Authors
JN Chaney
J. N. Chaney has a Master’s of Fine Arts in creative writing and fancies himself quite the Super Mario Bros. fan. When he isn’t writing or gaming, you can find him in the Renegade Readers Facebook Group. He migrates often, but was last seen in Las Vegas, NV. Any sightings should be reported, as they are rare.
Jason Anspach
Jason Anspach is the author of Legionnaire, ’til Death and also other things. He is the co-creator of the Military Science Fiction franchise, Galaxy’s Edge. Jason lives in the Pacific Northwest together with one wife, seven kids, the crew of the Indelible VI, the ghost of Calvin Coolidge, and the family dog, Charlotte.
Jonathan P. Brazee
Col. Jonathan P. Brazee, USMC (ret) is a multiple Nebula and Dragon Award Finalist and USA Today bestselling author of over sixty novels. His work includes The United Federation Marine Corps series, the Ghost Marines series, and the Fire Ant Saga.
Matt Coleman
Matt Coleman’s Galactic Heritage Series is a six book adventure about an Earther, Gunnar McConnell, who inherits not only an ancient starship, but a legacy which he must willingly accept, despite the life-threatening danger he will face at every turn. Matt Coleman is the penname for thriller writer Lori Carol Maloy, who spends time living between Las Vegas and central Florida. After years of writing multiple books and reading countless others, Lori decided to pursue her writing passion fulltime. She is a retired mental health therapist with two kids, three grandkids, and one dog named Libby.
Matthew A. Goodwin
Matthew A. Goodwin has been writing about spaceships, dragons and adventures since he was a child. After creating his first fantasy world at twelve years old, he never stopped writing. Storytelling happened only in the background for over a decade as he spent his days caring for wildlife as a zookeeper, but when his son was born, he decided to pursue his lifelong dream of becoming an author.
Having always loved sweeping space operas and gritty cyberpunk stories that asked questions about man’s relationship to technology, he penned the international bestselling series, A Cyberpunk Saga. His passion for the genre also inspired him to create and cofound Cyberpunk Day ™, a celebration of all things high tech / low life.
He is now expanding his science fiction universe into space.
Chris Kennedy
A Webster Award winner and three-time Dragon Award finalist, Chris Kennedy is a Science Fiction/Fantasy author, speaker, and small-press publisher who has written over 30 books and published more than 200 others. Chris lives in Coinjock, North Carolina, with his wife, and is the holder of a doctorate in educational leadership and master’s degrees in both business and public administration.
M. F. Lerma
M.F. Lerma is a recovering engineer from the commercial hellscape. Writing fills the void, as does coffee and the occasional whisky, and copious amounts of memes.
Terry Maggert
Left-handed. I like dragons, coffee, waffles, running, and giraffes; order unimportant. I write the Halfway Witchy, Messenger, Starcaster and Shattered Skies series, as well as contributing to many anthologies. If I’m not at home, then I’m on the road, and if I’m on the road, I’ll be at a book event. I’ve written thirty-three novels and counting. I don’t sleep, but you probably guessed that already. If you want me to visit your town for an event, let me know when and where. See you out there.
Terry Mixon
#1 Bestselling Military Science Fiction author Terry Mixon served as a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army 101st Airborne Division. He later worked alongside the flight controllers in the Mission Control Center at the NASA Johnson Space Center supporting the Space Shuttle, the International Space Station, and other human spaceflight projects. He now writes full time while living in Texas with his lovely wife and a pounce of cats. Visit terrymixon.com to learn more.
Scott Moon
My name is Scott Moon and, among other things, I write science fiction. Some of the other things are career cop and cofounder of Keystroke Medium. Family and writing, close friends and writing, fitness and last but not least, writing, are my life. I’ve written somewhere in the neighborhood of fifty, including collaborations with some of today’s most successful sci-fi authors: Richard Fox, Craig Martelle, and J.N. Chaney.
Rick Partlow
Rick Partlow is that rarest of species, a native Floridian. Born in Tampa, he attended Florida Southern College and graduated with a degree in History and a commission in the US Army as an Infantry officer. His lifelong love of science fiction began with Have Space Suit—Will Travel and the other Heinlein juveniles and traveled through Clifford Simak, Asimov, Clarke and on to William Gibson, Walter Jon Williams and Peter F Hamilton. And somewhere, submerged in the worlds of others, Rick began to create his own worlds. He has written over 40 books in a dozen different series, and his short stories have been included in twelve different anthologies.
Jasper T. Scott
Jasper Scott is a USA Today bestselling author of science fiction and a three-time Kindle all-star. With more than forty novels published and over a million copies sold, Jasper’s work has been translated into various languages and published around the world.
Jasper writes fast-paced books with unexpected twists and flawed characters. He was born and raised in Canada by South African parents, with a British heritage on his mother’s side and German on his father’s. He now lives in an exotic locale with his wife, their two kids, and two Chihuahuas.
Jia Shen
Jia Shen is the author of the Sol Arbiter series. Sol Arbiter is an Amazon bestseller, hitting #1 in Space Opera, Genetic Engineering, Galactic Empire, and Cyberpunk.
Thomas Webb
Thomas Webb is a short story author, essayist, and novelist. He’s a prior service Marine who resides in Richmond, VA, with his wife and two children. When he’s not spending time with his family or writing, Thomas enjoys lifting weights, running, and choking his friends via the fine art of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu.
Christopher Hopper
Christopher Hopper is an international best-selling author. His books have reached #1 on Amazon and Audible for science fiction, space opera, alien invasion, post-apocalyptic, space adventure, and military sci-fi. They’ve been nominated for or received numerous accolades, including the Audies, Silver Moonbeam, Lamplighter, Clive Staples, Pluto, DragonCon, and SOVAS awards. Christopher resides in the 1000 Islands region of northern New York.
Jonathan Yanez
More animal than man, he bleeds caffeine and… Ah, I’m just kidding. It sounded cool though, right? I write because that’s what I was born to do and I freaking love doing it. And when I’m not writing crazy stories, I’m at home with my wife and two-year-old daughter creating crazy stories.