Kauffman has been writing his entire life. His early inspirations were Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, Ender's Game, and Don Quixote. When he's not working on his dark fantasy action adventure novel, The Last Scarecrow or telling writers to solve all of their writing problems with one secret… by putting a dragon on it.

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Rach is a multi-genre author who loves collaborations and is always seeking to help other creatives. She is a published writer, works with her hubs developing websites, blogs about writing, and is a self-published author.

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Natalie Locke is a human and fur mom, full-time employee, and when those two don’t impact her sleep enough she genre hops in her flash fictions. Now she hopes to invoke the writing passion in others.

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Alessa Winters is an Alaskan based paranormal romance author who has been self publishing since 2018.

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Holly Davis is the author of the YA fantasy, A Diamond Bright and Broken. She's also the host of the Diversity is Lit Book Club, which promotes BIPOC authors. You can find her in the Chicago suburbs helping people as a physical therapist, enjoying the company of her two babies who have fur, and binging Netflix shows.

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I've always loved writing and wrote my first novel at fourteen. Recently, I delved back in as a form of personal therapy. Before I knew it, I had a published trilogy and just kept going. I've never been happier.

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Hollow is an adventure writer who has been writing since they were a kid. Inspired by Warriors (Erin Hunter) and Bloody Jack (L.A. Meyer), their stories always follow Coming of Age, Discovery, and Self Growth. Playing video games has helped with their interactive storytelling skills, and writing fanfictions has given them plenty of practice.

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