peeps: Nancy Stephan
From high school, Gary, Ind. native Nancy Stephan went straight to nursing school. After 18 years of being a nurse, she decided to go back to school and change careers. She got a Master’s in Creative Writing from Kennesaw State University and is now the Writing Center supervisor at Georgia Perimeter College in Dunwoody, Ga.. “I have […]
peeps: Daniel Arenson
Canadian author Daniel Arenson says that he was “raised on Dungeons & Dragons, Lord of the Rings and scratchy Star Wars VHS tapes,” and very much “geek culture”-oriented, so betting that he would pursue a career as a novelist pumping out anything other than epic fantasies would not have impressed the Vegas oddsmakers much. And […]
peeps: Luke Young
Luke Young says he was “one of those people who would watch a movie and think, hey, I could write a better film than that.” So he did. “I started by reading some sample screenplays, I also bought a book and downloaded some shareware screenplay formatting software and got to work. It took about a […]
peeps: Jasmine Haynes
Now, Jasmine Haynes is an author of over 35 “classy erotic romance tales,” a two-time Holt Medallion and National Readers Choice Award winner, and a Rita Finalist. For over 20 years, however, she was an accountant. Which explains why many of her novels are set in the business world — the protagonist of her self-published Max Starr […]
peeps: Joe Hart
Author Joe Hart says he didn’t have much in the way of company and playmates growing up on “a lonely 91 acres of farmland in northern Minnesota.” He started writing at an early age — and reading, of course. Stephen King was (and still is) his “first literary love,” so one guess what kind of […]
peeps: Rosalind James
An American and former marketing executive, author Rosalind James says she never really wrote any fiction before. And that she never took risks. That is until she and her civil engineer husband found themselves in Australia and New Zealand for a few years, where she worked her “day job” remotely. She eventually found herself “in […]
peeps: Jeff Menapace
A former schoolteacher, author Jeff Menapace says he prefers pumping out “suspense thrillers with a dash of macabre,” which shouldn’t come as much of a surprise to those who know that Jeff thinks the original 1974 Texas Chainsaw Massacre‘s the epitome of cinematic excellence. Although he’s published both fiction and non-fiction, Jeff’s Amazon author page […]
peeps: Lisa Brochu and Tim Merriman
What is heritage interpretation? Apparently, it’s “the communication profession of those who work in parks, aquariums, historic sites and other places you might take your family for an outing,” say Lisa Brochu and Tim Merriman, who’ve both devoted their lives to the field. “We help people understand and appreciate natural and cultural heritage resources in […]
peeps: Mark Chisnell
Growing up in a small town on the east of England, author Mark Chisnell says that “the sea was a non-negotiable part of everyone’s life in that little town, and a future as some sort of marine engineer seemed inevitable.” What changed it all for him? Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. “The cover said […]