Frank Parker's writing has been likened to that of Laurie Lee, Ian McEwan and Charles Dickens. Not bad for a septuagenarian who came to writing late in life.

His most recent work, due to be published in Summer 2020, is a historical novel based on a real life, that of Arthur Kennedy. Appointed Poor Law Inspector in Kilrush, County Clare, towards the end of 1847, Kennedy exposed the practice of mass evictions carried out by wealthy landlords.

Frank is a retired Engineer. He was born close to the border between England and Wales and lived and worked in Coventry, North East Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire. His work also took him to both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic and to South Africa. Since retiring he has lived in County Laois in the Republic of Ireland where he paints, writes and gardens.

His first novel, "Honest Hearts", was written after reading about a Laois born man who became a gold miner in the Klondike and Alaska. Frank researched various aspects of life in North America at the turn of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in order to provide authentic settings and experiences for his principal characters.

His second novel, "Summer Day", is set in 1947 in a small rural community, similar to that in which he grew up. It follows a small boy and his dog as they try to evade family members and others seeking him following a tragic accident.

"Strongbow's Wife" follows the events of the Norman occupation of Ireland in the latter part of the 12th century as seen through the eyes of the young woman given in marriage in return for Strongbow's leadership of the invasion.

"Transgression" deals with the changes in attitudes to sex and sexuality in Great Britain over the past 70 years and features a member of the British Parliament terrified his secret liaison with a young woman 40 years ago will be revealed.

In non-fiction, "A Purgatory of Misery" is an attempt to explain the historical, cultural and social context for the Irish famine of the mid-nineteenth century.

USA Today bestselling author Jenifer Ruff has crafted over fifteen gripping mystery-thriller and suspense novels that have captivated readers worldwide. Known for her intricate, twisty plots and compelling character development, Jenifer's work includes the award-winning Agent Victoria Heslin Series.

Visit Jenruff .com for more information and a world of page-turning intrigue and suspense.

USA Today bestselling author Dan Alatorre has published more than 50 titles and is read in over a dozen languages around the world.

His fast-paced thrillers have gripped readers all over the globe, notably his USA Today bestseller Gamma Sequence medical thriller series, his successful murder mystery Double Blind series, the new Jett Thacker mystery series, and more. Readers can't put his books down.

Dan resides in the Tampa area with his wife and daughter.

Check out his Readers Club at DanAlatorre.com and find out about new releases before anyone else!

NEW! Jett Thacker Mysteries, a murder mystery series

- Tiffany Lynn Is Missing

- Killer In The Dark

The Gamma Sequence, a medical thriller series

- The Gamma Sequence

- Rogue Elements

- Terminal Sequence

- The Keepers

- Dark Hour

Double Blind, a murder mystery thriller series

- Double Blind

- Primary Target

- Third Degree

Horror Anthology series:

- Dark Passages

- Dark Voodoo

- Dark Intent

- Dark Thoughts

- Shadowland

- Wings & Fire

- Spellbound

- Nightmareland

- Dark Visions

- The Box Under The Bed

Paranormal Thriller/Horror:

- A Place Of Shadows

Sci Fi Time Travel Adventure:

- The Navigators

Comedy Romance:

- The Italian Assistant

And many more!

Allison is a YA and mystery/suspense author, blogger, teacher, mom, wife, coffee and wine consumer, and owl enthusiast. Her blog includes humor posts, short stories, and posts on writing strategy, parenting, and teaching.

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I love writing, it`s my passion. My genres include fantasy, horror, urban fantasy, and a mixture of all those. I love telling stories;period. I am married to my wonderful wife, who is my rock. Our daughter and our dog, german shepherd collie cross, are also my passions. To experience a moment of pure love is to experience the world.

Creativity is something I couldn`t live without.

I am also a Supernatural geek, and love my music. Punk, Goth, Rockabilly and visual Kei music from Japan.

The paranormal is my normal.

oh, and I also totally believe in faeries.

Transplanted from the monochromatic weather of the Silicon Valley with her hubby and kiddo, T.A. Henry now thrives in the rain and thunder of the Pacific Northwest. While a degree in History did not provide a lucrative career, it did teach this author how to research with the best of them. She reads non-fiction constantly and likes to use everything she absorbs as fodder for another novel.

Heather is not just an author. She is also a poet, a traveller, a photographer, a musician, a free spirit, an adventurer, a thrill seeker, a cycling nut, a wife and a mother. She wears all these hats with confidence and style and brings her entire self to everything she does.

She has cycled across entire countries, camped under freeways, trekked the Himalaya with a baby on her back, lived in a bamboo hut on a Thai beach, worked as a cleaner in a motel, taught English to the Japanese, and been executive assistant to a Deputy Prime Minister of Australia. There’s nothing she can’t do or won’t try – at least twice. If she doesn’t know, she makes it her mission to find out.

Heather currently lives on the Mid North Coast of NSW, Australia with her partner, Iain.

Joanne Larner was born in London and moved to Rayleigh in Essex (UK) in 2001. She has wanted to write a novel since the age of thirteen and finally managed it in 2015. She was helped by two things: National Novel Writing Month and Richard III. Richard was her inspiration and she became fascinated by him when she saw the Channel 4 documentary 'The King in the Car Park' in February 2013. She researched his life and times and read countless novels, but became fed up because they all ended the same way - with his death at the Battle of Bosworth.

So she decided to write a different type of Richard story and added a time travel element. The rest is (literally) history. She found his character seemed to write itself and with NaNoWriMo giving her the impetus to actually DO it, she succeeded.

Then came two sequels, making 'Richard Liveth Yet' a trilogy - a kind of 'Back to the Future' with Richard III!

She was asked by Susan Lamb, another Ricardian author, to collaborate on a humorous book about Richard, 'Dickon's Diaries', where Richard (aka Dickon) narrates in Olde Englishe the escapades of his household at his castle of 'Muddleham'. You can see the type of humour used on our Facebook page, Dickon for his Dames: https://www.facebook.com/Dickiethird/

In 2017 one of her Ricardian short stories was accepted for inclusion in an anthology of scary stories edited by Dan Alatorre: The Box Under the Bed

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Anne Marie Andrus has been an equestrienne, chorale singer, EMT, and baseball fan.

Roaming the back roads of New Jersey with her family, she found great respect for antiques, historical locations and the stories they hold. Her current list of favorite pastimes include coffee, bourbon, and Les Miserables--which requires more bourbon. She has been known to attend sporting events just for the flyover.

The inspiration for Anne Marie's series, Monsters & Angels, is her fascination with the supernatural and her passion for everything New Orleans.

Christine is an author, teacher, blogger, black cat aficionado and horror lover. She is a recipient of the Tennessee Williams Literature Award and the Writer's Digest Short Story Award. She holds degrees in English and Education. Check out Christine's horror stories in all volumes of 'The Box Under the Bed' series. If you dare!

I've always maintained that life is what you make it.

My Internet articles, stories, and photography combined have won well over 100 Editor Awards.

As an advocate of self-publishing and through writing contests sponsored and edited by Amazon's bestselling author Dan Alatorre, I came to be part of "The Box Under the Bed" horror genre anthology. "Dark Visions" and "Nightmareland," two other Alatorre productions, also include my story contributions.

Other short stories I've written in several different genres appear on my WordPress blogs, as well as chapters from my handcrafted Novels In A Nutshell and excerpts from my self-published novels.

My photography awards may be found at www.mycountyfairexhibit.wordpress.com and at www.pixoto.com/barbaraannehelberg

A list of all my article and photography blogs may be found at: www.mywritinglifexposed.wordpress.com

I'm a graduate of the correspondent Famous Writers School of Westport, Connecticut, in Fiction Writing (1968); a certificate graduate of The University of Toledo Continuing Education's "How to Write Contemporary Fiction" (1995); the Writer's Digest School's "The Novel Writing Workshop" (1997); and WDS's "Writing and Selling Short Stories" (2002.)

For a number of years, in two different stints, I was employed as a reporter/photographer by newspapers local to my native Ohio area.

From 1972 to 1980, I lived in Vermont and participated in the establishment of Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church near the twin cities of Barre and Montpelier.

Back in Ohio, while employed at local factories, I edited and published stories submitted by young writers across the country to my self-published children's magazine, "Connections."

Born in Napoleon, Henry County, Ohio, I grew up in the nearby small farm communities of Malinta, Grelton, and Holgate, where I graduated in 1964. In 2008, I retired in Napoleon, where I continue my writing and photography endeavors.

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