Born in Memphis, TN in 1958, W.T. Sanders grew up in Roswell, GA, graduated from North Georgia College in Dahlonega, GA with a BS in Criminal Justice, was designated as a Distinguished Military Graduate, and was commissioned as a Regular Army officer in the U. S. Army Military Police. During his active duty, Mr. Sanders served as Officer in Charge of a Special Weapons and Tactics Team and was responsible for managing and conducting a Counterterrorism/Hostage Rescue Course attended by military, local, state, and federal law enforcement personnel from nationwide. Upon resigning his commission, Mr. Sanders started his career as a security contractor for the Federal Government as a Special Response Team instructor rising through the ranks to be
Jennifer Jaxxon-Louis is an academic advisor and former math professor who writes young adult sci-fi thrillers to encourage teens toward STEM areas. She loves animals, is passionate about architecture, woodworking, and anything related, and has always been obsessed with gymnastics, dance, and cheerleading. When not writing, she is usually building or painting something, dancing (Broadway jazz and hip-hop), playing pool, poker, or tennis, and always listening to heavy metal music.
The life of Jo Cooling is like living in a theme park: one minute, it's like riding a roller coaster, baking cupcakes, cookies, and slices. With a kitchen covered with chocolate, flour, and cooking utensils. Also trying to develop new tastes and ideas for her growing baking business.
Sometimes, she feels like she travels through life in a Dodge 'em car. All the while, she works to complete two novels while caring for two Cavoodles, who believe their mother was placed on this earth purely to play with them 24 hours a day.
But no matter how out of control her life can be at times, eventually, she ends up sailing around on the Walt Disney teacup ride on top of the world. However, when she relaxes, the Cavoodles see this as an opportunity to snug
Jennifer is a coffee-infused lover of dark chocolate and all things romantic. Her dry wit and sarcasm fill the pages of whatever she’s writing because she can’t help herself. She is most often found sharing space with her family, devouring a good book, listening to music, or writing incessantly. Sometimes she manages all of these at once, which she considers a skill that sets her apart. She lives in upstate New York with her husband, three children, and their pack of hounds.
Johanna Neuman's latest book, The Concert: A Novel About Musicians Who Defied Hitler's Siege of Leningrad, is about a group of women who were caught between Hitler's fascism and Stalin's communism. They survived by embracing their creativity and their families. An earlier book, Gilded Suffragists, tells the story more than 200 women of enormous wealth who joined the fight to win women the right to vote. With names like Astor, Belmont and Vanderbilt, they were the media darlings of their day, covered for every excess of fashion and decor. And when they risked their social standing to win the vote for women, it was like Oprah Winfrey blessing a cause today. It popularized the movement.
An award-winning journalist with 30 years of experience i
