 John Bowers
John Bowers began his first “novel” at age 13. It took him nine months and was only 30,000 words, but he finished it. Before he graduated high school, he wrote four more. His teachers were convinced he was the next Hemingway, but it wasn’t to be.
Bowers was raised in a religious cult. Cults suppress creativity, demanding obedience and conformity. Though he wrote several more novels for fun, he never published them, and by the age of 30 he gave up writing entirely.
At age 44 he broke out of the cult, rediscovered his dream, and began writing again. He wrote a juvenile adventure for his children, and then began a science fiction novel. That novel became the e-book, A Vow to Sophia. the first of the Fighter Queen saga. He followed it with The Fighter Queen.and The Fighter King, which is actually the first book chronologically. He's currently working with us on Star Marine, which takes place (and somewhat parallels) between Vow and Fighter Queen.
Bowers is married and lives in California with his wife and three adult children. He is a computer programmer by profession, but a Born Novelist by birth.
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Jim Dameron
Jim Dameron was born the second of four children in San Diego, California, in 1948. Jim studied English and Anthropology at the University of California, Riverside, where he met his future wife, Sammie.
Two years after their marriage, they moved to rural Grays Harbor County in Washington, living first in a remote area accessible by a hand-constructed swinging cable bridge. They now live at the outskirts of the small coastal County Seat town of Montesano, thirty-five minutes from the Pacific Ocean. Jim and Sammie have two grown sons, Dan and K.C.
Jim graduated from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington and spent ten years as a public school teacher. He found that teaching, though rewarding, is also all-consuming and leaves little time for other pursuits, particularly writing. Since resigning as a full-time teacher, Jim has, in addition to working on his novels, has travel adventures in the United States, England, Mexico, and Uganda, East Africa, which have helped inspire him with material for several anticipated manuscripts.
Jim expresses that in writing he has had a renewal of that same vision that led him into teaching in the first place – the opportunity to share ideas, knowledge, and faith.
His works include The Master's Reliquary series, Christian Fiction which takes place in several historic settings, published in both trade paperback and eBook formats:
He is currently researching and working on the third book in the series. |
 Pete Christensen
Pete Christensen has been a professional standup comedian for over twenty years. While touring, he’s eaten in every manner of restaurant from ‘fine dining’ to ‘finally closed by the Health Department’.
He grew up on the mean streets of Bladder-leak, Iowa, where at any time you might fall prey to vicious gangs of Amish cow-tippers. It was in that hellish ghetto that he earned his street cred, and the rap name … “Dopey P.I.G.”.
He’s educated in Sociology, Merchandising, Broadcasting, Engineering, Journalism, and the Medical field. He has more degrees than a meat thermometer.
Despite his accomplishments, he’s been less than successful in his relationships. In school, he was voted most likely to trigger a gag reflex. A woman once tried to divorce Pete who wasn’t even married to him. |
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Bruce Davis
Award-winning author, Bruce Davis, is a general and trauma surgeon in the Phoenix. After fourteen years in the Navy including duty on Guam and with the Marines he settled in Mesa, Arizona. Writing has been a passion that he has pursued for many years. He has had short stories appear in several electronic and small press magazines. That Which is Human is his first novel. When not working or writing, he has been known to try his hand at woodworking, sailing, and computer gaming (World of Warcraft was once a serious addiction).
Bruce has written several science fiction books including:
Bruce's Website Facebook: Bruce C Davis
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 Kriss Erickson
Kriss Erickson has been a freelance writer since 1981, with over 1,000 published pieces to date. She escaped the cult her parents joined when she turned 40. Kriss also creates watercolor, colored pencil and acrylic paintings in nature and energetic themes. She is an Usui Reiki master Teacher and lives with her husband of over twenty years and her teenaged son on a quiet wetland/woodland area.
Her current (8th) book, Sky Eyes, a fictionalised version of her own life and struggle with Dissociative Identity Disorder, is now available in eBook format. She is currently working on the second in a Fantasy series called The Land Behind the Veil. The first is Brown Bird's Luck. The second, The Journey to Brodantia, published in April of 2010.
Kriss can be found at:
Her fantasy site
FaceBook
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 Al Philipson
Al Philipson was born somewhere around 1995 or later in the fevered imagination of a nerdish geek and sometimes technical writer who wants to remain anonymous when he writes fiction (including his tax return). Being a private person, he was afraid that his adoring fans (all three of them) would mob him both publicly and privately once his books caught on.
Unlike his nerdy creator, Philipson suffers from none of the weaknesses of "ordinary" humans. His body puts Mr. Universe to shame. He can bench press a Kenworth, he's more intelligent than Einstein, and knock-down-gorgeous women find him irresistible.
His latest efforts consist of three eBook anthologies of Science Fiction short stories which include 3 of his own works:
He is currently writing his third novel and snaps viciously at anyone who dares interrupt him when he's working. |
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