Authors

Phil Elmore lives and works in Upstate New York. The author of 22 different Mack Bolan, Stony Man, and Executioner novels for Gold Eagle/Worldwide Library, Phil has also written and ghost-written a variety of science fiction and action novels. Phil is the Senior Editor for League Entertainment, an IP development firm based in Florida.

R. Douglas Clark was born in Vermont, grew up in Colorado, attended college in Chicago, and received a Master’s degree in music from Brown University. Seeing no future for himself in academia, he spent a year in the Oregon woods, living in a primitive cabin, writing music reviews and cultural commentary for magazines and newspapers.

Linda Berry’s Trudy Roundtree novels are set in rural south Georgia, but Linda lives in Colorado, where she’s a community arts activist and an insatiable theatregoer. Other published credits include poetry, plays, preschool currriculum, and a newspaper entertainment column.

Larry Maness is the author of two books of plays and four novels. 3 Plays was introduced by Pulitzer prize-winner, William Inge. His plays “War Rabbit” and “Bailey” both premiered in New York City at The American Theatre of Actors. His first novel, Nantucket Revenge, is called “The best beach read since Jaws” according to Florida Crime Writers author Steve Glassman. His second novel, A Once Perfect Place, is included in the Literature of Social Change collection at Duke University.

L. Sydney Abel is the pen name of Lawrence Abel. The name was inspired by L. Frank Baum; the author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Lawrence was born and raised in Kingston upon Hull, England. He is married and has two grown-up children. He attended Hull College, where he qualified as an Electronics Engineer. As a young aspiring musician, Lawrence composed the lyrics to his own music, progressing into the recording studio.

Kevin D. Randle is a retired lieutenant colonel who served in Vietnam as a helicopter pilot and in Iraq as a battalion intelligence officer. He began writing for UFO magazines and has been a professional writer for nearly 30 years with published works that include science fiction, action/adventure, techno-thrillers and over 20 books of non-fiction. He holds four degrees including a Ph.D. in psychology and a Masters of Art in Military studies. Given his military background and 27 years of service, he is considered an expert on military matters.

Kenneth Abel is the author of the highly-praised Bait and The Blue Wall. Down in the Flood is his third in the critically-acclaimed Danny Chaisson thriller series; previous titles include Cold Steel Rain and The Burying Field. He lives in Columbus, Ohio.

Keith John Taylor has won two Ditmar awards for achievement in Australian science fiction, for Bard (1982) and Bard III: The Wild Sea (1987). He has also written as Dennis More.

Critically acclaimed author Kathleen Morris is an aficionado of history, and has lived all over the West, from Seattle to Phoenix and points between. She resides in Phoenix and loves the desert Southwest, especially following in the footsteps of the people she writes about. A graduate of Prescott College in Arizona, she firmly believes the key to good historical fiction is diligent research about the places and people she writes about. The Lily of the West is the winner of the 2019 Western Fictioneers Peacemaker award for Best First Western Novel as well as a finalist for Best Western Novel. Kathlelen’s short story “Mary Mary Quite Contrary” is included in the anthology Contention, and her novel, The Transformation of Chastity James is coming in March 2021.

Karen Hanson Stuyck is the author of eight mystery novels: Death by Dumpster, Do You Remember Me Now?, A Novel Way to Die, Fit to Die, Cry for Help, Held Accountable, and Lethal Lessons. She has worked as a newspaper reporter, an editor, and a public relations writer for hospitals and a mental health institution. Her short stories have been published in Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Woman’s World, and other magazines. She lives with her husband in Houston.