ENJOY THESE AMAZING AUTHORS:

Mark Jeffrey is an entrepreneur, blockchain investor and author of ten books. His first novel, The Pocket and the Pendant, got 2.3 million downloads as a podcast audiobook and was published by Harper Collins. His first company, The Palace, was backed by Softbank and had 10 million users. 

He also founded the ZeroDegrees business social network (acquired by IAC), participated in the Ethereum ICO, worked with UBER founder Travis Kalanick on his second startup, and was founding CTO of Mahalo (backed by Elon Musk, Sequoia). He appears prominently in the blockchain film TRUST MACHINE with Rosario Dawson and Alex Winter ("Bill" from Bill & Ted). His latest scifi thriller, The Name and the Shadow, incorporates this firsthand experience with AI, blockchain and venture capital.

Alex McGilvery - introduces his book, Columbia Smoke, and talks about worldbuilding in a real world setting. 

Alex McGilvery reviewed books for twenty-five years, reading all genres. Within the last few years, he shifted focus to editing. As a content editor, he works with authors to polish their stories through focus on plot, character, tone. 

Barbara Spencer – How a cataclysmic trip to Amsterdam resulted in my writing ‘The Year the Swans Came’, while its fascinating male lead, Zande, became responsible for the trilogy Children of Zeus. 

Barbara Spencer is an award-winning children’s author, Barbara is now writing fantasy/magical realism for an older audience. 

Mary Anne Edwards - speaking on her world as an author and her private life as well. 

Mary Anne listened to the voices in her head and began writing her award-winning mystery series featuring Detective Charlie McClung. 

Jim Mosquera - Rebellium: A realistic thriller, alarmingly true to our times. The 2nd book in the Chandler Scott series. In a fast-paced thriller, Chandler Scott continues his quest for the dream story. But his mentors may not be able to save him. Will he sacrifice his career, his love, and his life? 

Jim Mosquera is a published author of fiction and non-fiction. His non-fiction work will make you understand why the proposed solutions for our problems will not work. His fictional work is so realistic, it will make you wonder if such stories are possible. 

Niamh Campbell - On the origin and significance of the epigraph to my second novel, We Were Young – ‘there is only one woman in the world’ – in the context of women writing Ireland's recent history. It concludes with an excerpt from the unpublished book. 

Niamh Campbell won the 2020 Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award with her story Love Many. This is the richest prize for a single short story in the English language. Her debut novel This Happy from Weidenfeld and Nicolson is out now. 

Judith Barrow - talks about the relationships in families on the video, especially the special, sometimes ambivalent relationship between mother and daughter. She will also read a short fragment from The Memory. 

Judith Barrow is a Creative Writing tutor for Pembrokeshire County Council and holds private one-to-one workshops on all genres. 

Elise Garibaldi - with her grandmother (the last Holocaust survivor of Bremen) discussing cover-ups, lies, and Germany’s modern-day distortion of history in her thrilling true-crime expose entitled, Never Enough: the Carl Katz Story. 

Elise Garibaldi writes narrative nonfiction, so that her work is both historically accurate and page-turning. Her debut book, Roses in a Forbidden Garden a Holocaust Love Story, and an Amazon Bestseller. 

Joan Ramirez - author, teacher, speaker, ESL specialist, talks about some of her books available at joansbookshelf.com: Secret Desires, a contemporary romance, Jamie is Autistic is about a child with learning difficulties, Go for it leadership Handbook is for students to learn about leadership, The Write Rules is a basic writing handbook for those needing help with writing in English. 

Joan Ramirez has an M.S. in Journalism, an M.S. in English as a Second Language, and an M.S. in Elementary/Special Education. She has taught ESL in South Korea, Hong Kong, and Vietnam–to name a few countries. Nonfiction books for children have been a primary focus, including books on autism and leadership for young students. 

Ignacio Lloret - highlights the stylistic literary aspects and various background issues related to the plot of his novel “Una ventana a la oscuridad” (In Spanish with English subtitles). 

Ignacio Lloret (Barcelona, 1968), graduated in German Philology and Law from the University of Barcelona. Diploma of Advanced Studies in Literature and Literary Science from the University of the Basque Country. He published the novel “Juguetes sin recoger” (2002), the volume of stories “Monocotiledóneas” (2008), the narrative book “Tu alma en la orilla” (2012), the novel “El hombre selvático” (2014), the narrative book “Nosotros como esperanza”, the novel “El puente de Postdam” (2016), the narrative book “La pequeña llama del día” (2017), the stories book “Diálogos animados con personas muertas” (2018) and the novel “Una ventana a la oscuridad” (2020). Ignacio teaches courses, workshops, and conferences. He collaborates with newspapers, magazines, and literary radio and tv shows. 

Dr. J. K. Roark - discussing his non-fiction book on helping children to reach a good college. 

Sarah Webb & Alan Nolan - on their children’s book Animal Crackers. 

Peter Cavelti - an interview with the author of Tuiavii’s Way.