Bart Bryars is the second eldest of seven brothers and sisters from Mobile, Alabama. His father Marion was a pro ballplayer and fireman and his mother Dianne was a writer. He is a musician, songwriter, producer, artist, author, playwright, illustrator, librettist, actor, and dreamer.

While stationed in the U.S. Coast Guard in Michigan, he was arrested for cocaine offenses. Three days before his scheduled trial, he faked his death in an ice-fishing "accident" and went on the lam. He was captured in Louisiana four months later and subsequently spent seven years in prison (1985-1992).

After 30 years of people urging him to write a book about the seven years he spent in prison, he finally did. It's this new memoir titled "The Rabbit In Me”.

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Chris was a teacher for 23 years! He has a wife and two sons that give him the energy, love, and trust needed to pursue a #writerslife. He was the winner for Westerns in the 2020 American Fiction Awards (American Book Fest), a 2020 Best Book Finalist (American Book Fest), and a 2021 Selah Awards 3rd place Winner!

His new coming of age western series “Rowdy: Wild and Mean, Sharp and Keen” is quickly becoming a fan favorite with adults and children alike!

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Herbert McCants is a Freshman Author from Mobile, Alabama. At an early age, he developed a love for words through music. His interest in poetry sprang from moving around a lot and always feeling like the odd duck amongst his peers. As time passed his poetry took on a sort of self-medicating, soothing voice of inward calm.

As a man of 6'4" and an athletic build he spent a lot of time doing part-time work as a bouncer, DJ, and Club Manager - turning situations and real-life events into springboards of writing material.

Soon the pull of the nightlife gave way to his need for spiritual growth. As life changed so too has his writing. And now Herbert shares his poems of love and life with you. He's waiting on you at table 3, a cup of Caramel Macchiato Cappuccino in hand.

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Norma Vaughn Danzey lives on the Gulf Coast and enjoys writing suspenseful and faith-based books involving characters who struggle with issues much like we do. After receiving her Masters degree in education, she taught middle and elementary students in the public schools for many years.

Among the many joys of writing, she finds she can hardly wait to discover what will unfold in her stories. The characters have a mind of their own, and she can always make the twists and turns that keep the reader interested!

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Paula Lenor Webb, has a Master’s in Library and Information Science from the University of Alabama. She is currently a tenured Librarian at the University of South Alabama, in Mobile. Ms. Webb has always enjoyed research and documented her local history findings in her first book, Mobile Under Siege: Surviving the Union Blockade, in 2016. She has continued pursuing this avenue of research in her latest book, Such a Woman: The Life of Madame Octavia Walton LeVert.

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Craig A. Price Jr. lives on the Alabama Gulf Coast with his beautiful wife and three children. He is a USA Today Bestselling author of Fantasy and Sci-Fi. He has finished over a dozen novels and has seen a lot of success on Wattpad, where his novel, The Crimson Claymore, has seen over two and a half million reads and was a featured read for several years. During his free time, he enjoys reading, writing, playing games, listening to jazz and classical music on his Record Player, and smoking his long stem pipe.

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Theodore Pitsios was born in the village of Tsagarada, Greece. After graduating from the Maritime Academy, he sailed as an engineer in the merchant marine for a number of years. Before settling in the US Gulf Coast, he lived in Nassau, Bahamas and in West Palm Beach, Florida. His novels have been praised as being luminous, zesty, nostalgic, sardonic, skeptical, and full of life!

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Regina N. Smith is an African American writer born and raised in Louisiana. She is the wife of a Vietnam veteran and comes from a family of educators and veterans.

She writes books on bullying, interracial relationships, racial discrimination, child abuse, etc. In her spare time, Regina enjoys writing, genealogy, traveling, and returning lost and found objects to families.

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Sheila Farr is an eternal optimist! As the CEO of Gulf Coast Training & Education Services, LLC, in Biloxi, Mississippi, she helps small businesses and entrepreneurs overcome obstacles and achieve their dreams by turning stumbling blocks into stepping stones! Sheila is a multi-time international best-selling author who loves to share strategies and tools that inspire and help people propel their careers - and their lives - to a new level. She’s a cheerleader for others, inspires and motivates people through her blog, “Thankful and Blessed 365,” and is the founder of “Biloxi Reads!,” a literacy initiative along the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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Mary S. Palmer has a Master of Arts Degree in English with a concentration in Creative Writing from the University of South Alabama. She teaches at Faulkner University, Huntingdon College and Coastal Alabama College (the latter two are adjunct positions).

Although three of her published novels are science fiction, she has written and published in several other genres. These include speculative fiction, biographies, crime, mysteries and fantasy. She likes to experiment and explore the unknown to see what she can produce in a different field; it takes a lot of research but she enjoys the challenge! She is still actively writing, moving into poetry and other travel related works as well!

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Curtiss Ann Matlock is an American writer of over 36 novels, among them the beloved Valentine series of books set in the fictitious town of the same name. She has written contemporary and historical fiction for Silhouette Books, Harlequin Historical, Avon, and Mira Books. Her novels have placed on the USA TODAY best seller lists and received numerous awards, among them The University of Oklahoma Professional Writing Award, two National Readers’ Choice Awards, and three nominations for the Romance Writers of America’s prestigious RITA® Award. Her books are published world-wide in twenty languages. Told with a strong Southern voice, her warm and insightful stories portray the human comedy and uncommon valor of everyday people striving to deal with heartbreak, to live with faith, and to love well.

Born in North Carolina into a military family, Curtiss Ann traveled widely until she and her husband settled in rural Oklahoma, where they raised their son and a few horses, the church was just up the road, and everyone managed to know everyone and help out when necessary.

Curtiss Ann currently resides in south Alabama, where she is busy with family, writing, gardening, and RV-ing.

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Theola Bright is an author, motivational speaker on God consciousness, love and relationships, careers, drop-out prevention, and stress relief.

She is a creator of musical lectures on the history of black music and self-esteem. She is the author of three self-help books of poetry.

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Mr. Ledell Boyd was raised in Mobile, AL. As a child, he had a severe case of dyslexia and got lost in school. Back then, people in the South didn't recognize dyslexia and they used the term retarded. He had to fight his way through school. In 1967 Mr. Boyd found himself without much structure and didn't know how to do much. He decided to move to New York City where he landed a job with ConEdison and was sent to school to see what he was capable of doing. They taught him the fundamentals of reading and sent him to a psychologist. It was then he finally started to understand himself and what he was dealing with. He started learning how to put the words together. He was told to stay with it and not give up.

When Mr. Boyd retired, he decided to move back to his hometown and pursue his dream of writing. After twenty-three years as an electrician for Consolidated Edison Company in New York City, Ledell Boyd thought it was time to commit pen to paper to pursue one of his greatest loves - poetry. His wife, Ceola, noted he had great ideas and told him to "put them together and let the world know how you feel." When not writing poetry or short stories, Mr. Boyd enjoys fishing, bike riding, bird-watching, reading, and spending time with his grandchildren.

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Liz Hoop, multi-time international best-selling author and Best of Mississippi award winner of Author of the Year Anthology, is the owner and CEO of Hoop Cares LLC, a senior concierge business. She loves helping and encouraging others; she finds it her calling and a way to minister to others. She attends Magnolia Springs church, where she is a member of the choir and a leader of the women’s ministry team. She serves on the board of directors for MS Heroes, the Mental Health Association of South Mississippi, and Adult & Teen Challenge for Women in Mississippi. She’s an ambassador for Be Mississippi Chamber and serves as the Chairperson for TRIAD of Jackson County, Miss., an organization that works to continually improve safety awareness education among senior citizens. She’s also a Community Educator for the Alzheimer’s Association of MS. Liz selflessly gives of her time in volunteer efforts that help others. Liz has received numerous nominations and awards recognizing all her efforts, most recently as Best Of Mississippi Award for Author of Anthology for the Year and Small Business Owner for Hoop Cares LLC. She enjoys spending time with her family and friends.

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The valedictorian of her high school graduating class, Joyce Scarbrough is an intelligent Southern woman weary of seeing herself and her peers portrayed in books and movies as either post-antebellum debutantes or barefoot hillbillies a la Daisy Duke, so all her heroines are smart, unpretentious women who refuse to be anyone but themselves. She's lived all her life in southern Alabama, she's the mother of three gifted children, and she's married to the love of her life, a superhero who disguises himself during the day as a high school math teacher and coach.

In addition to her novels, Joyce also has short stories featured in anthologies from Mobile Writers Guild, L&L Dreamspell, Excalibur, and Mod Mobilian Press.

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Wayne Brady, an American working man, graduated magna cum laude from The University of Alabama at the age of 52. He describes himself as, “A work in progress; too young to give up, too old to accept failure.” He has learned some valuable lessons in life and freely shares them in his book.

He lives with his wife Carolyn, in Orange Beach, Alabama.

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Danyale Williams’s pen name is Nikol Day. Originally born in Cleveland, Ohio, Nikol currently resides in Alabama. After earning her bachelor’s in May 2019, she gave birth to her second child. In 2020 Nikol began volunteering at Mobile Public Library Parkway Branch. As the founder of Citi Poetry, she networks to promote family friendly creative workshops, and help celebrate authentic, artistic expressions.

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As a lifelong resident of the Gulf Coast, Brueske became fascinated with studying local Civil War history, in particular the 1865 campaign for Mobile. His first book, The Last Siege, is a result of many years of research on the Mobile Campaign. He founded the Mobile Civil War Round Table and regularly gives talks on Civil War topics. He is currently the Head Track & Field Coach at the University of South Alabama. Brueske is a member of the Friends of Historic Blakeley State Park, Mobile Historical Society, and the Mobile Optimist Club.

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Willie Dinish Jr. is a born native of Mobile, AL. After high school, he joined the United States Air Force and served over 20 years, retiring with the rank of Technical Sergeant. During his time in the military he traveled the world and began writing to fill the hours of his travels. Thoughts is his first collection of poetry. Focusing on the deep emotional response that one feels as they explore a new relationship, it frames the moments and aspirations of hopes and desires into specific moments in time. This is his second published work following, The Quiet Mind, a novel that he wrote in collaboration with his son.

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Saniyah Baker-Boatwright was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 7, 1999. A few years later she moved to Alabama to reside. She’s an Author, Entrepreneur, and CEO and Founder of TWeen Queen Empowering Sisterhood.

Through her organization, she mentors young girls ages 13-19 in becoming the women they are destined to be by empowering, encouraging, and inspiring them. In 2017, with an Advanced Honors Diploma, she graduated from Murphy High School with a 4.2 GPA. In her spare time, she loves to mentor, journal, read/write poems and stories, travel, listen to music, enjoy good food, spend time with family and friends, and of course go shopping. Speaking of writing, being able to encourage young teenagers that they can go after their dreams and break generational curses, even when they are to face challenging situations is the main reason why she became an author.

Her brand is to empower, encourage, inspire, and understand, young teenagers and adults who are feeling alone and don’t know their worth. Because she was once that girl who didn’t know her self-worth, who listened to societal views, and who was afraid to become the woman she was destined to be, she is now able to pass on her life lessons through her writing, which was depicted in her first book, That Girl Who?. Her most favorite thing about being an Author is seeing and hearing about the impact that she has made on young teenagers and adult’s lives by being so real and relatable in her writing. She looks forward to connecting with teenagers, helping them define their purpose, and cheering them on through their accomplishments! More details on that will be addressed at a later time!

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Lindsay was born and raised in the south where she met and married her husband, Derek. They have served in ministry together since before they even started dating, and ministry continues to be a huge part of their lives. The Allens spent seven years as church planting missionaries in Miami, FL and now serve at First Baptist Tillman's Corner in Mobile, AL. Lindsay homeschools her five children and dates their dad often.

Much of our time is spent building, guarding, and maintaining emotional walls that guard us from genuine relationships with others. Sooner or later, our well-meaning construction efforts reveal our vast inability to protect ourselves. Instead, they serve to separate us from those who love us most, including God. We can take steps to break down those faulty walls and use the debris to create altars to the Lord. Lindsay Allen’s book titled “Trading Walls for Altars” is designed to help us do just that.

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Joi West Phalo is the founder of She Changes Everything, an organization created to inspire and encourage teen moms to overcome the shame, adversities, stereotypes, and challenges of young motherhood through community, education, resources, and literature.

She obtained a Bachelor of Science in Human Resources Management from Faulkner University. For eight years, Joi worked with the Mobile County Public School System as a Paraprofessional and Registrar. She currently serves as the Administrative Coordinator for the Center for Fair Housing in Mobile, AL.

Joi is the author of 15. 19. 23. – a book detailing her experiences of teen pregnancy and motherhood, young marriage, and divorce.

West Phalo keeps impacting her community and invoking positive change at the heart of her work. When she is not cultivating her purpose and passions, Joi enjoys cooking, traveling, and spending time with family.

She is a devoted wife to her husband Derrick and mother to their four children.

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Halley is an accomplished writer with two creative writing degrees under her belt. She is also a seasoned copy editor with a keen eye for detail. Beyond her role as a copy editor, she is a professional ghostwriter; if you couldn't tell, she thrives under pressure. Let's not forget that she has two kiddos and a husband that make her life enjoyable. You can connect with her at Halleywrites.com

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Although this is her first children's title, Dr. DeLois Jackson has been writing for over 20 years. She is a philanthropist, teacher, and educator. She is the founder and CEO of a private school, Alpha and Omega Christian Learning Center, that she owns and operates by day; she is also the President and a professor at a Bible College by night.

Dr. Jackson holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Management; a Master of Science in Human Resource Management; a Master of Science in National Resource Strategy; and a Doctorate in Ministry which she worked extremely hard to attain. As you can see, education is vitally important to her. She can be found almost anywhere, anytime multitasking.

She is a Floridian, and lives in the Florida Panhandle with her husband. She is a wife, a mother, and a grandmother.

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Jacquline Stringfellow Poiroux (JNSP) is a life-long resident of the beautiful Gulf Coast. She attended Spring Hill College in Alabama, where she earned a B.S in Science. After living in several states and experiencing many beautiful and wondrous things, she set her sights on becoming a homestead owner and an author. Her interests include: serial killers, psychology, flowers, mental illnesses, Ancient Egypt and cultures, and birds.

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The fourth daughter of Jamaican immigrants, Racquel D. Innis-Shelton, MD was raised by her mother after her parents' divorce in the inner-city of Los Angeles.

Racquel is now an assistant professor of medicine, specializing in the field of stem cell transplantation for the management of high risk hematologic malignancies. Her research focuses on the practical application of scientific concepts into therapy and clinical trials.

She has traveled extensively in part due to her now ex-husband's career in the military. Together they have four wonderful children. After 13 years of marriage, Racquel was faced with a four-year struggle to recover emotionally. During this process she experienced a level of self-discovery and found her inner-strength. She hopes When My Well Ran Dry will help other individuals unleash their own natural resiliency.

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Julia Royston is an author, publishing and motivational speaker born and raised in Louisville, KY. Julia is the oldest of 3 daughters in a Christian family and is married to Mr. Brian K. Royston. Julia earned a B.A. in Accounting, two Masters Degrees in Information Science and a doctorate in Religious Education from Bellarmine University, University of Kentucky, Spalding University and Grace Bible College, Niles, OH, respectively. Julia is a public elementary school Computer Technology Teacher/Media Specialist by profession.

In 2002, Julia established For the Kingdom Ministries with the mission to “Build God’s People to Build the Kingdom of God” through education, empowerment and encouragement through inspirational music, high quality materials and messages of hope.

In 2008, BK Royston Publishing Company was established and released its first book titled, "All New Season in Word.” To date Julia Royston has published 66 books with BK Royston Publishing Company, LLC and has signed 225 authors to her company and published more than 350 books.

In 2015, a second publishing company, Royal Media Publishing was established to tackle the tough, mainstream and global topics. Royal Media Publishing is committed to publishing high quality manuscripts to bring to the forefront issues that touch every walk of society.

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Paulette C. Hammack, Born February 9, 1949, in Pensacola, Florida. Married Thomas C. Hammack on June 5, 1971. Moved to Chapel Hill, North Carolina for a year, then moved and settled in Hattiesburg, Mississippi until she moved again in May 1995. Today she resides back in Pensacola, Florida where she is enjoying her retirement, children and grandchildren. She was one of twelve children, the ninth to be exact, four girls and eight boys. Growing up in Pensacola, in her backyard was a true Southern experience. Bare foot and free to use her imaginations and travel any where her mind wanted to go. Writing has always been a hobby of hers, and now she has taken this hobby and has written her first book, "Whisperings in the Wings," inspirational, thought provoking and an enjoyable read.

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Cheryl Corriveau is a native Floridian. Being an only child, her parents instilled in her that the word ‘can’t’ didn’t exist. She has always been an entrepreneur. After her day of teaching high school students, she coached the girls’ basketball B, and tennis teams. She also taught evening real estate licensing classes. She spent her summer months at CBS Network as their pilot television program coordinator.

After twenty years, she retired from the classroom and became education director of a large real estate franchise corporation. Cheryl has owned and operated several businesses—a real estate corporation, an aerial photography business, a commercial interior design business. Her love for boats led her to become the sole proprietor of a boat dealership on the St. Johns River. Her real-life experiences in the boating business inspired her to write the fiction novel The Demanding River.

Curtis Maynard is an active writer in film scripts and book. He enjoys mystery and suspense. Curtis resides in South Alabama with his wife and son Bentley. He enjoys interacting with people and helps others any way he can. His goal is to produce movies.

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Alan Sealls served as a TV Chief Meteorologist in Mobile, Alabama for 24 years, first at WKRG-TV, then at NBC15. Alan not only holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in meteorology from Cornell University and from Florida State University, but he also has professional certifications from the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and the National Weather Association (NWA). Alan is a Fellow of the AMS- a distinction held by a small fraction of meteorologists.

Before arriving in Mobile in 1999, Alan was a meteorologist at the NBC TV station in Chicago. Prior to that he spent 5 years at Chicago superstation WGN-TV. While there, he was a meteorology professor at Columbia College in Chicago. He worked as a meteorologist at WTMJ-TV & Radio, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after starting his career in Albany, Georgia, at WALB-TV.

Alan continues as an adjunct professor, teaching weather broadcasting at the University of South Alabama, each spring. Alan was the 2018 President of the National Weather Association. He has served as both a Councilor and a Board Chair for both the NWA and the AMS. He often is a guest lecturer on college campuses, and an invited presenter and panelist for weather and journalism conventions.

With 27 regional Emmy nominations, Alan has won 16 regional Emmy awards. He received "Best Weather Anchor" from the Alabama Associated Press Broadcasters Association four times, and best weathercaster in the state three times from the Alabama Broadcaster's Association. Alan also won a best-in-state award for his retrospective on Hurricane Ivan. The AMS recognized Alan with an award for excellence in science reporting for a three-part series he produced on climate change. In 2017, Reddit users voted him “Best Weatherman Ever”, during Hurricane Irma, after one of his weather segments went viral on social media. Lagniappe newspaper readers voted Alan as Best Meteorologist in Mobile, eight years in a row. In 2019, Alan won the AMS Award for Broadcast Meteorology for a career of science education to the public and to his peers. Alan has also received several community service awards in the last few years.

He has also now written and published 3 books!

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A.E. Wright is a south Alabama native. She’s happily marred to her husband of over ten years, loves Jesus, Mardi Gras, and all things fantasy. Author of The Price of a Bargain Series. Follow on Instagram @arielleelisabethwright or on TikTok @a.e.wright for behind the scenes and updates.

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Lee Rozelle is the author of Backwaters: 12 Murky Tales and Ballad of Jasmine Wills from Montag Press. He wrote the nonfiction books Zombiescapes & Phantom Zones and Ecosublime, and he has published horror stories in Cosmic Horror Monthly, Southern Humanities Review, HellBound Books' Anthology of Bizarro, Shadowy Natures by Dark Ink Books, If I Die Before I Wake Volume 3, and the Scare You to Sleep podcast. He was born in Mobile, got his bachelor’s degree at the University of South Alabama, and was fortunate enough to study with Sue Walker. Find him the Slasher app.

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