Amazon bestselling author Kirsten Weiss writes laugh-out-loud, page-turning mysteries. Her heroines aren’t perfect, but they’re smart, they struggle, and they succeed. Kirsten writes in a house high on a hill in the Colorado woods and occasionally ventures out for wine and chocolate. Or for a visit to the local pie shop. She's best known for her cozy and witch mystery novels. So if you like funny, action-packed mysteries with complicated heroines, just turn the page…

T. E. MacArthur, award-winning author, artist, historian, amateur cat whisperer, and parapsychologist wannabe lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her cat and far too many books. Can one have too many books?

She began her career with the standout Steampunk series, The Volcano Lady, and the classic one-shilling serial, The Gaslight Adventures of Tom Turner.

A Place of Fog and Murder is her Noir-Punk mystery, bringing a fantasy sci-fi 1930s San Francisco to life with her tough-as-nails femme-fatale-detective, Lou Tanner P.I., through exciting car chases and Chandleresque witty repartee.

She’s even written for several specialized publications, anthologies, and was an accidental sports reporter for Reuters News.

Now her storytelling has dramatically shifted direction to embrace the paranormal, her lifelong obsession, with the creation of her newest novel, The Skin Thief (Literary Titan Award Winner,) set in the Four Corners region of Colorado, not too far from where she grew up. Filled with the action and adventure she loves to write; The Skin Thief draws together ancient and modern evils in a cauldron of thrills -- with more than a hint of romance.

You can find her on Facebook, Goodreads, TikTok, or at https://www.TEMacArthur.com

On Facebook, find T.E. at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/253676486319440/

Dr. Anthony G. Francis, Jr. is a science fiction writer and computer scientist who started writing urban fantasy because he likes it. The Dakota Frost series combines Anthony's love of hard science, fantastic magic, alternative culture, and strong, feisty women.

Even though the siren call of computing eventually pulled him out to the San Francisco Bay Area, he still chose to set the Dakota Frost series in Atlanta, Georgia, where he spent nearly half his life and which he has learned to love like no other place on Earth.

When not making computers smarter or writing science fiction and fantasy, Anthony blogs about his life, his writing and his research at The Library of Dresan. He also writes an occasionally updated webcomic, f@nu fiku. He currently lives in San Jose with his wife and cats.

At age five, Lillian Csernica discovered the Little Golden Books fairy tales. From there she moved on to the works of Ray Bradbury, Harlan Ellison, Tanith Lee, and Terry Pratchett. Her very first short story sale, "Fallen Idol," appeared in After Hours and was later reprinted in The Year's Best Horror Stories XXI. Lillian has gone on to publish over forty short stories in such markets as Fantastic Stories, Killing It Softly 1 and 2, and After the Happily Ever After. Her Christmas ghost story "The Family Spirit" appeared in Weird Tales #322 and "Maeve" appeared in #333.

Lillian's two nonfiction ebooks, The Writer's Spellbook: Creating Magic Systems for Fantasy and The Fright Factory: Building Better Horror, provide nuts and bolts instruction in the techniques of writing those genres.

Born in San Diego, Ms. Csernica is a genuine California native. She currently resides in the Santa Cruz mountains with her her husband, two sons, and three cats. Visit her at lillian888.wordpress.com.

BJ Sikes is a 5'6" ape descendant who is inordinately fond of a good strong cup of tea, Doc Marten boots, and fancy dress. She lives with one large cat, two sweet offspring, and an editor-author. Plus an array of chickens in the back garden.

Her novels are set in the world of the Roboticist of Versailles, a French Belle Epoque that Never Was.

Her next book, the Cultist's Wife, is the story of an Englishwoman who takes her family to 1908 Bahamas and almost loses herself and her children to a sinister cult.

The new book will be available as soon as the story goblins allow.

Award-winning author Sharon E. Cathcart (she/her) writes heart-warming romance and historical fiction with a twist!

A former journalist and newspaper editor, Sharon has been writing for as long as she can remember and always has at least one work in progress.

Sharon is a member of the Association of Ancient Historians, Archaeological Conservancy, Archaeological Institute of America, Sisters in Crime, and the Historical Novel Society.

Sharon lives in the Silicon Valley, California, with her very patient husband and several rescue cats.

Dr. Katherine L. Morse writes steampunk adventures with her husband, David L. Drake, and technical publications about modeling and simulation...sometimes by herself and sometimes with him.

David L. Drake and Katherine L. Morse are the award-winning, San Diego-based authors of “The Adventures of Drake and McTrowell – Perils in a Postulated Past,” a serialized steampunk tale detailing the adventures of Chief Inspector Erasmus Drake and Dr. "Sparky" McTrowell. The duo’s many adventures are provided in weekly penny dreadful-style episodes on the web (www.DrakeAndMcTrowell.com). They have produced four novellas since 2010: “London, Where it All Began,” “The Bavarian Airship Regatta,” “Her Majesty’s Eyes and Ears,” and “The Hawaiian Triple Cross.” Drake and Morse won a Starburner Award for the radio show based on their first story that has run multiple times on Krypton Radio.

When not cosplaying their alter egos at conventions all over the West, they are both research computer scientists specializing in distributed modeling and simulation. Mr. Drake is a nationally ranked foil fencer. Dr. Morse is an internationally respected expert on standards, but prefers to be recognized for her cookie baking skills. They throw awesome parties if they do say so themselves.

In October of 2011, my career in holding down office furniture came to an end with the sweep of a budgetary axe. Now I write, edit, and review fiction and non-fiction. I am much happier. The cats tolerate me being at home more often. I work with amazing, awe-inspiring, and creative people.

I'm a woodworker and toy builder in my spare time.

Dover Whitecliff is an author, an artist, an analyst, and a jack-of-all-trades. She creates in a multiverse of fusion, including such mashups as She-Wolf in Shorts (cybersteam secret agents), The Stolen Songbird (a retrofuture Hardy Boys style adventure with kick-ass girls) and a pair of Haiku Hedgehogs coloring books (hedgehogs, haiku, and humorous art).

Stay tuned for Murder by Spandex, the debut of a cozy mystery series set in the suburbs of a superhero metropolis, and its companion artbook Badger and Books Visitors’ Guide to Port Liberty.

Dover was born in the shadow of Fujiyama, raised in the shadow of Olomana, and lives where she can see the shadow of Mt. Shasta if she squints and it’s a really clear day.