Amanda Flower

Amanda Flower is a USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award-winning author of over fifty mystery novels. Her novels have received starred reviews from Library Journal, Publishers Weekly, and Romantic Times, and she has been featured in USA Today, First for Women, and Woman’s World. She currently writes for Penguin-Random House (Berkley), Kensington, and Sourcebooks.

Judith Lindbergh

Judith Lindbergh’s debut novel, The Thrall's Tale about women in Viking Age Greenland, was an IndieBound Pick and praised by Pulitzer Prize winners Geraldine Brooks and Robert Olen Butler. Her essays have appeared in publications including Newsweek, Zibby Magazine, Next Avenue, and Archaeology Magazine. She is the Founder/Director of The Writers Circle, a NJ-based creative writing center. Her latest historical novel, Akmaral, about a nomad woman warrior on the ancient Asian steppes, was published by Regal House Publishing in May 2024. https://judithlindbergh.com/

Susan Meissner

Susan Meissner is a USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction with more than three-quarters of a million books in readers' hands and translations in nineteen languages. She is an author, speaker and writing workshop leader with a background in community journalism. Her novels include Only the Beautiful and The Nature of Fragile Things, both of which earned a starred review in Publishers Weekly; The Last Year of the War, named to Real Simple magazine’s list of best books for 2019; As Bright as Heaven (starred review in Library Journal); Secrets of Charmed Life (Goodreads finalist for Best Historical Fiction 2015); and A Fall of Marigolds, named to Booklist’s Top Ten Women’s Fiction titles for 2014. She attended Point Loma Nazarene University in California and makes her home with her husband and yellow Lab in the Pacific Northwest.

Valerie Nieman

Valerie Nieman’s new novel, Upon the Corner of the Moon, begins the story of the historical Macbeths, with The Last Highland King coming in 2027. She is the author of six other novels, including the Sir Walter Raleigh Award-winning In the Lonely Backwater, plus fiction and poetry collections. She is a graduate of West Virginia University and Queens University of Charlotte.

Elizabeth Bass Parman

Elizabeth Bass Parman grew up entranced by family stories, such as the time her grandmother woke to find Eleanor Roosevelt making breakfast in her kitchen. She worked for many years as a reading specialist for a non-profit and spends her summers in a cottage by a Canadian lake. She has two grown daughters and lives outside her native Nashville. Connect with Elizabeth online at elizabethbassparman.com.

Sharon Short

Sharon Short is the author of fifteen published books. As Jess Montgomery, she writes the historical Kinship Mysteries set in the 1920s and inspired by Ohio’s true first female sheriff. Sharon is a contributing editor to Writer’s Digest, for which she writes the column, “Level Up Your Writing (Life)” and teaches for Writer’s Digest University. She is also a three-time recipient of the Individual Excellence Award in Literary Arts from Ohio Arts Council and has been a John E. Nance Writer in Residence at Thurber House (Columbus, Ohio). When not writing, Sharon enjoys spending time with family and friends, reading, swimming, and occasionally hiking. Learn more about her work at www.sharonshort.com or www.jessmontgomeryauthor.com

James Wade

James Wade is the author of River, Sing Out and All Things Left Wild, a winner of the prestigious MPIBA Reading the West Award for Debut Fiction, and a recipient of the Spur Award for Best Historical Novel from the Western Writers of America.

Jessica Berg

Rosecliff Literary

Jessica Berg is the founder of Rosecliff Literary, where she represents bold, genre-defying fiction and nonfiction that uncovers hidden histories and uplifts marginalized voices. A multi-nominated writer, MFA graduate, and seasoned submissions coach, Jessica brings deep industry insight and a no-fluff approach to the art of getting published. She’s represented by Amy Collins of Talcott Notch Literary and knows the world of short fiction from both sides of the editor’s desk.

Mytecia R. Myles

Embolden Media Group

Mytecia Myles is a creative, bold, and authentic leader, and subject matter expert. Over 30 years providing media management and PR consulting to brands, creatives, and leaders in becoming more effective in producing influence. As the Founder and Chief Storyteller of Mytecia Renae Media, Myles oversees multimedia storytelling strategies, program innovation, client development, and author strategies. She is a sought-after advisor and speaker. As a script supervisor, book editor, screenwriter, media and entertainment professor, In addition, Myles provides her signature masterclass, Write, Self-Publish, and PR Your Book Like A Pro, to help writers navigate from concept ideation through publishing while influencing literary legacy. She is the host of Mytecia’s Extraordinary Woman Book Club, facilitator of Literary Cafe, Writer’s Group.

Myles has had the honor of working with diverse groups of writers, helping many become published authors. A passion for building authentic writing communities, culture, historical truths, and social curiosity, Myles has a creative, collaborative spirit.

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Daniel Niv

Olswanger Literary

Daniel Niv (she/her) is the co-founder and editor of Spell Jar Press, a publisher of print anthologies. She majored in Literature and Creative Writing and previously worked as a librarian. For the past few years, she has also freelanced as a manuscript reader for various publishing houses. Following her internship with literary agent Anna Olswanger, she became a Literary Associate at Olswanger Literary. In fiction, she is seeking fantasy (especially romantasy), new adult, magical realism, dark academia, historical fiction and retellings, and family sagas. For romance, she's more intrigued if the setting is historical or unique.