Phoebe Matthews loves reading urban fantasy novels and after years of writing romance, has finally started writing the books she loves to read. Her Mudflat series combines sword and sorcery with a neighborhood in Seattle where old magic runs amuck through the...

Alex Bledsoe grew up in west Tennessee an hour north of Graceland and twenty minutes from Nutbush. He's been a reporter, editor, photographer and door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesman. Alex now lives in a Wisconsin town famous for trolls, writes before six in the...

Sharon Ashwood is a freelance journalist, novelist, desk jockey and enthusiast for the weird and spooky. She has an English literature degree but works as a finance geek. Interests include growing her to-be-read pile and playing with the toy graveyard on her desk. As...

Once upon a time, Cynthia Cooke lived a quiet, idyllic life caring for her beautiful eighteen-month-old daughter then peace gave way to chaos as she gave birth to boy/girl twins. Hip-deep in diapers and baby food and living in a world of sleep deprivation, she kept my...

Maria Lima is a writing geek with one foot in the real world and the other in the make-believe. Her role models include Tanya Huff, Joss Whedon, Christopher Golden and Charles de Lint amongst many others. Her love of reading began with discovering Scholastic Books in...

Welcome to 30 Days of Vampires 2011. Stop by every day in December for a new post on vampires and a chance to win a $100 gift card from the bookstore of your choice. (gift card must be available for Lori to purchase/send with reasonable shipping) Also watch for...