Reading, Writing, & Roaming with Author Valerie Biel
Valerie Biel, Robb Grindstaff, T.K. Sheffield, Anne Louise Bannon, Laurie Stevens, Joy Ribar, Margaret Mizushima, GP Gottlieb, Kathleen Kaska, Kathleen DonnellyAward-winning indie author, book marketing professional, & writing educator Valerie Biel brings you the latest publishing news, writing craft advice, book marketing & promotion tips. . .and occasional author interviews, new book news, and travel stories.
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Award-winning author of stories inspired by travel & insatiable curiosity. I use my powers for good to help other authors navigate the crazy publishing world by providing editing, book marketing, and promotion assistance.
Fiction author, book editor, writing coach and instructor, retired journalist. Lived all around the world and settled in a small town in the Midwest on a big lake.
Hi, I’m T.K. Sheffield, a Wisconsin author writing stories for readers to laugh and escape. "The Backyard Model Mysteries" are funny cozy mysteries. "The Valentine Lines" and "Valentines in July" are screwball comedies.
Author Anne Louise Bannon mostly writes mysteries, including the Old Los Angeles Series, the Freddie and Kathy series, and the Operation Quickline series. Visit her website at AnneLouiseBannon.com.
Laurie Stevens is the author of the award-winning Gabriel McRay psychological-suspense series and "The Return," a sci-fi/fantasy.
Joy pens two Wisconsin mystery series: Deep Lakes and Bay Browning, while traveling with her husband in their Winnebago. Like your mysteries cozy? Deep Lakes is for you. Like to live a little edgy? Bay Browning might be your series of choice.
Author of the Timber Creek K-9 Mysteries, police procedurals set in the Colorado mountains. Lover of dogs and cats. My veterinarian husband and I recently moved from our home state of Colorado to the Pacific NW.
I love books and music, trees and flowers, walking and baking, pies and ice cream. I'm host for New Books in Literature, a podcast channel on the New Books Network, and I write the Whipped and Sipped Mystery Series (book #4 launching in 2025)
Kathleen Kaska is an award-winning author of the Sydney Lockhart Mysteries and the Kate Caraway Animal-Rights Mysteries. She won the PenCraft Award for Best Mystery Series and the Amity Literary Award for her upcoming novel, Death Without Dignity.
Award-winning author Kathleen Donnelly writes the National Forest K-9 and Colorado K-9 series. She lives near the Colorado foothills with her husband and four-legged friends. To learn more, visit Kathleen's website at kathleendonnelly.com.
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