Milton L. Brown's songs have found success in radio, film, television, and social media. His songs have been recorded by artists like Blake Shelton, Jimmy Buffett, Clint Eastwood, Merle Haggard, Kenny Rogers, Randy Travis, Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lynn, Glen Campbell, and so many more. Among his many awards, one of his favorites is the Music Creators Award from the Alabama Music Hall of Fame.
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Jacob Reina graduated from Fresno State in December 2023 and earned a BA in English Studies. Some of his poems and short stories have been featured in New York Quarterly, Twisted Vine Literary, Free Spirit, Rougarou, Watershed Review, Allegory Ridge, Paper Dragon, and elsewhere. Aside from reading and writing, Reina enjoys photography, cinema, hiking, running, visiting art galleries, and exploring new places.
Retired among the beaches of Florida, Dawn Bragg is an avid reader-turned-author who holds a deep passion for the literary arts. Author of numerous poems and short stories, she is a lifelong advocate for literacy. Dawn devotes her time to creating children's books that celebrate differences, champion the underdog, and encourage children to find acceptance in others and in oneself. When not writing, Dawn can be found traveling and enjoying the Florida beaches with family and friends.
Diane holds an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction, as well as a M.S. and B.S. from the University of Houston. A sagacious facilitator of student experiences, she has woven firsthand experiences into dissertation vignettes and into peer-reviewed articles: “Blue Dragonflies are ‘Dandleflies’. . .” for the Affective Reading Journal and “A Challenged Third Grader Connects with Meaningful Books” for the Indiana Reading Journal.
Dr. Emily Colwell is a licensed and board-certified naturopathic doctor and therapist whose extensive career spans three decades. She earned a master's degree from Columbia University's School of Social Work and a doctorate in naturopathic medicine from Bastyr University. Emily's personal encounters with anxiety, childhood trauma, family addiction, chronic illness, shifting sexual orientation, and cancer have been her teachers, showing her the capacity for healing, regardless of the circumstances.
I have had the good fortune of working as a psychotherapist in New York City. for over twenty-five years. I was a mental health first responder post-9/11, which solidified my expertise in trauma and loss. I've spoken to Fortune 100 companies, and to smaller companies and groups on trauma. When the pandemic started I was listening to clients and found a gap in how to handle the stress without accessing traditional supports. I started the blog, "In the Time of Coronavirus" which included self-care tips, along with mindfulness, creativity, humor, and empathy. I was encouraged by others to create a book, and that is how I came to write this book following Atmosphere Press's acceptance.
Matthew J. McKee's micro-fiction and short stories have been featured in Meat For Tea and two of his novels have been published by Atmosphere Press. He graduated from the University of Montana with a Bachelor’s in Archaeology and currently teaches English in Japan.
Eda lives in the Midwest, where the weather is unpredictable, with her husband, son, and daughter. During the day, Eda is a bookkeeper at a local consulting firm. Her evenings (and weekends) are filled with children’s activities and spending time with her family. At night when the children go to bed her passion comes to life. Unless there is a concert, then you will find her there.
My book began with an idea of two riders, a man and a woman, entering a tiny village in the rain and fog. Though I believed I could never write fantasy due to my having Aphantasia, I couldn't get the story out of my head and the story kept growing around that idea. I soon knew that the man was someone who was called 'the Traveler.' I soon knew that twins related to the woman had been abducted and the story would begin with the man and woman setting out to free the twins. So the title, The Traveler: Quest for the Twins, was actually quite easy to come up with.
Erin is the author of Kapuna: How Love Transformed a Culture, which received the North American Book Award 2015 for Best Travel Non-Fiction and the 2015 Idaho Author Awards First Place in Biographies, Autobiographies, and Memoirs. She studied Art, Photography, and Journalism at Hillsdale College in Michigan, USA. Her passions include teaching inductive Bible studies, urban gardening, good coffee, wombats, family-based care, and, of course, books.
