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Connie J. Jasperson lives in Olympia, Washington. A vegan, she and her husband share five children and a love of good food and great music. She is active in local writing groups, an editor, and a book reviewer. She is an active member of the both the Northwest Independent Writers Association and Pacific Northwest Writers Association, and is a founding member of Myrddin Publishing Group. Music and food dominate her waking moments. When not writing or blogging she can be found reading avidly.

William Cook is a native of central Connecticut and grew up in the small town of Southington, midway between New Haven and Hartford. He has also lived in upstate New York, in and around Albany, and in Riverside, Rhode Island, on the shores of Narragansett Bay. In 1989 he moved to the Pacific Northwest.

His education began in a Catholic seminary in Connecticut and continued in another seminary in New York, for a total of eight years of study. He left the seminary with a Bachelor's Degree in Philosophy, specializing in Existential Phenomenology (try saying that three times!). After doing his time for the draft board as a conscientious objector working as a hospital orderly, he attended the State University of New York at Albany, where he got a Master's Degree in Social Work. He then worked as a mental health therapist for 37 years before retiring in 2011.

In 2014, he released his first novel, "Songs for the Journey Home," which draws upon some of his experiences in the seminary. He sees it as a saga of spiritual discovery.

His first collection of short fiction, "The Pieta in Ordinary Time and Other Stories," was published in March, 2016. "Catch of the Day," another collection of short stories, was published in February, 2018. "Before Our House Fell into the Ocean: Stories of Love and Death" was released in September of 2021.

Many of his short stories first saw print in the yearly anthologies published by the Northwest Independent Writers Association. "The Last Refuge" was released in the 2015 Anthology, "Asylum." Another, "The Paleographer," appeared in "Artifact," published in November, 2016. "The Affect Bridge" was included in "Bridges" in 2017. "The Girl on the Boardwalk" made its appearance in "Carnival," released in November, 2018. "Bad Seed" was his entry into "Doorways," which was published in November of 2019. "The Sword" is in "Escape" (2020); "The List" is in "Forbidden" (2021); "This Vale of Tears" is in "Guests" (2022); "Clancy on the Ledge" is in "Harbinger" (2023). "Chrysalis" will be in the 2024 anthology.

His novel, "Seal of Secrets," was released in December, 2016. It begins The Driftwood Mysteries, a series of suspense/thrillers set on the Oregon coast. The second installment of these murder mysteries is "Eye of Newt," a short story which made its first appearance in "Catch of the Day," and is now available as a stand-alone mini-book. The third is "Woman in the Waves," a novel published in November of 2018. The fourth is the novel "Dungeness and Dragons," released in April 2020. The fifth is the short story "Paper," which was first published in the collection, "Before Our House Fell into the Ocean: Stories of Love and Death," in September of 2021. It is now a mini-book. The sixth and final installment in the series is the novel, "Gallery of Gangsters," released in August of 2022.

Cook feels his life has been extraordinarily blessed. He can now spend his time writing for pleasure and providing babysitting time for his grandchildren. (At last count, there were 15 grandchildren and three great grandchildren!) His wife Sharon has retired from her job as a flight attendant and is an artist who displays her paintings and collages at Currents Gallery in McMinnville, Oregon, and the Lori Austin Galleries in Santa Rosa and Sebastopol, California.

Lee French is a USA Today bestselling author living in Olympia, WA with two kids, two bicycles, and too much stuff. She is an avid gamer and active member of the Myth-Weavers online RPG community. Best known for her YA urban fantasy series SPIRIT KNIGHTS, she writes in a variety of fantasy and science fiction subgenres for teens and grownups.

She is an active member of SFWA and a Municipal Liaison for her NaNoWriMo region.

Liam R.W. Doyle makes his home in the Pacific Northwest between gray skies and green mountains. He has an education in theatre, linguistics, Critical Theory, but has worked for the last two decades in I.T. His career path and interests in things technical and technological has helped inform his writing, as much as his love for fantasy and cosmic horror influences him as well. Liam was born in Colorado in the shadow of the Rocky Mountains, lived much of his life on the edge of the Ozark Mountains, and now lives as fully as possible in the Cascades. He has an English MA from Missouri State University and has worked for a national non-profit organization, in communications and technical support, since 2008.

Neil Orint grew up on Vashon Island, Washington and now lives in Seattle. His epic young adult fantasy novel Discovery of Geminus takes readers on a thrilling adventure into Geminus, a twin planet of Earth, where Henry, Kate, Max, and their dog Rocky meet sasquatches, yetis, and other magical beings of Pacific Northwest mythology. With their newfound courage and magical powers, the friends must defeat the bloodthirsty conquistador Pizarro and his murderous crew to restore balance to Geminus.

Neil has published short stories in recent NIWA anthologies, and his story Towers and Bridges was a Finalist in the 2017 PNWA Literary Contest. He's currently working on the next volume in the Discovery of Geminus series.

Growing up in the Pacific Northwest has given him an innate appreciation of the region's natural beauty and you can find him hiking and backpacking through forests, alpine meadows and over mountains. He also has a lifelong interest in the region's mythology that features prominently in his work.