Julie Wise (she/her) is a writer from the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia. Her poetry and prose have appeared in multiple publications as well as four anthologies. She is the author of Dream Bigger: Reclaiming A Life of Joy and Ease (2010), Make No Mistake: The Novel (2025) and writes Glimmers From The Edge on Substack.

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Joan Fernandez is a historical novelist and public speaker recovering the stories of women written out of the historical record. She is author of Saving Vincent: A Novel of Jo van Gogh, whose twelve book awards and honors include First Place for the Missouri Writers Guild's Walter Williams Major Work Award and is rated 4.7 stars in Amazon reviews. She is a former Principal and general partner at Edward Jones, where she spent twenty-two years in marketing and communications centered on translating specialist research for general audiences — the same work, in a different subject, that shapes her presentations today.

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Diamonds in Auschwitz was cited as "a significant contribution to Holocaust literature" by Readers' Favorite and was an Amazon Bestseller and a #1 New Release. It was awarded second place in Women's Historical Fiction by The BookFest, first place in Historical Fiction by Firebird Book Awards, and the Prodigy (Best Debut Novel) Award from StoryTrade Awards.

Meg has had a heart for storytelling since her first publication in elementary school. She graduated summa cum laude from Indiana State University with a degree in English and creative writing and has an MBA from Indiana Wesleyan. She lives in Plymouth, Indiana with her husband/high school sweetheart and their 15-year-old daughter (also an aspiring artist).

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Jill Amber Chafin's work has appeared in The Personal Story Publishing Project and Motherfigure, and has been honored as a Finalist for the Penelope Niven Creative Nonfiction Award, Honorable Mention in the New Millennium Writing Awards, and Third Place winner in the anthology America's Next Author. Her debut novel, Shaken, was selected as a finalist for the 2024 Wishing Shelf Book Awards and awarded the 2025 Literary Titan Silver Book Award. She lives with her husband and two children in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where she works as a writer, editor, and circus arts teacher. Follow her on Facebook, Instagram, and TikTok @jillamberchafin.

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Born in Madrid, Spain, and trained as a scientist, Tatiana's passion for writing goes back as long as she can remember. After moving to New Zealand in her mid-thirties, she rediscovered storytelling and took creative writing courses at the New Zealand Writers College.

She won second prize in the 2014 "1st Letras Latinas Short Story Competition" (Alac Inc, Auckland) for "A Trip to Vienna," and in 2018 Letras Latinas Publishing House published her mini stories "Farewell" and "If I Went There for a Second Time" in English and Spanish.Alongside science, Tatiana works helping women in midlife reconnect with their passions. She loves reading, spending time with her daughter, dancing, tramping and travelling. After 14 years in New Zealand, Tatiana has now moved to Ireland with her daughter and their Golden Retriever.

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Raquel Y. Levitt received her master's degree in English and has taught Literature and Composition at the university level. After a few years she decided to pursue what she really loved—writing, so she shelved her gradebook and pursued an MFA in Creative Writing. Her debut novel, The Seer, has received multiple accolades and awards, including Literary Global Book Awards 2025 Fiction Book of the Year. Her short stories have been published in literary journals and anthologies, including the multi-award-winning Feisty Deeds: Historical Fictions of Daring Women. Besides being a writer, Raquel is an avid reader, book hoarder, world traveler, amateur nature photographer, birder, and collector of cool rocks.

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Angelika Morini was born in Eastern Germany in the 1980s and chose to alchemize her own lived experience as the historical background of her debut novel Do You See Me Now?. She writes in English, the language of her emotions, thoughts, and dreams, ever since she studied in the United States, in Minnesota and Washington State. Since then, most of her life has happened in English, including her professional and family life. By profession Morini is a senior HR leader, ICF certified Coach and certified Conscious Parenting Coach through Dr. Shefali Tsabary's institute, which informs the psychological texture of her fiction. She lives in Germany with her husband, son and well-traveled cat, enjoying regular visits of her two adult bonus-children. She frequently spends time at the Lago Maggiore in Italy, her energetic home and setting of the second novel she's currently writing.

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Jen Sinclair is a professional writer who pens personal essays and contemporary women's fiction that explore complicated relationships, love, loss, and all the messiness of life. She uses humor, heart, and compelling plot elements to explore what it means to be human. Her first two novels, There's Always a Price and According to My Science placed second and third for best women's fiction at The Florida Writers Association 2025 Royal Palm Literary Awards. They were both also named Best Books of Fall 2025 by Pencraft, and According to My Science was a semi-finalist in the BookLife 2025 Fiction contest. She also collaborated on the dark friendship fiction novel, The Accidental Life of MF Ascher under the pen name Ivy H. Booker. Jen lives in Florida with her kids and spoiled puppies.

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