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Henry Hitz
Genres: General Fiction, Animals, Family Life, Short Stories
Henry Hitz taught preschool for thirty years. He divides his time between Oakland, California—where he lives with his wife, son, two sisters, two dogs, and a cat—and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where he first observed how...
Rayne Lacko
Genres: Young Adult, YA Coming of Age
Rayne Lacko believes music, language, and art connect us, and she explores those themes in her novels, Listen To Me and A Song for the Road , and the guided journal Dream Up Now , an interactive exploration of emotions for teens. She now...
Susan S. Etkin
Genres: General Fiction, Women's Fiction, Romance, Contemporary Romance, Later in Life Romance
Susan S. Etkin grew up on Philadelphia’s Main Line and graduated from Temple University with a bachelor’s in English for secondary education. She also holds a master’s in literacy and a doctorate in curriculum and...
Laura Essay
Genres: Thrillers, Legal Thrillers, Medical Thrillers, Psychological Thrillers, Suspense
Laura Essay attended the University of Nebraska and obtained a law degree from Creighton University School of Law. When her three grown children moved on to graduate programs in other cities, writing became her passion. Side Effects Are...
Ann Bancroft
Genres: General Fiction, Family Life, Friendship, Black Humor, Women's Fiction
Ann Bancroft was an Army brat who settled in Sacramento as an adult after attending ten schools in seven cities and four states. As a reporter, she worked in the State Capitol bureaus of the San Francisco Chronicle and the Associated...
Nancy Chadwick
Genres: General Fiction, Coming of Age, Family Life, Siblings, Nature & the Environment, Women's Fiction
Nancy Chadwick got her first job at Leo Burnett advertising agency in Chicago. After ten years there, she couldn’t get to where she wanted to be so she turned to the banking industry. Then, after another ten years, she realized she...
Betsy Hartmann
Genres: Mystery, Amateur Sleuth, Female Sleuths, Thrillers, Political Thrillers, Psychological Thrillers, Suspense
Author, scholar, and activist Betsy Hartmann addresses critical national and global challenges in her books, articles, and public appearances. She is the author of the feminist classic Reproductive Rights and Wrong: The Global Politics...
A. M. Linden
Genres: Fantasy, Fantasy action & adventure, Epic Fantasy, Historical Fantasy, General Fiction, Historical Fiction, Medieval, Sagas
Ann Margaret Linden has undergraduate degrees in anthropology and in nursing and a master’s degree as a nurse practitioner. After working in a variety of acute care and community health settings, she took a position in a program...
Susan Weissbach Friedman
Genres: General Fiction, Religious & Inspirational, Jewish Fiction, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction
Susan Weissbach Friedman is a psychotherapist with a specialty in women’s issues, family therapy, and trauma-focused therapy. A graduate of Hamilton College, Boston University’s MSW/MPH program, and the Ackerman Institute...
Ann Marie Jackson
Genres: General Fiction, Family Life, Marriage & Divorce, Feminist, Literary Fiction, Women's Fiction
Ann Marie Jackson is cofounder of microlending organization Mano Amiga and former Vice President of Casita Linda, which builds homes for families in extreme poverty in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Early in her career, after earning...
