Naomi is an award-winning author living in Northern Alberta. She loves to travel and her suitcase is always on standby awaiting her next adventure. Naomi's affinity for the Deep South and its history was cultivated during her childhood living in a Tennessee plantation house with six sisters. Her fascination with history and the resiliency of the human spirit to overcome obstacles are major inspirations for her writing and she is passionately devoted to creativity. In addition to writing fiction, her interests include interior design, cooking new recipes, and hosting dinner parties. Naomi is married to her high school sweetheart and she has two teenage children and two dogs named Egypt and Persia.
A native of Montgomery, Alabama, Tiffani Quarles-Sanders is an author and the owner of Hollow Bridge Publishing. She holds a B.S. in Early Childhood Education from Alabama State University. Tiffani retired from the Montgomery Board of Education with over 25 years of teaching experience.
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Ora Smith’s one of those people who always has a project she’s excited about. She’s an author, artist, genealogist, seamstress, lover of a good book, traveler, antiquer, upcycler, and history buff. Although she’s lived in Arizona since 1986, she spent her early life in Lake Tahoe, California, where her passion to write blossomed on a tranquil riverbank with a beautiful backdrop of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
As a genealogist, she spent thirty-plus years researching family histories. With her historical “Heritage Fiction” novels for both adult and young adult, she’s made a niche in writing about ancestors, creating fascinating stories based on true event
At the age of three, my father found me with a book in my lap, yelling "Read, read, read!" He tiptoed away.
I’ve interviewed NFL stars and 3rd string players, taken and taught writing and screenwriting classes, won awards and been brutally rejected repeatedly.
J. D. Edwards is an award-winning author of Epic Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror, and Theological writing. Best known for Indomitable and The Faerie Chronicles, his work blends immersive world-building with emotional and spiritual depth. His writing has earned honors from The Charl Ormond Williams Fund, Carolina Bards, Notebook Publishing, and more. With over 70 published genealogical articles to his name and a dozen historical awards, Edwards now serves as a writing contest judge for the Ohio Genealogical Society. He lives to blur the boundary between fiction and reality.
Jacqueline Freeman Wheelock’s historical novels share the narratives of African American women seeking their identities in the difficult setting of the old South. A former high school and college English teacher, her first novel, A Most Precious Gift, debuted in 2014 and made Amazon’s Best Seller in African American Historical Fiction. In 2017, she released its sequel, In Pursuit of an Emerald. Wheelock is a multi-published author whose works range from short stories and devotionals to a memoir of growing up during and after segregation. Published multiple times by University Press of Mississippi, she has been a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers for over a decade. Jacqueline and her husband Donald have two adult children and
I started writing novels in 2012. I developed a lifelong love of reading books and writing into creating fictional people and their world. My first two novels were historical fiction with a touch of romance. These were published under the name Kate Juffs. After a lengthy break I came back to writing in 2023 and created the Barcarolle cozy mystery series which are being published under the name Kathryn Rose. Amelia, the first in the series, was published in early 2024 and the second, Elsie, will be published later in the year.
Hello, after a career in sales management I retired and now spend my days golfing, writing, and trying to remember why I went to the kitchen.
As a challenge, I started writing to express my frustration with how African Americans are marginalized.
Not satisfied I decided to challenge myself again but this time to write the whileBlack Chronicles'. about black lives during different eras of American history. My stories are a blend of historical facts and creative writing.
