Author Interviews

About the Author Red Phoenix is an award-winning indie author who began her writing career in December of 2011. She caught the imagination of readers with her little novelette, Brie’s First Day of Submissive Training, which was published in March, 2012. Since then, fans have been riding the Brie wave with the sociable author. In October of the same year, Red published the wildly popular eBook serial into novel form, Brie Learns the Art of Submission. She recently finished Brie’s continuing journey in the novel titled, Brie Embraces the Heart of Submission: After Graduation. The epic novel, 542 pages of ...

About the Author Carol Fragale Brill’s fiction received recognition from Poets and Writers and was a reader’s favorite for The Best of Philadelphia Stories. Her works have also appeared in Wide Array, New York Journal of Books, the Press of Atlantic City, and numerous online e-zines and business journals. The author of two novels, PEACE BY PIECE and CAPE MAYBE, she earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Fairleigh Dickinson University. She is a happily married beach and book lover, living her dream in Cape May, NJ. In her “day job” as a Leadership Coach and educator she frequently uses ...

About the Author With her IvyLeague education, white trash sensibility, and pop culture savvy, GVR Corcillo delights in writing Chick Lit about characters who try not to trip as they valiantly march to their own bongo beat. But she didn’t start writing right away. First, she worked in a potpourri-stuffing factory, a metal-perforating plant, a video store, a greenhouse, a supermarket, a children’s museum, a radio station, and a bar. Not to mention she taught high school in Watts and South Central Los Angeles. But none of these fit the bill for what she always wanted to be when she ...

About the Author Sydney Strand is a traditionally published author who lives for any sort of holiday. She does draw the line at Pi Day (3.14), however. You can find her at www.sydneystrand.com, as well as Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and Twitter. What inspires you to write romance books? I started reading romances at age 8 with a confiscated copy of The Thorn Birds. This led to a love affair with Harlequin and Loveswept starting at age 9, and my love of all things romance has grown exponentially ever since. If a book or movie doesn’t have a romance in it, ...

About the Author I was born on Friday the 13th a long time ago in a far away galaxy. I went to Catholic grade and high school. My first published article appeared in the July, 1965 issue of Railroad Model Craftsman magazine for model train hobbyists. I was 17 years old. I totally confused my New Jersey and went to college at the University of Arizona – had never been further west than Philadelphia. Got a degree in History & Governemnt and strated law school. Interrupted by the Nixon lotto when I drafted into the Army in 1970. After two ...

About the Author Carmen Amato was born in New York and educated there as well as Virginia and Paris, France. Her family tree includes a mayor, a Mensa genius, and the first homicide in the state of Connecticut with an automatic weapon. The perpetrator, her great-grandfather, eluded a state-wide manhunt after killing two people–one of whom was his wife–and was never brought to justice. She is the author of political thriller THE HIDDEN LIGHT OF MEXICO CITY and the Emilia Cruz mystery series set in Acapulco. She currently divides her time between the United States and Central America but can ...

About the Author Marie Lavender lives in the Midwest with her family and three cats. She has been writing for over twenty years. She has more works in progress than she can count on two hands. At the tender age of nine, she began writing stories. Her imagination fueled a lot of her early child’s play. Even growing up, she entered writing contests and received a certificate for achieving the second round in one. She majored in Creative Writing in college because that was all she ever wanted – to be a writer. While there, she published two works in ...

About the Author I have always loved to write, and since a very young age I have put pen to paper, spilling out the thoughts, hopes and dreams trapped in my head. I have written short pieces and articles for magazines for many years, always having something I am scribbling away at. It was not really until I had a baby that I actually had the time write a novel – yes really – sleepless nights of a baby asleep on my chest have been filled with writing. I think sometimes once you start writing, and can see the words ...

About the Author Zander Vyne’s short and long fiction has been published everywhere, though she is best known for her erotica and horror stories. Her work has been included in the Best of the Erotica Readers and Writers Association, Red Scream magazine, The Mammoth Book of Best New Erotica 11 and 12 and many other publications, in print and online. Zander enjoys passing on her love of good books with other writers, helping them edit their work. You can often find her hanging out on Facebook talking about writing and books. She lives in Chicago, Illinois with her husband, daughter, ...

About the Author Born and raised in small town Northern Ontario, Canada, Carey Decevito has always had a penchant for reading and writing for as long as she can remember. More than a decade later, with weeks of sleepless nights, where exhaustion had settled in to her everyday existence, she finally gave and put pen to paper (more like fingers to keyboard). She submitted to the dreams that plagued her insomnia. And the rest, as they say, is history! Carey Decevito has two published works entitled Hot Communications and Once Written, Twice Shy which is part of a five-book series ...

About the Author T.R. Horne is a freelance relationship columnist, entrepreneur and budding author. She graduated with distinction from Ashford University with a Bachelor’s in Communication Studies and Master’s in Education. Normally, she calls Atlanta, Georgia home and hopes to finish her doctorate degree in the next few years. She fancies murder mysteries, thrillers, romantic suspense and erotica stories but usually gets hooked on reality television. T.R. Horne lives near Yokohama, Japan with her husband, son and dog. What inspires you to write romance books? Well, I am not a full blown romance writer persay. My work blurs the lines ...

About the Author Brittany Jo James was born and raised in the small town of Idabel, Oklahoma. She is happily married to her high school sweetheart, Conlee, who is now a soldier in the United States Air Force. They share two rowdy sons, Jagger and Jett. Her life revolves around living for God, caring for her family and writing, writing, writing. The James family is currently residing near Anchorage, Alaska until the USAF decides otherwise. What inspires you to write romance books? I’ve been in love with romance novels since I was way too young to be reading them! When ...