VERONICA BANE

Veronica Bane's  debut novel Difficult Girls (Delacorte Press) was an instant USA Today Bestseller.

She spent her formative teen years working at a popular theme park. When she’s not writing, she’s exploring Los Angeles with her husband and their beloved dog, Bodhi.

ERIN A. CRAIG

Erin A. Craig is a New York Times bestselling author.

After getting her B.F.A. from the University of Michigan, in Theatre Design and Production, she stage managed tragic operas with hunchbacks, séances, and murderous clowns, then decided she wanted to write books that were just as spooky.

Logan karlie

Logan Karlie is the NYT bestselling author of imaginative fantasy books brimming with horror, romance, and protagonists who rise from the darkest of shadows.

JENNI HOWELL

Jenni Howell is the New York Times-bestselling author of Boys with Sharp Teeth.

Before becoming an author, she tried out archaeology, linguistics, mongoose herding (known to some as “teaching”), finance, and espionage, but always got bored. Now she writes books, so her entire world changes every six months—and she will never be bored again.

MEGAN DAVIDHIZAR

Megan Davidhizar is a young adult author and an English teacher with experience in grades 8-12.

She grew up moving around the Midwest and graduated summa cum laude from Purdue University.

MEGAN COOLEY PETERSON

Megan Cooley Peterson is the author of two young adult thrillers, Dead Girls Talking (2024) and The Liar’s Daughter (2019).

She has written more than 200 nonfiction books for children on a wide variety of topics, including dinosaurs, sharks, urban legends, and haunted objects.

CHRISTOPHER COSMOS

Christopher Cosmos is a Michigan based bestselling author.

Cosmos was raised in the Midwest and attended the University of Michigan as the recipient of a Chick Evans Scholarship. In addition to being a bestselling author, he is also a screenwriter and has had his work featured in the annual Black List of best Hollywood screenplays of the year. He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

He will be world debuting his new novel "Islands of Ghosts and Dreams" published by Pegasus Books.

HENRY GRANGER

Henry Granger writes novels about historical events that happened in his home state of Michigan.

He and his wife reside near where the Grand River flows into Lake Michigan. Books by Henry Granger include: Undertow - A Crime's Story [about the 1933 bank robbery in Grand Haven], Men of Good Will [about the heroic WW2 service of USCGC Escanaba], and Margaret's Mammoth [YA fiction set in Paleo Michigan 13,000 years ago]. His current project is a story from the decade before the Civil War, with scenes set in varied locations including West Michigan, Beaver Island, and Virginia.

SUSIE FINKBEINER

Susie Finkbeiner is the author of The All-American,  All Manner of Things — both of which were selected as Michigan Notable Books —The Nature of Small Birds, and Stories That Bind Us, as well as A Cup of Dust, A Trail of Crumbs, and A Song of Home.

EMMA PALOVA

Emma Palova, (Konecna) was born in former Czechoslovakia.

She is a Lowell-based author, short story writer, novelist, screenwriter and a journalist.

BRENDA HAAS

Brenda Haas is a magazine feature writer and freelance editor, and spent many years as a reporter and columnist for Penn Franklin Publishing Company, a Pittsburgh press. 

Her work has also appeared in Leisure Living Magazine, The Beacon, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, and My Outer Banks Home magazine, among other publications.

MELANIE HOOYENGA

Melanie Hooyenga is a multi-award winning YA mystery author.

Her newest book, The Quiet Unraveling of Eve Ellaway, has been called emotional, shocking, irresistible, addictive, jaw-dropping, gripping, and unforgettable.

MARISSA MALSON

Marissa Malson is a marketer turned author. She is the owner of Just A Good Book Publishing, which provides editing, book marketing, cover design, and publication plans for fellow independent authors. The Not So Average Life of Average Jane is her first book. But it won’t be her last.

JENNIFER DORNBUSH

Jennifer Dornbush is an author., screenwriter, international speaker, and forensic specialist.

Jennifer specialize’s in suspense, thriller, true crime, mystery, and forensic procedurals with strong female protagonists for film, TV, novel, and non-fiction.

LISA CHILDS

Lisa Childs is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling author.

She’s been published in 21 countries and has appeared on the Publisher’s Weekly, Barnes & Noble and Nielsen Top 100 bestseller lists. Lisa was born on Halloween which might have fated her predilection for spinning dark and twisty stories. 

RICHARD CHIZMAR

New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Amazon, and Publishers Weekly bestselling author.

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