THE AUTHORS OF UNTETHERED REALMS

Jeff Chapman writes software by day and speculative fiction when he should be sleeping. He drinks a lot of dark hot chocolate to stay awake. His tales range from fantasy to horror and they don’t all end badly. He lives with his wife, children, and cats in a house with more books than bookshelf space. Website

Gwen Gardner - is a native Californian living in sunny San Diego, where her love of reading and writing led to a BA in English literature. Life is now complete with her husband, two dogs and a daily call from her daughter.

Since ghosts feature prominently in her stories, she has a secret desire to meet one face to face - but will run screaming for the hills if she ever does. Gwen adores travel and experiencing the cultures and foods of different countries. She is always up for an adventure and anything involving chocolate - not necessarily in that order.

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M. Gerrick - (AKA Misha Gericke) has basically created stories since before she could write. Many of those stories grew up with her and can be seen in her current projects. She lives close to Cape Town, with a view over False Bay and Table Mountain. Website

Simon Kewin is a sci-fi and fantasy writer from the sunny UK, where he lives with his wife and two daughters.
He's the author of over 100 published short stories and the novels The Genehunter, Engn and the Cloven Land fantasy trilogy.
He has a BA in English Literature and a head full of story ideas jostling to escape onto the page.
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M. Pax is author of The Backworlds sci-fi series, the new adult contemporary science fiction Hetty Locklear series, and several short stories. A Browncoat and SG fan, she’s also slightly obsessed with Jane Austen. In the summers she docents as a star guide at Pine Mountain Observatory where the other astronomers now believe she has the most extensive collection of moon photos in existence. No fear, there will be more next summer. She lives in stunning Central Oregon with the Husband Unit and two lovely, spoiled cats. Website

Christine Rains is a writer, book blogger, and geek mom. She has four degrees which help nothing with motherhood, but make her a great Jeopardy player. When she’s not writing or reading, she having adventures with her son or watching cheesy movies on Syfy Channel. She has four novels and several novellas and short stories published. She also writes steamy fantasy romance under her pen name, Morena Silver. Website

Cherie Reich has more books than she can ever read and more ideas than she can ever write, but that doesn't stop this bookworm from trying to complete her goals, even if it means curbing her TV obsession. She is a speculative fiction writer and library assistant living in Virginia. Website

Catherine Stine hails from Philly and lives in NYC. She’s passionate about writing and reading speculative tales where her imagination has wild reign. Her YA futuristic thriller, Fireseed One that she illustrated won finalist spots in both YA and Sci-Fi in the 2013 USA Book News International Book Awards and an Indie Reader Approved notable stamp. Ruby’s Fire, its companion book was a 2014 Next Gen. Indie award finalist. She writes new adult fiction as well, under the name Kitsy Clare. Her first career in NYC was showing her paintings in galleries. She says writing is painting with words. A serious travel buff, she’s visited China, India and Russia and more with her husband and two sons. She loves to hear from her readers! Come visit at her website and blog.

Cathrina Constantine resides in Western New York with her husband and 5 grown children. Not entirely empty nesters as yet, the children seem to be home more than not. Cathrina always had a love of books, to entertain and take her away into a new world. Cathrina likes to write Young Adult Fiction with a supernatural twist, and her dystopian series, Tallas, Snow on Cinders was published by Crushing Hearts and Black Butterfly. Her YA/Haunting Mystery, Don't Forget to Breathe recently received The Readers Favorite 2015 International Book Award. You can haunt Cathrina on her blog, twitter, and Facebook.

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