Ronald Malfi (1977 - ) “The Sun Also Rises is probably the greatest American novel ever written.”Ronald Malfi is an award-winning author of many novels and novellas in the horror, mystery, and thriller categories from various publishers. In 2009 his crime drama, Shamrock Alley, won...

Dr. Ben Carson “I started reading about people of great accomplishment… and it dawned on me suddenly that the person who has the most to do with what happens in your life is you.” Dr. Ben Carson was born in Detroit to a single mother with a 3rd grade education who worked multipl...

Phyllis Reynolds Naylor “It was wonderful to snuggle up against Mom on the sofa, or sprawl out on the rug listening to Dad read Mark Twain’s books, my favorite, aloud.”  Phyllis Reynolds Naylor writes for all ages, but is best known for her Young Adult books, Shiloh, which w...

Sujata Massey(1964 - ) “Mystery readers are just great readers. They’re loyal and supportive ...” Sujata was born in England to parents from India and Germany and was raised mostly in St. Paul, Minnesota. It was during her college years at Johns Hopkins University that Massey dec...

Dan Fesperman “Every culture in the world is just one good shove away from the precipice of barbarism.” Born and raised in North Carolina, Dan was educated in the public schools of Charlotte and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. As a journalist he worked a...