“The best secrets are the most twisted.” Sarah Shepard’s quote from ‘Twisted’, best describes author Dänna Wilberg’s quest to unravel life’s mysteries with every keystroke, on every page. Her series, The Red Chair, The Grey Door, and The Black Dress featuring psychotherapist Grace Simms, pose the question: “What do we really know about a person?”

Dänna’s paranormal Borrowed Time series about a woman who acquires a psychic gift after a near-death experience, is filled with gems from Dänna’s experience producing and hosting TV show “Paranormal Connection” for over fifteen years. Her background as an award-winning script-writer and film-maker further add to the magic of her storytelling.

Wilberg resides in Northern California with her family. She loves her children, grandchildren, traveling the world, and karaoke. She loves to dance, cook, make short films, dabble in her garden, and great music. Her mantra is reach for the stars.

For more: dannawilberg.com

Canadian-born former copywriter / content marketer Suzan St Maur is the author of 37 published books, some of which have been organic (genuine, not 'helped!') Amazon No.1 bestsellers.

She now works as an author coach and publishing consultant, helping others to get their passions out into print and other media ... having brought together her own experience of writing books, getting them published and using her marketing/advertising skills to promote them.

Suzan is also the founder of award-winning website resource, 'How To Write Better with Suzan St Maur.' https://howtowritebetter.net

HER BACKGROUND...

Canadian born Suzan St Maur was transported to the UK when a child and despite resultant cultural challenges managed to graduate from British high school, but with no talent for anything other than writing - so her career options were fairly clear cut...

Afterwards she attended and graduated from the then-famous Watford Art School advertising writing/visual communications course and worked in London ad agencies as a copywriter for a few years, before deciding she was far too bolshie to be an employee and so became a freelancer.

Since then she has worked as a video/TV scriptwriter and producer, a speechwriter, a copywriter, a marcoms consultant, a business writing/blogging trainer, a keynote speaker and various other guises ... but always with the common link of writing. She works mainly in the UK but also spends several weeks a year working in her native Canada (Ontario), where she has many friends and family.

HER PUBLISHED BOOKS TO DATE INCLUDE...

**The Jewellery Book (with Norbert Streep) (Magnum)

**The Home Safety Book (Jill Norman Books)

**The A to Z of Video and AV Jargon (Routledge)

**Writing Words That Sell (with John Butman) (Management Books 2000)

**Writing Your Own Scripts and Speeches (McGraw Hill)

**The Horse Lover’s Joke Book (Kenilworth Press)

**Powerwriting: the hidden skills you need to transform your business writing (Prentice Hall Business)

**Canine Capers: over 350 jokes to make your tail wag (Kenilworth Press)

**Get Yourself Published (LeanMarketing Press)

**The MAMBA Way To Make Your Words Sell (LeanMarketing Press)

**The Easy Way To Be Brilliant At Business Writing (LeanMarketing Press)

**Wedding Speeches For Women (How To Books)

**The Country Lover's Joke Book(Merlin Unwin Books)

**The A to Z of Wedding Worries (How To Books)

**How To Get Married In Green (How To Books)

**Planning A Winter Wedding (How To Books)

**How To Write Winning Nonfiction (Rethink Press)

**The A to Z Of Wedding Wisdom (How To Books)

**The Pony Lover's Joke Book (Kenilworth Press)

**Banana Skin Words and how not to slip on them (HowToWriteBetter.net)

**The English Language Joke Book (HowToWriteBetter.net)

**How To Smile Through Cancer (HowToWriteBetter.net)

**Business Writing Made Easy (Rethink Press)

**English To English: The A to Z of British-American Translations (Rethink Press)

**How To Write About Yourself (HowToWriteBetter.net)

**Super Speeches (HowToWriteBetter.net)

**How To Write Brilliant Business Blogs (HowToWriteBetter.net)

**How To Write Brilliant Business Blogs volume 1 (Business Expert Press, USA)

**How To Write Brilliant Business Blogs volume 2 (Business Expert Press, USA)

**Mischieverse: rude humour that laughs at life's irritations (Corona Books UK)

**The Corona Book of Horror Stories (contributor, Corona Books UK)

**English Business Jargon: how to use it and what it really means (Business Expert Press, USA, 2018)

**English Business Jargon & Slang: how to use it and what it really means (Cavalcade Books)

**How To Write Brilliant Business Blogs (Cavalcade Books)

**The Second Corona Book of Horror Stories (contributor, Corona Books UK)

**How To Write A Brilliant Nonfiction Book (Better Books Media 2020)

PERSONAL STUFF...

Suzan has had cancer twice and now works extensively (voluntary basis) leading an award-winning charity of cancer patient representatives in south-central England. This group is a partnership with health professionals in acute and primary care plus support groups and other cancer resources/charities across the region.

The partnership is achieving very positive and pro-active progress in improving communication and resources for cancer patients and carers. More on that here - www.MKCPP.org.

Before health issues intervened Suzan was a keen horse rider and to this day she is very involved in the equestrian discipline of 'dressage.' Other hobbies include writing restaurant reviews, joke books, and rather potty-mouthed but very funny poetry ... and of course spending time with her son, their family in Canada and friends both online and offline everywhere.

Joanie Chevalier is a multi-genre author; founder of Connection Cafe, a place where readers and authors can meet; and founder of Our Indie Author Room FB Group, a place where writers in all stages of their career go to learn, inspire, and teach.

Joanie loves the outdoors and nature, reading, and she thinks her two Chihuahuas are adorable. Her writing is a blend of everything she likes to read: suspense, horror, crime, psychological, non-fiction, and a good short story.

Joanie would love to connect with you! Find her here:

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/joaniec

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JoanieChevalier

Connection Cafe: https://connection-cafe.com

Connection Cafe FB Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/628658504160896/

Connection Cafe Goodreads Group: https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/1074615-connection-cafe

Phillip Drake is a football historian and sports enthusiast who has begun writing books on football history. His hobbies away from football and writing include the supernatural and true crime.

Phil is an Oxford University man, he didn't study there, but he always roots for them in the Boat Race!

You can contact Phil at: drakey6.pd@googlemail.com

Or via his website at: www.phildrakeauthor.wixsite.com/pdrake-official

Wondra Vanian wrote her first short story at the age of seven and has never looked back.

An author first, Wondra Vanian is also an avid gamer, a photographer, a cinephile, and mother to an army of furbabies. She sleeps with the lights on, has music in her blood, and has been known to dance naked in the moonlight.

They say to be a successful author you should pick one genre and stick to it. Lewis Williams hasn't exactly followed that advice: having written his first book on the singer Scott Walker, he followed that with a serious academic work on social policy, which he then followed with a trilogy of limerick books that were absolutely, categorically nothing remotely like his earlier books. He is now the editor of all four volumes of The Corona Book of Horror Stories series, with the first, third and fourth books also including short stories by him.

Lewis has two degrees in philosophy (which number might be considered two too many) and worked for a number of years for Oxford University before his ignominious departure from its employ. You can find out more about him by visiting his website www.lewiswilliams.com

Born in Salisbury, Mark grew up in Gloucestershire where he studied Computer Studies at Gloucestershire College of Arts and Technology.

Once final exams were over, and before receiving his results, he moved to Andover in Hampshire where he got his first job as a computer operator working on the then new IBM AS/400.

An avid reader, Mark is a big fan of contemporary thrillers and crime fiction as well as horror, apocalyptic sci-fi and supernatural thrillers. "I read to escape, so I like a bit of humour in what I read. In my opinion, even the most serious thriller can spare a moment for a laugh or two. With the Sam Edwards books, I've tried to write something I'd enjoy reading. They definitely don't take themselves too seriously."

He's also a music lover. He's been a DJ and has also tried to help unsigned artists get discovered.

When speaking about the release of Don't Reply he said "I always hoped I'd be lucky enough to release at least one creative work on an unsuspecting public. I just always assumed it would be to do with music. But I'm so pleased it's a book. It's been an ambition for a long time."

The idea for his debut novel, Don't Reply, came when his wife received a spam text message for entry into a prize draw. He thought about replies to the message being used to detonate bombs and the seeds of a story were sown.

Mark now lives in Leicestershire with his wife and two children. He never found out if he passed his college course.

Tina has her BA in Creative Writing has won the Roy F. Powell award for short fiction. She spends most of her time with her cats watching, reading, or playing anything with a solid story. She considers herself an exorcist of sorts, purging the voices in her head by putting pen to paper.

Philip Charter is an British author who lives in Spain. His stories have won and placed in international competitions and have featured in over 100 magazines and anthologies. In addition to publishing four books of short fiction, he edits the 21 Futures anthology series.

Here, we come across the natural habitat of a rarely seen creature. A darkened room, cave-like in appearance. Random scrawls and hieroglyphs of an indecipherable nature adorn the wall. They are meaningless to all but their originator.

It isn’t long before the creature itself appears. Hunched over a keyboard, it mumbles random, incoherent ideas of fancy which often lead to giggles of joy. The creature is so caught up in its thoughts that it ignores our presence, allowing us the chance to record such rarity.

Note the light dusting of stubble upon its chin and the rectangular glasses. If we pay close attention, we can see patches of weathered skin and deep purple circles under each eye, brought on by a lack of sunlight, and exacerbated by a string of restless nights spent deliberating over the plot of its latest novel.

The combination of discoveries proves one thing beyond all reasonable doubt.

This creature is the lesser spotted Ian. And he is an author.

Keep in touch on Twitter @LotanB1 and on Instagram @iang14lotan.

Sue Eaton (in her prime) is a former teacher who was born in Northamptonshire, England. She now lives in leafy Cheshire with time to write and read. Her favourite reads are inclined towards horror and science fiction, particularly Doctor Who and John Wyndham. Her writing reflects this.

Published works to date include stories in The Corona Book of Horror Stories, The Second Corona Book of Horror Stories, The Corona Book of Science Fiction and her debut novel, The Woman Who Was Not His Wife.

Work also includes a piece on 'Chalk face Love Songs' BBC Radio 4.

Her most recent novella is The Ceres Illusion, soft science fiction published by Water Dragon Publishing and suitable for younger readers as well as adults.

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Mary Camarillo is the author of the award-winning novel "The Lockhart Women."

Her awards include the 2022 Indie Author project Winner, California Adult Fiction, the 2022 Willa Literary Award Finalist in Multiform Fiction, the 2021 First Place Award in the Next Generation Indies for First Fiction, a 2022 Finalist for the Screencraft Cinematic Book Award, a 2021 Finalist in the American Book Awards in Women’s Fiction, a 2022 Silver Titan Award, and mentions in the 2022 Honorable Mention, Los Angeles Book Award for Regional Fiction and the 2022 Honorable Mention, Hollywood Book Award for Fiction.

Her second novel "Those People Behind Us" will be published in October of 2023. Her poems and short fiction have appeared in publications such as TAB Journal, 166 Palms, Sonora Review, and The Ear.

Mary writes about living in Southern California, a place she's called home for more than fifty-five years and is still trying to understand. She had a long career with the postal service, which might be genetic---both her grandfathers were railway mail clerks. She sorted mail, sold stamps, worked in the accounting office, and went to night school, eventually earning a degree in business administration, a CPA license, and a Certificate in Internal Auditing.

She currently serves on the advisory boards of Citric Acid, An Orange County Literary Arts Quarterly, and LibroMobile, An Arts Cooperative and Bookstore in Santa Ana, California. She’s a member of Women Writing the West, Women Who Submit, the Orange Chapter of the California Writers Group, and Women For Orange County. Mary lives in Huntington Beach, California with her husband, who plays ukulele, and their terrorist cat Riley, who makes frequent appearances on Instagram.

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Nico Bell is the author of several horror books including Static Scream and Food Fright. In addition, she's a fiction editor and anthology curator having co-published Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology and Mine: An Anthology of Body Autonomy Horror. When she isn't writing or editing, she's playing with her dog Egg or in the kitchen attempting to bake a new gluten-free recipe!