life – before, during, and after a life-altering spinal injury. He shares many of his highs and lows, the importance of humor, and the incredible support around him. His brutally honest life story, along with his poems, and humorous anecdotes will inspire others to discover humor and strength through their own challenging moments.
About Michael McGovern
Michael McGovern received his BFA in Theatre from Point Park College and his MFA in Playwriting from Carnegie-Mellon University. While at Carnegie-Mellon he was a Schubert Fellow in Playwriting and won the Bud Yorkin Award for his play IRELAND’S SHAKESPEARE. His vampire play CARMILLA’S KISS was performed Off-Off Broadway at the 13th Street Theater and in the Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival. BLOOD ENDING is his first novel.
About Michael McGovern’s latest book
With elements of Gothic horror, alchemy, sex magic, and science, BLOOD ENDING chronicles the rise of master vampire Severin, his Trinity of female vampires, and the obsessed alchemist Praetorious Biederbeck. As one century ends and a new one heads towards devastating war they find that the “old ways” are no longer viable–the lure of sex and blood now competes with the lure of science.
About Nichole Fratrich
Nicole Fratrich is a teacher and old soul with a degree in English from Saint Vincent College. She has been published in Mystery Weekly Magazine, The Twofer Compendium, Loyalhanna Review, and The Johnstown Tribune-Democrat. The Music Makes the Man is her debut novel. She can be found at www.nicolefratrichauthor.com.
About Nichole Fratrich‘s latest book
In 1983, when big hair, neon colors, and MTV are all the rage, Luke Cavarelli dreams of jumpstarting his band, The Steel City Boys. He’s always admired confident singer Tony Bellano, but following in the rock idol’s footsteps is frustrating. Just as Luke falls in love with Samantha, the band scores a record deal. Bellano, who is signed to the same record label, feels threatened by the competition. A battle of the bands ensues, even if that means destroying a friendship and a marriage. Luke’s faith and loyalty are challenged to where he must confront Bellano or lose his passion for the music that fuels his identity.
About Paul Ricci
Paul is a statistician/blogger from Johnstown, PA. He writes for Allegheny Independent Media and teaches at Penn Highlands Community College. He has written Wuthering Depths in Johnstown: by the Numbers.
About Paul Ricci‘s latest book
Wuthering Depths in Johnstown: by the Numbers tells the story of Johnstown, PA. It looks at trends in population, economics, health, politics, and culture. It includes profile of over 40 authors, a discussion of the floods, and the closure of steel mills.
About Peter W.J. Hayes
Peter W. J. Hayes was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and worked as a journalist, advertising copywriter and marketing executive before turning to mystery and crime writing. He is the author of the Silver Falchion-nominated Vic Lenoski mysteries, and is an award-winning author of more than twenty short stories.
About Peter W.J. Hayes‘s latest book
Allegheny County Police Detective Vic Lenoski is asked to solve the murder of the Pittsburgh Symphony’s president. But a detective from China—Chen Yun—has surreptitiously arrived in Pittsburgh, targeting one of the symphony’s violin players. Vic then learns the FBI are investigating one of his past cases, just as Chen’s efforts collide into Vic’s investigation. Can they each find a way to protect their personal and professional lives?
About Philip Padgett
Philip Padgett examines history by applying skills he developed during 40 years of analytical support for national security deliberations and international arms control negotiations. His work was used by senior leaders for insight into emerging issues and to link policy needs to opportunities offered by new technologies. A Navy veteran, he resides in Kensington, Maryland. Advocating OVERLORD is his first book.
About Philip Padgett‘s latest book
Advocating Overlord is a history of winning approval in 1943 for the strategy to liberate Europe that would begin with D-Day. The Allies’ contentious strategy discussion grew ever closer to a separate, equally tough negotiation to let Britain back into development of the atomic bomb. The two negotiations intersected in a quid pro quo: Churchill reluctantly agreed to the D-Day-based strategy and Roosevelt reopened the Manhattan Project to Britain. Talk then turned to action to surge over a million troops across the Atlantic to make the commitment to D-Day in 1944 irreversible.
About Rhonda Sickles
Rhonda Sickles is a devoted mother to two children, Dora and Ira, and wife of Jerry Sickles. She enjoys writing and reading in her spare time. Her first published book, Baseball Fear, was sparked from attending her son’s baseball games. She is a Breast Cancer Survivor who is very grateful for her butterfly wings!
About Rhonda Sickles‘s latest book
Jacob is having a hard time when he goes up to bat. Everything was easier when he practiced baseball in the backyard. Why can’t he be confident like his teammates? He just can’t seem to shake his fear. His teammate, Bobby, wants to let him in on a surprise. Jacob is anxious to find out what it is and is happy to talk to Bobby. What is Bobby’s surprise? Will Jacob start to face his fear head on and will the baseball season turn around after all?
About Robert Raker
Robert Raker is a Journalism Graduate from the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown and currently resides outside of Philadelphia. The ‘Reconstruction of Sarina Harbold’ is his third novel. He is currently working on the Sequel to the political thriller ‘The Activist,’ and another Inspector General Tomi Martens thriller titled ‘The Rage and the Sorrow.’
About Robert Raker‘s latest book
Detective Maynard Dhuy Bridges is assigned an impossible cold case in the coal mining town of Liverpool, Pennsylvania. During a violent winter storm in December 1971, Sarina Harbold and Augustus Brahms disappeared without a trace. Now two decades later, all evidence still points to a local surgeon, who may in actuality be the son of a reviled Nazi war criminal and a suspect in unsolved murders in Germany in 1944 and 1948. While interrogating an ailing Dr. Andreas Mendel, Bridges tries to uncover his real identity and discover what happened to an abused woman who may possess some secrets of her own…
About Ruth Ochs Webster
Ruth Webster is a retired National Board Certified Teacher, having specialized in language arts and social studies. Born and raised in Kentucky, she weaves historical fiction around the Civil War experiences of her ancestors from both sides of the conflict. She is a member of the Daughters of Union Veterans, a docent/transcriber at the Civil War GAR program at the Carnegie Library in Carnegie, PA, and a member of Morgan’s Men Association.
About Ruth Ochs Webster‘s latest book
The young men returning from the Civil War wanted nothing more than to resume a normal life. In the divided State of Kentucky, this proved particularly challenging. Men like Jesse Cook, former Union corporal, and his cousin, Marion Allender, Confederate. They must now work together for the sake of their families’ survival. Will they find the common ground to face new enemies? The courage to challenge long-held beliefs?
About Sandra Gould Ford
Sandra Gould Ford is an author, photographer and former steelworker. This University of Pittsburgh graduate created an illustrated, international quarterly, produced writer conferences and developed a writing program for the incarcerated. Her goals are to encourage, refresh, enrich creative thinking and inspire, to lift hearts and spirits, awareness and humanity. Her writing is influenced by Roger Rosenblatt’s four purposes for writing: to make suffering endurable, evil intelligible, justice desirable and love possible.
About Sandra Gould Ford‘s latest book
Faraday’s Popcorn Factory is enchanting, a book for the new age, a gem. When Willow meets a new neighbor, her heart opens for the first time since James left her ten years ago. Clement is attentive and kind, funny and courtly and … well, eccentric. Willow likes coming to life again as icicles around her heart melt, letting in the wind and the sun, the stars and the melody of the seasons.
About Sarah Beddow
Sarah Beddow is the author of the memoir-in-poems Dispatches from Frontier Schools (Riot in Your Throat) and the chapbook What’s pink & shiny/what’s dark & hard (Porkbelly Press). Her work has appeared in Bone Bouquet, Rogue Agent, GlitterMOB, and elsewhere, and she is on the board of Awesome Pittsburgh, which awards $1000 grants every month to fund awesome projects in the Pittsburgh area. Find her online at impolitelines.com.
About Sarah Beddow‘s latest book
Dispatches from Frontier Schools is a collection of poems that pulls the reader right into the brutalities—and beauty—of teaching in a dysfunctional charter school. With wit, tears, anger, exhaustion, elation, and persistence, these poems highlight the struggles of a teacher trying to maintain her dignity and identity and do right by her students and her own children—all while being pulled apart by a system that doesn’t seem to work for anyone.
About Shirley Stuby
Shirley Stuby is a retired banker who, after retirement, finally took the plunge and started her writing career. Over the past few years, she has published several short stories in the local Hometown magazine. She has also been published in national magazines such as Country Magazine Extra and Presbyterians Today. Her remaining achievement has been publishing several children’s books.
About Shirley Stuby‘s latest book
Jake, a miniature donkey. had a slight flaw in his bray. When Pierce and Mack heard him, they immediately thought he sounded like a fire siren. They begged their dad to take him to the firehouse and make him the fire company’s mascot and show him off in parades.
This is a story about Jake being a donkey, a mascot, and a rescuer. It is also a story about Jake being born with a flaw doesn’t mean you can’t be an extraordinary donkey.
About Stephanie Keyes
Stephanie Keyes is a geek, a dreamer, and a hopeful romantic who writes books ranging from young adult fantasy to adult contemporary romance. Keyes won the RONE Award for Best YA Book of 2019 and took 2nd place in the RWA Athena Awards For Excellence in NA & YA Fiction for The Spellbinder’s Sonata. She was a finalist in the 2018 International Book Awards for her debut romance, The Internship of Pippa Darling.
About Stephanie Keyes‘s latest book
A compelling anthology from the authors of Mindful Writers Retreat featuring “Wren and the Sea Captain” by Stephanie Keyes! From new love to old love…Shell House, beautifully situated between the Atlantic Ocean and Silver Lake, plays host to generations of special events. This magnificent home, featured in each anthology tale, is the perfect setting for tales ranging from the Roaring ’20s to modern times.
Proceeds benefit the Marine Education, Research, and Rehabilitation Institute of Delaware.
About Steven Sherrill
Steven Sherrill is a high school dropout, nearly retired professor, a family man, a ne’er-do-well banjo player, a modest biker, a sonic/video muckraker, and a novelist with five books in the world, one of which (The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break) is a cult classic.
About Steven Sherrill‘s latest book
This book is about twenty-one days, and sixty years. A motorcycle ride down the spine of Appalachia, with a little banjo and a big myth for company, to play and sing at the graves of banjo heroes. It’s about making a life about making work. This book is about outsiders. Interlopers. Class migrants. Motorcycles. Myths of all sorts. Death. Decisions. Awakening. Creative process. Growth through risk-taking. It’s a book about ghosts. Music. Writing and not writing. What’s this book not about? Finding myself. I know who I am.
About Susan Bagby
For more than 25 years Susan worked with children and adults as a speech pathologist and
recently retired from working in the public schools of Los Angeles and returned to her hometown of Akron, Ohio with more time to write. She is a published romance writer, her debut novel releasing last year with Sands Press; her second novel, Home for Love releases October 25, 2023. She is a firm believer in knowing dreams do come true!
About Susan Bagby‘s latest book
An unexpected event in the New York world of children’s television catapults young assistant Alison Rockwell into the role of head producer, and she’s whisked away to the country, solely responsible for the network’s most important Christmas production.
Depending on the help of her vivacious, handsome host, Jake Sanders, a widower and father of a nine-year old daughter, she can’t deny the growing chemistry between them. Can she listen to her heart? Can his be healed?
About Tabassam Shah
Tabassam Shah is a community activist and author of Red & Crescent Moons, her debut poetry collection which was awarded The Watershed Journal Literary Group’s Long-form Publishing prize and published by this Brookville, Pennsylvania independent publisher in December 2022. She grew up in the Carolina foothills of the Southern Appalachians and now lives in Northern Appalachia in the Pennsylvania Wilds. Her writing is rooted in Appalachia and is also a reflection of immigrant Pakistani family life in this rural landscape. Find her at tabassamshah.com
About Tabassam Shah‘s latest book
Tabassam Shah’s debut poetry collection, Red & Crescent Moons, contemplates Appalachia on a North-South axis, as she was a child in the South and now resides in the North. She asserts there is no North-South divide in this broader cultural region, and communities throughout struggle to survive in similar economically challenging contexts; many of her poems illustrate that people’s relationships to the land and with each other are often central to survival. Her poems convey her experiences as a Pakistani Muslim American child in rural Southern Appalachia and her experiences as a community activist in Northwestern Pennsylvania.
About Tony Lavorgne
Tony Lavorgne specializes in obscure paranormal and anthropological topics. Tony is an accomplished author, researcher and public speaker on the subject of local legends and lore throughout Western Pennsylvania. He is a contributing writer in the book Supernatural Lore of Pennsylvania, co-authored Haunted Roads of Western Pennsylvania and authored other titles. Tony can also be heard as the chilling voice host on the Tony Lavorgne’s Legends and Lore Podcast.
About Tony Lavorgne‘s latest book
Pennsylvania author Tony Lavorgne is at it again. This time Tony is investigating Unidentified Aerial Phenomena across the Keystone State. At a time when UFOS are making headlines, Tony offers modern day interviews and sobering eyewitness accounts, all of which lead to one burning question… Are we being visited by beings from another world?
About Tricia Murin
Dr. Tricia Murin has been in education for over 30 years. She has been a teacher, counselor, principal, curriculum director, and currently, an Assistant Superintendent in the Central Cambria School District. She has written two books to help children and their families with issues for bothering and anxiety. She resides in Ebensburg, Pa with her husband. They have 2 children: Lexi 28, Max, 24.
About Tricia Murin‘s latest book
Title: A-Z for OCD – This book is essential for parents or professionals who want to help children who experience Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) tendencies. It is a fun and helpful read for any child that has experienced OCD. The whimsical characters help children realize that having OCD does not need to be seen as negative. It will help them understand that there are several positive strategies they can use to deal with it. Also included are topic suggestions for personal journaling and a note to families that have a family member with OCD. The more frequently children practice the hints and suggestions provided in this book, the more they will be able to utilize their unique abilities to help them be more successful in school and in life.
About Trisha Ridinger McKee
Trisha Ridinger McKee is the multi-genre author of twelve books and over 200 published short stories. Her short stories have appeared in publications such as Chicken Soup for the Soul, Travel, Tablet, Crabfat Literary, Deep Fried Horror, and more. When not writing, she enjoys reading, cooking, spending time with her family and bulldogs, and visiting abandoned places.
About Trisha Ridinger McKee‘s latest book
He reached for her hand, never quite making contact. “But beneath all the mess, it’s a love story.”
One phone call, one softly spoken nickname, takes Poppy back twenty-four years when she was an eighteen-year-old finding her own way.
With an old camper and plans for a better future than living with an alcoholic, bitter mother, Poppy sells her jewelry by the side of the road. Those plans are tossed upside-down when she meets Silas, a charming, carefree guy who only has his sights on the moment, not the future. Together, they face their first summer as adults, and Poppy has to decide whether she wants to follow her dreams… or her heart.