Brian Andrews
Brian is a US Navy veteran, nuclear engineer, and former submarine officer. He holds a psychology degree from Vanderbilt, a Master’s in Business from Cornell, and is a Park Leadership Fellow. He co-authors the Wall Street Journal and Amazon #1 best-selling military & covert operations TIER ONE thriller series with fellow veteran Jeffrey Wilson. In addition to TIER ONE, Brian writes stand-alone science fiction and blended genre techno-fantasy novels. He is a husband, father, coffee lover and occasional malcontent. You can find him online at www.brianandrewsauthor.com or on Twitter @lexicalforge.
15 Posts
Dana Isaacson
DANA ISAACSON worked as Senior Editor at Penguin Random House for thirteen years. There, he edited a wide variety of titles—from bestselling commercial fiction to literary biographies and historical narratives. Prior to that, he was an editor at various publishing houses, including Pocket Books and ReganBooks. He has also been an abridger, literary agent, writer, book doctor, and ghostwriter. Now a freelance editor, more information about Dana Isaacson can be found at www.danaisaacson.com.
54 Posts
Hank Phillippi Ryan
HANK PHILLIPPI RYAN is the on-air investigative reporter for Boston's WHDH-TV, winning 34 EMMYs and dozens more journalism honors. The bestselling author of eleven novels of suspense, Ryan's also an award-winner in her second profession—with five Agathas, two Anthonys, two Macavitys, the Daphne, and Mary Higgins Clark Award. Her books are Library Journal's Best of 2014, 2015 and 2016, and SAY NO MORE is an Agatha, Daphne and Mary Higgins Clark Award nominee. Her newest book is TRUST ME (2018) named a BEST Thriller of the Year by the New York Post, Real Simple Magazine, Criminal Element and more. Watch for THE MURDER LIST in August 2019.
93 Posts
Jessica Strawser
JESSICA STRAWSER is Editor-at-Large at Writer’s Digest, where she served as Editorial Director for nearly a decade and became known for her in-depth cover interviews. She is also a bestselling novelist, with three titles and counting from St. Martin’s Press: ALMOST MISSED YOU (a Barnes & Noble Best New Fiction pick), NOT THAT I COULD TELL (a Book of the Month selection), and FORGET YOU KNOW ME (a PopSugar best of the season). Her work has appeared in The New York Times, Publishers Weekly and other fine venues, and she is currently serving as the 2019 Writer-in-Residence for the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.
7 Posts
Paula Munier
PAULA MUNIER is the Senior Literary Agent and Content Strategist for Talcott Notch Literary. Her specialties include crime fiction, women’s fiction, upmarket fiction, MG and crossover YA, high-concept SFF, and nonfiction. She’s also a writing teacher and author of the bestselling Plot Perfect, The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings, Writing with Quiet Hands, and the acclaimed memoir Fixing Freddie. Her debut mystery, A BORROWING OF BONES, was named one of Library Journal’s Best Debuts of Fall/Winter 2018/2019 and made Dru’s Book Musing’s Best Books of the Year. Coming in 2019: BLIND SEARCH, the second in the Mercy and Elvis series.
112 Posts