Yvonne Ventresca
"The Third Ghost"
Yvonne Ventresca is the author of the award-winning young adult novels Pandemic and Black Flowers, White Lies. In addition, Yvonne has written two nonfiction books and several stories selected for collections, including the previous IWSG anthology, Hero Lost: Mysteries of Death and Life. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College of Fine Arts. You can learn more at YvonneVentresca.com, where she features resources for writers.
Katharina Gerlach
"Winter Days"
Although Katharina Gerlach was born in the late sixties, she’s still a child at heart. She inherited her love of fairy tales and words from her mother, an ex-secretary and avid reader, and her love of all things nature and science from her father, an ex-forester. Memories of her rather interesting life in Germany flow back at the smallest trigger, even though she tends to merge her three brothers into one when she tells stories about their childhood adventures. And more often than not, she recalls events truthfully. Supported by her husband and her three children and distracted by her dog and grandchild, she currently writes stories of varying length in fantastical and historical genres. She runs the Indie Authors’ Advent Calendar each year, a free for all story feast. Learn more about Katharina at katharinagerlach.com.
Roland Clarke
"Feathered Fire"
After diverse careers, Roland Clarke was an equestrian journalist and green activist when chronic illness hastened retirement. But he hasn’t stopped exploring rabbit holes and writing - mainly mysteries and alternative history. Roland and his wife – both avid gamers - now live in Idaho (USA) with their four fur-babies, although their hearts are in North Wales (UK). His equestrian thriller Spiral of Hooves is an engaging mystery. Learn more about Roland at roland clarke.com.
Sherry Ellis
"The Ghosts of Pompeii"
Sherry Ellis is an award-winning author and professional musician who plays and teaches the violin, viola, and piano. when she is not writing or engaged in musical activities, she can be found doing household chores, hiking, or exploring the world.
Ellis' books include Don't Feed the Elephant; Ten Zany Birds; That Mama is a Grouch; That Baby Woke Me Up, AGAIN; Bubba and Squirt's Big Dig to China; and Bubba and Squirt's Mayan Adventure.
She lives in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information about her work, she invites you to visit her website at www.sherryellis.org.
Louise MacBeath Barbour
"Dare Double Dare"
Born in Nova Scotia and raised throughout eastern Canada, Louise is a writer and blogger who now lives in Colorado. She writes fiction and nonfiction with the encouragement of her supportive husband. A passion for reading, photography, geology, and travel round out her enthusiastic embrace of life. "Dare Double Dare" is her first published middle grade story. Learn more about Louise at her blog Standing Into Danger.
Charles Kowalski
"Simon Grey and the Yamamba"
Charles Kowalski invites you to read the full story of Simon, Oyuki, and their adventures through haunted Japan in Simon Grey and the March of a Hundred Ghosts (Tokyo: Excalibur Books, 2019), and keep an eye out for sequels. In addition to middle-grade fantasy, Charles' thrillers for adults, Mind Virus and The Devil's Son, have won prizes and nominations including the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers' Colorado Gold Award, the Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Award, and the Adventure Writers Grandmaster Award. Charles lives in Japan with his wife and two young Muses. He invites you to his website simongreybooks.com.
Bish Denham
"The Blind Ship"
Bish Denham is from the U.S. Virgin Islands, where her family has lived for over a hundred years. The author of two middle grade novels and a collection of retold Jamaican Anansi stories, she says, “Growing up in the islands was like living inside a history book.” Learn more about Bish at her blog bish-randomthoughts.blogspot.
Rebecca M. Douglass
"A World of Trouble"
Rebecca Douglass grew up in Idaho, Arizona, and Washington states, and now lives and writes in California. Her imagination resides where it pleases, in and out of this world. Her passions include backpacking, hiking, books, swimming, biking, and moderately adventurous travel. Rebecca has two grown sons and a husband with whom she travels. Rebecca is the author of the delightful Ninja Librarian books, as well as a picture book for outdoor families, a mystery series for the parents, and her middle-grade fantasy, Halitor the Hero. After more than seventeen years working at the library, she has retired still without learning all the secrets of the Ninja Librarian. Learn more about Rebecca at her blog ninjalibrarian.com
Beth Anderson Schuck is a retired librarian who believes reading can take you anywhere. She writes historical fiction featuring willful female characters. Being in nature whether hiking, birdwatching or gardening makes her whole. Visit Beth at twitter.com.
L.T. Ward
"Return to Cahokia"
LT hails from the Land of Corn, otherwise known as Central Illinois, where weather inspires her literary works. When not writing speculative fiction shorts and novels, she spends her days raising a brood of plague monsters (a.k.a. her children) as well as satisfying her never-ending thirst for knowledge through reading, meeting people, and first-hand life experiences. Visit LT at Twitter: @Ltward
Till next time ~
Fundy Blue
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VOYAGERS: The Third Ghost
Fantasy & Magic
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8 comments:
Those ten authors did a fine job with this year's anthology.
Thank you for mentioning DLP's sale.
Sorry no reveal today. January 6!
Congratulations again to this year's winners.
Thanks, Diane!
LOL! Well at least I don't have to come back and add things in!
Thanks for all you did to promote the authors and the anthology this past year!
You bet, Sherry! Have a good one!
They are keeping us all in suspense this year! Thanks for all you’ve done with the promotions on this blog!
Thanks Louise for the last twirl in the IWSG spotlight - well, in my case a wheelie in my wheelchair. Apologies for failing to promote your recent posts...life has overwhelmed me with the wrong distractions. Thanks for all your sterling support in 2020 - without it, I would have floundered much earlier.
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