Sara Ackerman
Born and raised in Hawaii, Sara Ackerman studied journalism and later earned graduate degrees in psychology and Oriental Medicine. She blames Hawaii for her addiction to writing, and sees no end to its untapped stories.
Bisi Adjapon
Bisi Adjapon has appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Washington Post, Ms Magazine, Aljazeera, New York Times and The Guardian. She has won the Foreign Service Award for Human Relations and an Excellence in Teaching Award. She divides her time between Ghana and America.
Marsha Alejandro
Marsha is a NYC professor and media founder. She writes fiction to answer her own questions. She loves her cat, Ma'am, coffee, and cake, and hopes to one day open a cat shelter with her sister.
Deena Alexander (also writes as Lena Gregory)
Deena recently relocated to Florida with her husband, three kids, son-in-law, and four dogs. Now she enjoys long walks in nature all year long, despite the occasional alligator or snake she sometimes encounters. Deena's love for writing developed when her youngest son was born and didn't sleep through the night. She now works full time as a writer and a freelance editor.
Catherine Alford
Catherine Alford is a family finance expert and award winning writer who helps women recapture their life passions, earn more, reach their goals, and take on a more active financial role in their families. She lives in Detroit, Michigan with her husband and five year old twins. 
Jessica Altieri
Jessica Altieri is an award-winning certified wine and water sommelier and is changing the way consumers experience beverages around the globe. Jessica is the first and “only” water sommelier hired by the iconic hospitality brand, Four Seasons Hotel and Resorts. A Wine Enthusiast 40 Under 40 Tastemaker, Jessica has appeared on CNBC, ABC, WGN and ESPN Radio and can be seen and heard preaching her mantra: “Wine Is Just A Conversation Waiting To Happen.” 
David Amerland
In addition to writing books, David Amerland also advises a handful of companies globally, blogs for Forbes, Imassera, and Social Media Today, and writes for a number of high profile magazines and newspapers. In addition to his main website, be sure to visit his other site focusing specifically on The Sniper Mind. 
Bryan Anderson
Bryan Anderson is an Iraq War veteran, triple amputee, Quantum Rehab, USA Cares Spokesperson, author, actor, and Gary Sinise foundation ambassador. 
Brooklyn Ann
Brooklyn Ann is a former grease-monkey turned paranormal romance author. She has an Associate's in English and an Associate's in Automotive Technology. Aside from being a full time novelist, she works as a freelance editor. 
Aimee Aristotelous
Aimee Aristotelous is a certified nutrition professional who specializes in weight management. She also provides nutrition seminars to health and fitness organizations, corporate wellness programs, medical offices, and schools. 
Kelley Armstrong
Kelley Armstrong has been telling stories since before she could write. Her earliest written efforts were disastrous. If asked for a story about girls and dolls, hers would invariably feature undead girls and evil dolls. All efforts to make her produce “normal” stories failed. Today, she continues to spin tales of monsters—both real and fantastical--while safely locked away in her writing cabin. 
Dr. Karen Aronian, Ed.D.
Dr. Karen Aronian, Ed.D. is an award-winning educator and parenting expert who considers “All people to be teachers” and believes, “Every place can be a learning space!” Her firm Aronian Education Design LLC, creates irresistible child-centered environments for academic, corporate, and private clientele. Dr. Karen is a sought after speaker and columnist who appears regularly in international print and media. 
Joy Avery
Joy Avery is a Contemporary Romance Author who loves writing, reading, cake decorating and pretending to expertly play the piano. 
Allie Baker
Allie Baker is a Los Angeles-based marketing specialist and former magazine editor, who has held editorial positions at Us Weekly, Self, and Food Network Magazine. She writes steamy queer stories that put the contemporary in contemporary romance. When she’s not writing in her sweatpants, she’s going on global adventures to inspire material for writing in her sweatpants.
Ari Baran
Ari Baran is always writing, whether that's fantasy, hockey players falling in love, or legal briefs. Baran is Philadelphia born and raised. 
Erin Bartels
Erin Bartels is the author of We Hope for Better Things. She has been a finalist for both the Women’s Fiction Writers Association's 2015 Rising Star Award and The Saturday Evening Post's 2014 Great American Fiction Contest. She lives in a little old brick house in Michigan's capital city, nestled somewhere between angry protesters downtown and couch-burning frat boys at nearby Michigan State University. And yet, she claims it is really quite peaceful. 
R.S. Belcher
R.S. (Rod) Belcher is an award-winning newspaper and magazine editor and reporter. Rod has been a private investigator, a DJ, a comic book store owner and has degrees in criminal law, psychology and justice and risk administration, from Virginia Commonwealth University. He's done Masters work in Forensic Science at The George Washington University. 
Heatherly Bell
Heatherly Bell is the author of the Heroes of Fortune Valley contemporary romance series and the Starlight Hill series. She drinks coffee, craves cupcakes, and occasionally wears real pants. 
Jules Bennett
Bestselling, award-winning author Jules Bennett has written for multiple publishing houses including Berkley, Kensington, The Wild Rose Press, Samhain Publishing, and Harlequin Desire. 
Carol Berg
Colorado author Carol Berg is a former software engineer whose hobby of writing fantasy novels took her in directions she never expected. Since her first novel was published in 2000, she has garnered international acclaim for her intelligent stories, complex characters, and lyrical prose. 
Kathy Bertone
Kathy Bertone is an author, speaker, and TV guest. She writes in an attempt to help all of us have better times with the people we love the most—our family and friends.