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Getting to Know Genalea Barker

Getting to Know Genalea Barker

Genalea is an author, freelance editor, and full-time mom with an Associate’s Degree in English Literature. Her work has appeared in Bookends Review, Gemini Magazine, Grande Dame Literary, Watershed Review, Broad River Review, and others. She is the author of three novels, Life After, A Song I Used to Know, and Lovehurts, all forthcoming in 2023 and 2024. Genalea resides in Southern Idaho with her husband, four children, and two dogs, where she enjoys small town living, playing music with her family, and occasionally getting caught behind farm equipment on the highway.

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Getting to Know Danielle Keil

Getting to Know Danielle Keil

Danielle Keil grew up in the Chicagoland area. A recent transplant, she is enjoying the Mississippi life, especially the pool in her backyard. Danielle has been happily married for over 10 years, and has two young children, a daughter and a son, who are exact replicas of her and her husband. Danielle’s love language is gifts, her Ennegram is a 9w1, and she loves everything purple. The way to her heart is through coffee, chocolate and tacos (extra guac).

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Getting to Know Jordan Ford

Getting to Know Jordan Ford

Jordan Ford is a young-adult romance author. She loves to write sweet romance novels filled with angst, mystery, danger, and first love. If you’re looking for heartfelt romance, loyal friendships, thrilling drama and characters you can fall in love with, then you’re in the right place.

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Getting to Know Rachel Huffmire

Getting to Know Rachel Huffmire

Rachel Huffmire is an award winning author who writes refreshing retellings with twisty plots and happily ever afters. She lives with her husband, three children, and a library of books that is slowly overtaking their house. It’s not her fault, honest. When she’s not writing, Rachel enjoys baking apple pastries, taking long naps, and wearing warm cardigans.

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Getting to Know Theresa Pocock

Getting to Know Theresa Pocock

Theresa has been writing for fifteen years and has more story ideas than she could possibly write and still have a life. She is an avid audible ‘reader’, boardgame lover, Zelda player, book collector, adventure chaser, and history ‘studier’, besides being a mother of three, a musician and a homeschooler. Also in her life are, two Yorkies named Teddy and Wilbur, a hot husband named Andy, and many many supportive and amazing friends. She lives on the Olympic Peninsula but is an Idaho girl at heart.

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Getting to Know Cori Cooper

Getting to Know Cori Cooper

Cori Cooper lives in the magical Arizona Mountains, which she’s pretty convinced is the setting for all the fairy tales. Besides writing stories, she adores hanging out with her family, playing board games, hiking and baking, baking, baking. Like Cat’s family, she’s positive Cinnamon Rolls fix everything.

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Getting to Know Ruth Mitchell

Getting to Know Ruth Mitchell

Ruth Mitchell is a novelist, champion party planner, and aspiring star baker. When she is not writing she can be found spending time with her family, which often includes hiking and exploring the natural beauty of Southern California.

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Getting to Know Gabi Justice

Getting to Know Gabi Justice

Gabi Justice lives in Florida with her husband and children. She spent most of her adult life writing editorial copy for local magazines after graduating from the University of South Florida. Florida provides the settings for her coming-of-age stories that highlight bullying, misjudgment, acceptance, and teen anxiety. Her main characters are goal-oriented teenage girls with a drive that can be fierce and dangerous.

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Getting to Know Dallas Woodburn

Getting to Know Dallas Woodburn

A former John Steinbeck Fellow in Creative Writing, Dallas Woodburn’s writing has been honored with the Cypress & Pine Short Fiction Award, the international Glass Woman Prize, and four Pushcart Prize nominations. When she’s not writing, Dallas hosts the podcast Overflowing Bookshelves, teaches writing classes for teens and adults, and unapologetically bakes pumpkin-spice everything all year round. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and daughter.

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Getting to Know J.R. Roper

Getting to Know J.R. Roper

J.R. Roper is the author of the Morus Chronicles, a fantasy series for middle grade readers. The Hunter Awakens, The Spirit of Steel, The Tower Below, and The Silver Spear are now available along with a collection of short stories titled Mel & the Black Rider. Roper’s work has appeared in ChildGood Magazine, Families First Monthly, and in anthologies by Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly Publishing, Horrified Press, and Thirteen O’Clock Press. His essay, Over The Edge, was published in Imagine This! An ArtPrize Anthology Volume 3, and nominated for a Pushcart Prize.

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