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.

An ancient hack (well past his 'sell-by' date), an advertising copywriter in a previous life whose work, unlike that of Dorothy L Sayers, Fay Weldon or Salman Rushdie, never leapt off the page into mainstream literature.

Long-since retired, and having plenty of time (in the short-term, at least!), he devotes much of his leisure hours writing short stories and verse. A 'silver-surfer' himself, he is delighted that the internet and Kindle exposes his work to a potential readership of millions!

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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

Keith Trezise was brought screaming and kicking into the world on the 29th July 1954, in Warwickshire, UK. Ever since then he has been trying to make his mark on the world. Realizing that world domination is frowned upon by society he decided to entertain people instead. As a talented musician and singer, he managed to make people smile (unless they all had wind) and he has continued this trend by writing several plays. Determined to write a serious novel, Keith embarked upon 'Frogmorton Culpepper Saves The World', but after a couple of paragraphs he soon realised that he couldn't hold back the humour, which makes the book even more readable. 'Cobwebs In The Mind' soon followed, which is a compilation of poems and short stories. Keith continues to write as a freelancer and has several more novels and plays running around inside his head - the trick is to catch them and put them down in writing.

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.

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.

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.

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