Jessica McHugh is a novelist, poet, and internationally-produced playwright running amok in the fields of horror, sci-fi, young adult, and wherever else her peculiar mind leads. She's had twenty-four books published in twelve years, including her bizarro romp, "The Green Kangaroos," her YA series, "The Darla Decker Diaries," and her blackout poetry collection, "A Complex Accident of Life." Please visit JessicaMcHughBooks.com for more samples of the McHughniverse.

Rachel Hope Crossman is a retired Montessori elementary teacher and holds a State of CA Child Development Program Director Permit. Her book, SAVING CINDERELLA: FAIRY TALES AND CHILDREN IN THE 21ST CENTURY, has been chosen by Children's Literature reviewer Nancy Polette as one of her Best of the Best Books for Summer/Fall 2014. http://www.nancypolette.com/BestBooks/nonfiction_SpringSummer2014.asp

It has been named Finalist in the USA Best Book Awards 2014, Children's Educational Category http://www.usabooknews.com/2014awardannouncement.html

She is currently writing science fiction. One recent story, "Calfiornia Cookin' " is a "what-if" tale about fire, family and food in California. It is meant to honor the victims of urban fires and offers a fantasy rescue of one lonely old lady in love to those who lost their lives and loved ones in Paradise, CA. Find it in Robin Praytor's anthology, FROM A CAT'S VIEW VOLUME ll.

Read Rachel's story about interspecies communication and Octigenta the blue whale in "What the Whales Were Singing" online at www.kingdomsinthewild.com. Read A FOREST FOR THE TREES, a tale of a redwood named Dave who seeks a peaceful grove where a tree can be free from human-induced climate change, in J. Scott Coatsworth's anthology, FIX THE WORLD.

Lisa Timpf spent her early years living next to a farm on the outskirts of Simcoe, Ontario. Though the family moved into town when Timpf was nine years old, this early experience sparked a life-long interest in nature, especially birds and butterflies.

Timpf received a Bachelor of Physical Education degree at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, then went on to study Sport History at the Master's level at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. During that time, she worked part-time as a sports writer at the Halifax Daily News.

After returning to her home province of Ontario, Timpf secured a job at Honda of Canada Mfg. in Alliston, Ontario, where she worked in a variety of roles including Human Resources and Communications, before retiring in February of 2014.

Timpf's writing credits include several columns written for the Creemore Echo, in an independent newspaper in Creemore, Ontario, as well as appearances in six Chicken Soup for the Soul anthologies, and pieces written for Small Farm Canada. She has also self-published a collection of creative non-fiction and poetry entitled A Trail that Twines: Reflections on Life and Nature, and a non-fiction book, St. George's Lawn Tennis Club: The First Hundred Years.

Star Trek (The Original Series) and authors such as Robert A. Heinlein and Andre Norton sparked an interest in science fiction in Timpf's teenage years. After her retirement, Timpf tried her hand at writing sci-fi short stories, poetry, and book reviews. Her sci-fi writing has appeared in anthologies such as Dogs of War, From a Cat's View, Enter the Rebirth, and Mother's Revenge, and magazines and online zines such as Bards and Sages Quarterly, New Myths, Star*Line, Liminality, and Apparition Lit.

In her younger years, Timpf was an avid athlete, participating in softball, field hockey, ball hockey, ice hockey, basketball, broomball, volleyball, badminton and track and field at various points in her life. Now confined to less strenuous pursuits, she enjoys organic gardening, cycling, and bird-watching.

Kathleen Halecki possesses a B.A. and M.A. in history and a doctoral degree in interdisciplinary studies. She currently resides in a seventeenth century home in New England.

So, bios are a rough thing. Most people don't read them, but if they do, they usually find the author is just some guy or gal and nothing super special. Or I can go with the classic humble brag and list my various achievements and try not to sound like a jerk doing so. Or I can attempt to be funny and witty. The challenge there is that can easily come off as mildly amusing but devoid of any real information at best or nonsensical and clinically insane at worst. Maybe there is a happy medium, but damned if I can find it...

I was born at an early age and was completely illiterate for the first several years. I overcame that and became an avid reader of all things sci/fi, fantasy or murder mystery. I grew up playing a lot of contact sports (the concussions weren't a thing when I was a kid and it shows), rode dirt bikes, shot guns for target practice, did a lot of camping and logged a few thousand hours playing Dungeons and Dragons, with a minor in video games. Over the years I have held many, many different jobs, sometimes at the same time. Anything from amateur blacksmithing and leatherworking, to bouncer at a pool hall, to trumpet player in various bands (marching and stage). I spent a forgettable summer learning to make microfilm and microfiche (a dead medium by now) before spending a few years as a Vet tech and dog trainer. A logical step later, I became a paramedic with a major fire department and spent almost 20 years in that role. Then I broke my spine and had to figure out what to do when I grow up. I dusted off a few notebooks filled with terrible short stories and ideas and tried to hone the craft of writing into an actual career. I'll let you know how it goes.

If your still reading and really want to know, I live in NY with my wife and son and an ever-rotating menagerie of pets.

Please check out my website, www.Keithahrensthewriter.com. Email me with any questions through the website. Thanks for reading!

Caryn Larrinaga is a Basque American mystery, horror, and urban fantasy writer. Her debut novel, DONN'S HILL, was awarded the League of Utah Writers 2017 Silver Quill in the adult novel category and was a 2017 Dragon Award finalist.

Watching scary movies through split fingers terrified Caryn as a child, and those nightmares inspire her to write now. Her 90-year-old house has a colorful history, and the creaking walls and narrow hallways send her running (never walking) up the stairs. Exploring her fears through writing makes Caryn feel a little less foolish for wanting a buddy to accompany her into the tool shed.

Caryn lives near Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and their clowder of cats. Visit www.carynlarrinaga.com for free short fiction and true tales of haunted places.

Karen Ovér is currently living and writing in New York City. Her work has appeared in the anthologies Fairy Tale Riot, From a Cat's View, Bubble Off-Plumb, and From a Cat's View Vol. II, and is available at amazon.com and balletsandbogeys.weebly.com/golemwerks

When not in the midst of negotiating with the cat for desk space, she can sometimes be found clinging to a ballet barre, attempting to realign the vertebrae sent in all directions by hours of maniacal word processing.

Patsy Pratt-Herzog is an emerging freelance writer from Southwestern Ohio. Her favorite genres to write are Sci-Fi and Fantasy. When she’s not writing, she enjoys painting and riding roller coasters. She shares her house in the burbs with her husband, Tim and three chunky cats. To learn more about Patsy and see other samples of her work, you can visit her blog at https://patsyprattherzog.wordpress.com/.

My publishing credits include a story in the upcoming Issue 5 of Fiction War Magazine and a story in an upcoming Devil's Party Press anthology titled "Suspicious Activities."

Robin Praytor spent her corporate days drafting legal documents and creating training materials. To distract from the deadlines and to-do lists that kept her awake at night, she invented complex and quirky stories that demanded written versions. Thus, her debut novel, TRANSMUTED (a KindleScout winner), finally saw daylight, to be followed by MASS PRIMARY, the second book in the Dark Landing science fiction series. She is currently writing the first three books in a new paranormal adventure series, VAMPIRE IN TIME. Each book will be a stand-alone mystery set at different points in history, or in the near and far-future.

Managing Editor of Post-To-Print Publishers, Robin splits her time between her publishing duties and writing. Post-To-Print Publishers released their first book, FROM A CAT'S VIEW, at the end of 2018, and FROM A CAT'S VIEW VOL. II in October 2019. Each anthology volume contains 18 mixed-genre stories written by the cats who lived them (with the assistance of some very talented authors).

A Michigan native, Robin now lives in Phoenix, Arizona, with her patient and long-suffering husband. She is a card-carrying geek and Comicon aficionado, with a penchant for science fiction and the paranormal.

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Born in drear November, 1946, Rossman served as a reporter and Editor on various Michigan papers for 20 years. Writing fiction since 1993, she created the Hunters or tautschen, civilized carnivores who live under their own Credo and Code (Hunt Law). She has 14 published short stories to her credit, 2 novels, and one novella. Her poetry has appeared in the Dan River Anthology 2000 and in Barnes and Nobles' "Songs of Honor." Her first story about the Hunters--"The Old Hunter"-- won publication in an online story contest sponsored by by Jack Eisenhower. She is still writing short story fiction about her favorite people. Her latest story is titled "Opening Day."