Fiction Participants
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Michael Abraham
Providence, VA
Michael Abraham, author of Providence, VA, is a native of Southwest Virginia and the author of four books about the central Appalachians. He has one adult daughter and lives in Blacksburg with his wife, two dogs, and four motorcycles.
Genre:Fiction
Corban Addison
A Walk Across the Sun
Corban Addison, author of A Walk Across the Sun, holds a degree in Law from UVa. While researching this book, he traveled to India and spent a month with a team from International Justice Mission (IJM).
Genre:Fiction
Tasha Alexander
Death in the Floating City
Cancelled
Tasha Alexander, author of Death in The Floating City, studied English and Medieval Studies at the University of Notre Dame. Her bestselling Lady Emily series, nominated for numerous awards, has been translated into more than a dozen languages.
Genre:Fiction
Judy Light Ayyildiz
Forty Thorns
Judy Light Ayyildiz, author of 10 books including, Forty Thorns; memoir, Nothing but Time; poetry, Mud River, is the recipent Woman of Achievement-Education, Jim Wayne Miller, Gusto Poet Discovery, Nazim Hikmet Prizes; Daughters of Ataturk, Turkish Forum, and 2012 International Book Awards.
Genre:Fiction
Laura Baker
(Moderator)
Laura Baker has a PhD in American Literature and is an Assistant Editor at the Founding Fathers Online Project at Documents Compass, part of the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Genre:Fiction
Rosalyn W. Berne
Waiting in the Silence
Rosalyn Berne, author of Waiting in the Silence, writes sci-fi because it creatively engages the moral imagination in the rapid, unpredictable evolution of newly emerging and converging technologies. She teaches in the department of Engineering and Society at the University of Virginia.
Genre:Fiction
Joanna Bourne
The Spymaster's Lady
Joanna Bourne, author of The Spymaster's Lady, Forbidden Rose, and The Black Hawk, is a two-time winner of the RITA, Romance's highest award for excellence in writing. Her stories are set in France and England during the Napoleonic Wars.
Genre:Fiction
Kimberly Brock
The River Witch
Kimberly Brock, author of The River Witch, is a former actor and special needs educator. Her debut novel, a southern mystical work set on the Georgia coast, has been featured in numerous reading lists and chosen by two national book clubs. Kimberly lives in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Genre:Fiction
Laura Brodie
All the Truth
Laura Brodie, author of All the Truth, Love in a Time of Homeschooling, and The Widow's Season, is a graduate of Harvard and visiting English professor at Washington and Lee University. She lives in Lexington, Virginia.
Genre:Fiction
Brad Bryant
Indra's Net
Brad Bryant, author of Indra's Net, has worked in the child welfare field for three decades. He spent six years in Thailand during the height of the Vietnam War working with children of American GIs. Indra's Net reflects that experience.
Genre:Fiction
Grace Burrowes
Lady Eve's Indiscretion
Grace Burrowes, author of Lady Eve's Indiscretion, is a New York Times and USA Today best-selling author of Georgian, Regency, and Victorian romances.
Genre:Fiction
Kristen Callihan
Winterblaze
Kristen Callihan is the author of Winterblaze, book three of the Darkest London series. Kristen was born and raised in the Washington DC area. Intrepid armchair traveler and dreamer of all things curious, she found the perfect job in writing books.
Genre:Fiction
Claire Cameron
Braver Than You Believe: True Stories of Losing Love and Finding Self
Claire Cameron, coauthor with Sue Mangum of Braver Than You Believe: True Stories of Losing Love and Finding Self, is an educational psychologist. Her non-fiction writing seeks to reveal the hidden sides of our human experience to the light of understanding and acceptance.
Genres:Fiction, Non-Fiction, Poetry
Fran Cannon Slayton
When the Whistle Blows
Fran Cannon Slayton is the author of When the Whistle Blows. Described as "a masterpiece" by Kirkus, When the Whistle Blows is a nominee for the Virginia Reader's Choice, Maryland Black-Eyed Susan, Alabama Camellia, and Indiana Young Hoosier Book Awards.
Genre:Fiction
Alan Cheuse
Paradise, Or, Eat Your Face
Alan Cheuse, author of Paradise, Or, Eat Your Face, has published nearly 20 works of fiction and nonfiction. He serves as book critic for NPR's All Things Considered and teaches in the writing program at GMU.
Genre:Fiction
Tara Conklin
The House Girl
Tara Conklin, author of The House Girl, is a writer and lawyer currently living with her family in Seattle, Washington.
Genre:Fiction
Guy Cote
Long Live the King: Book One of the Charlemagne Saga
Guy Cote, author of Long Live the King: Book One of the Charlemagne Saga, is also the author of six screenplays, one of which is in development to become a major motion picture. Guy resides in St. Petersburg, Florida.
Genres:Fiction, Crime Wave
