Author Spotlights

Janelle Stalder
Janelle Stalder was born and raised in Brampton, Ontario. At an early age she developed a love for literature. Her debut novel, Eden, was the first book in a series of four, released in September of 2011. The second book, Eden-West, was released in July of 2012, and the third book, Eden-South was released in March of 2013. The fourth book of the Eden Series, Eden-East, will be release at the end of 2013. She is a strong supporter of other independent authors, and loves to interact with her readers. When she's not writing, Janelle is at home with her husband, two children, Aiden and Elora, and her two furry children, Alice and Lily. She now resides in the small town in Ontario in her old, possibly haunted, century home.

Facebook: Janelle Stalder
Twitter: @jmstalder
Website: www.janellestalder.com 
Reviews for the Eden series: Eden | Eden-West | Eden-South | Eden-East
Reviews for the New World series: Switch | Masked

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Alexandra Lanc
Alexandra Lanc is a Contemporary YA author who writes in a variety of genres, loves to create twisting plots, and listens to too much music. She is also the author of The Foxfire Chronicles: Shadows of Past Memories, the first in her science fiction/horror series, and Clara Claus, a Christmas novel. Alexandra lives in Florida (USA) with her family and calico cat, Sanura.

Official Site: www.alexandralanc.com
Author Interview: here
Review for Clara Claus: here

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Sabine A. Reed
Sabine A. Reed is the author of fantasy e-novella The Black Orb. She has her ownWriting and Publishing Blog where she gives tips to new writers. You can find her at twitterSabineAReed. You can read the first chapter of her book here.

Author Interview: here
Review for The Black Orb: here



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Tony Passarelli
Tony Passarelli lives in Nottingham, England. He spent many years working as an independent film-maker. In the process he wrote a number of film scripts which kindled his interest in becoming a novelist. He has self published two short stories: Strength of a Giant and Nash of the Thieves' Guild.

You can find his books on Smashwords: here
And Amazon: US and UK
Review for Nash of the Thevies' Guild: here

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Cambria Hebert
Cambria Hebert has been writing since she was a teenager but more seriously for about 6 years. Otherworld Publications were the ones to say YES to her books. Her debut novel, Masquerade (Heven and Hell, #1), is being released on Dec. 16th 2011. There is also a prequel to the series with the title Before, a short novella after the first book Between and a standalone short story titled Whiteout. Charade (Heven and Hell, #2), is being released on May 18th 2012.


Official Site: www.cambriahebert.com/
Author Interview: here
Review for Before: here
Review for Whiteout: here
Review for Masquerade: here
Review for Between: here

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F. A. Hershey
Of Italian background, she was born and raised in Brazil and had strong influences from her grandmother, who had always been an avid reader herself, and who first introduced her to the path of literature. She only started writing when she came to London in 2003. Her book Swirls is the first in The Outsiders Trilogy.

Official Site: fahershey.wordpress.com
Author Interview: here
Review for Swirls: here

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John Barlow
John was born in West Yorkshire, England, in 1967. He worked as a musician before studying English Literature at Cambridge University and language acquisition at Hull University. After teaching English for several years, he moved to Spain to write full-time, and has been there ever since. His current project is the LS9 crime series. Set in the north of England, it follows the life of John Ray, the half-Spanish son of crime boss Antonio 'Tony' Ray. The series will eventually comprise nine novels.

Official Site: www.johnbarlow.net
Author Interview: here

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Stephen Prosapio
Stephen works as an executive recruiter and resides in Oceanside, California. His novel Ghosts of Rosewood Asylum is a paranormal suspense novel about a paranormal researcher—who is himself possessed—forced to team with a rival TV ghost hunting show investigating a 19th century asylum. He uncovers as many dangerous secrets as he does spirits. Stephen is currently crafting a sequel to Ghosts of Rosewood Asylum that chronicles the Xavier Paranormal Investigators next case.

Official Site: www.prosapio.com
Author Interview: here
Review for Ghosts of Rosewood Asylum: here

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Holly Bush
Holly Bush is an avid reader of historical books, both fiction non-fiction. She’s a fan of David McCullough, Mary Balogh, Diana Gabaldon, Jane Austen, Lee Child and Maggie Osborne. Holly is from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania where she resides with her husband and a menagerie of dogs and cats. Her own historical romance novel, Romancing Olive, was published in 2011.

Official Site: www.hollybushbooks.com/
Author Interview: here

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Suzanne van Rooyen 
Suzanne van Rooyen is a freelance writer and author. Her publishing credits include the cyberpunk novel 'Dragon's Teeth' published by Divertir Publishing, LLC, short stories published by Golden Visions Magazine and Earthbound Fiction amongst others, as well as numerous non-fiction articles published across the globe. Growing up in Johannesburg, South Africa, Suzanne always dreamed of the far north, which is why she now lives in central Finland with her fiance ad shiba inu, Lego. Although she has a Master's degree in music, she prefers writing strange tales of the SpecFic persuasion and playing in the snow.

Author Interview: here

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K. C. Blake
K. C. Blake knew she wanted to be a writer at the age of twelve, and she’s been working hard to fulfill that dream ever since. A former writer for Harlequin, she now publishes YA books with a paranormal slant. Her books include Vampires Rule, Werewolves Rule, and Crushed (the first of the Witch-Game books). Witch Hunt (the second in the series) will be released April 15, 2012. Each witch book has a different set of characters and a new game to enjoy, so you don’t have to read them in order.

Author Interview: here
Review for Crushed: here

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Katherine Lowry Logan
Katherine is a distance runner and an avid reader who turned her love of reading into a passion for writing and has completed a sweeping time-travel romance The Ruby Brooch. She is currently working on two additional time-travels and a contemporary romance.

Author Intrerview: here

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Thomas Christopher
Thomas Christopher is the author of the novel Never Too Far. He grew up in Iowa and attended the University of Northern Iowa. His short stories have appeared in The Louisville Review, The MacGuffin, Redivider, as well as other places. He was awarded an Irving S. Gilmore Emerging Artist Grant and was a finalist for the Matthew Clark Prize in Fiction. He lives in Wisconsin with his wife Jessica and their son Holton.

You can find his novel at Amazon
Official website: www.thomaschristopher.com

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Ellie Rose McKee
Ellie Rose McKee is a Northern Irish born Author and Poet. She has lived in England on and off for the past 5 years and has a great love of art and photography. When not travelling or writing Ellie spends her time making YouTube Videos and training to be a Children’s and Youth Worker.

Author Interview: here
Official Website: http://www.ellierose101.co.uk/
You can find her novel at Amazon | Lulu(ePub)