Andrea J. Johnson is a former court reporter turned freelance entertainment writer for the women’s lifestyle website Popsugar. This love for insider gossip has inspired her to take real-life headlines and turn them into mind-bending mysteries. Poetic Justice is a perfect example of this dynamic because it uses Andrea’s legal background to explore what would happen if a trial stenographer took the law into her own hands. Set on the Delmarva Peninsula near the Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, fans of shows like Murder, She Wrote and films like The Pelican Brief will love the cozy mystery and legal thriller mashup.

In addition to being a member of Crime Writers of Color and Mystery Writers of America, Andrea holds a certified shorthand reporter certification in the State of California and is a member of the National Court Reporters Association. Moreover, she’s earned a copyediting certification from UC San Diego and an M.F.A. in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University.

Andrea is also the author of a set of genre-based guidebooks for fiction authors known as the Writer Productivity series with such titles as How to Craft a Killer Cozy Mystery and Mastering the Art of Suspense. In addition, she’s written several articles on the craft of writing for websites such as LitReactor, CrimeReads, Submittable, Funds for Writers, and DIY MFA. When she isn’t developing her stories, Andrea enjoys cuddling up with a piping hot mug of ginger tea and poring over the latest supermarket tabloids.

Sierra is a voracious reader of all things including the smuttiest smut, young adult, piles of non-fiction for research, and everything Bill Bryson (especially on audio).

She loves writing the dirtiest things that she can think of, King Arthur, sparkling water, Tarot, coffee, leggings, and learning new words daily.

Her previous jobs have included firing ceramics, teaching living history lessons in one-room school house in full, 1904-approved school marm attire, and working as a librarian for several years—not in that order

She lives in the Kansas City area with her husband, two children, and two giant dogs. (And two cats, but they’re so naughty we don’t talk about them.)

Her novels have been published in Czech, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, and Romanian. She’s been featured in Buzzfeed, Cosmopolitan, Entertainment Weekly, Marie Claire, and Library Journal with a starred review.

Marissa James is a writer, editor, and proofreader with over eight years of experience, and a particular interest in fantasy, science fiction, and young adult. She loves a good story regardless of genre, however. When not reading, writing, or editing, she can be found cross stitching, day dreaming, or taking a drive to the rainy Oregon coast. Find her at www.marissafictionediting.com or @marofthebooks.

A.C. Wise was born and raised in Montreal, and currently lives in the Philadelphia area. Her short fiction has appeared in publications such as Uncanny, Tor.com, Shimmer, and multiple Year’s Best anthologies. Her fiction has won the Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, and been a finalist for the Nebula Awards, the Sunburst Awards, the Lambda Literary Awards, and the Aurora Awards, while her work as a reviewer has been a finalist for the Ignyte Awards.

She has two collections, The Ultra Fabulous Glitter Squadron Saves the World Again, and The Kissing Booth Girl and Other Stories, published with Lethe Press, and a novella, Catfish Lullaby, published with Broken Eye Books. Her debut novel, Wendy, Darling, is forthcoming from Titan Books in June 2021, and a new short story collection, The Ghost Sequences, will be published by Undertow Books in October 2021. In addition to her fiction, she contributes the Women to Read and Non-Binary Authors to Read series to The Book Smugglers.

Contact the author at a.c.wise@hotmail.com or find her on Twitter as @ac_wise.

She is represented by Barry Goldblatt at BG Literary.

Anita works as an author and artist and is best known as the writer of The Dark Fairy Tale Queen Series. The first book in the series, Sinful Cinderella, has won the Inkitt Novel Contest and was selected as Feminist Book of the Month by F-BOM Book Club in 2020. Anita also enjoys illustrating and has created several coloring books, with 100 Dogs Coloring Book being the most popular. Anita lives near Poughkeepsie, New York with her husband, three children, and a Siamese cat.

New York Times, USA Today, Publishers Weekly and #1 Amazon bestselling author Rebecca Zanetti has published more than sixty novels, which have been translated into several languages, with more than five million copies sold world-wide. Her books have received Publishers Weekly starred reviews and have been featured in Entertainment Weekly, Woman’s World, and Women’s Day Magazines. Her novels have also been included in Amazon best books of the year and have been favorably reviewed in both the Washington Post and the New York Times Book Reviews. Rebecca has ridden in a locked Chevy trunk, has asked the unfortunate delivery guy to release her from a set of handcuffs, and has discovered the best silver mine shafts in which to bury a body…all in the name of research. Honest.

Fiona is a full-time, freelance editor of nine years with her clients publishing both traditionally with the Big 5 publishers and indie to much success in the US, UK, and further afield. She has previously interned with two literary agencies, worked in conjunction with a literary consultancy, and written multiple published articles. In addition, she has taken part in an #ownvoices anthology alongside NYT bestselling authors (UNBOUND: Stories of Transformation, Love, and Monsters.) She is also represented by Don Congdon Associates for her own writing.

Golden Angel is a USA Today best-selling author and self-described bibliophile with a “kinky” bent who loves to write stories for the characters in her head. If she didn’t get them out, she’s pretty sure she’d go just a little crazy.

She is happily married, old enough to know better but still too young to care, and a big fan of happily-ever-afters, strong heroes and heroines, and sizzling chemistry.

When she’s not writing, she can often be found on the couch reading, in front of her sewing machine making a new cosplay, hanging out with her friends, or wandering the Maryland Renaissance Fair.

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Alex Falcone is the only comedian and writer living in Los Angeles. He’s appeared in several episodes of Portlandia as one of Fred’s nerdy friends and recently made his late night debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert where he mostly talked about how rad his wife is. He is the author of a young-adult romance novel about a mummy called Unwrap My Heart that Publisher’s Weekly called “unfortunate” and became an Amazon best seller after he made a TikTok about it. Despite these modest accomplishments, he’s somehow remained down to earth and approachable.

When I was a kid, I used to collect stories from around the neighborhood and write them out in a “newspaper” to sell back to its unwitting stars. Once I grew up, I realized it was simpler (and less libelous) to just make the stories up. Now, I create my own characters. They tend to be a bit more sarcastic than my neighbors ever were, but they do have a delightful habit of falling in love along the way.

I live in DC with my husband and our best friend, Netflix. When not writing, I spend much of my time traveling. For most of my life, I’ve been accused of having my head in the clouds. As a flight attendant, I’ve finally discovered a way to monetize it.