His first novel, Even Trolls Love Pasties, is set in Ann Arbor during the 1970s and focuses on the narrator’s friendship with Jack Goode as they move through a world of young loves, new friendships, music, politics, Wolverine football and the occasional ghost. His second novel, I Brake for Humans, recounts the story of another member of the Goode family, Chris, as he decides that enough is enough and takes on his former employers who have elevated profits over people. Jim’s third novel, Huckleberry Finishes, finds Howard, a cousin to the Goodes, fifty years after his life-changing encounter with his first great love, Maude, on a mission to save young Madeleine from both her own depression and from a serial killer. Jim’s most recent novel, Far, Far Away In An Irish Pub is a tale involving yet another member of the Goode family, Devin, a young Detroit reporter to whom it has just been revealed that leprechauns and faeries are actually aliens who have been stranded on Earth.

T. Ariyanna is a newcomer to publishing, but a veteran at story crafting. After being enchanted by the worlds within books during middle school, she spent her high school years creating her first novel-length story. A few years later she hit the scene with a magical debut, The Mage’s Son.

Ariyanna’s specializations run from realistic fantasy to dystopian steampunk. She juggles writing with being a stay-at-home mother to a daughter just as adventurous as any heroine. Her hobbies include reading, crafting, and playing video games.

Among his other acclaimed works are El Misterio de la Garra del Oso and Farewell, Oviedo. His book Twisted Crows was a finalist in the IPPY Awards and won two categories at the 2023 Best Book Awards. His recent titles, Focus, Una Guía Introspectiva para Activar tu Potencial Emprendedor, and Siempre Joven, also received Honorable Mentions at the 2024 International Latino Book Awards.

Canduri’s distinctive narrative style and creativity have established him as a leading voice among emerging contemporary authors in Latin America.

Karren Cram is from Jackson, Michigan where she has enjoyed making 27+ acres a beautiful, peaceful place to be. Now retired from Upholstery work, Karren spends her time gardening, drawing, and volunteer work with Homeless Families. She started writing, a dream come true for her, shortly before her husband, Jerry, of 26 years passed away. She dedicated the year he passed to finishing that first book, Smicky Micky and Muff. And she wanted to honor her husband and all of his years of unwavering support. They both had the shared experience of bullying when they were younger. She has since written 5 more books with 3 published all focusing on the fact that we are more alike than different and there is no place for bullying when you make space for friendship.

She grew up in Indiana with her mom and dad and five brothers and sisters. She was always creative,doodling and drawing something. She enjoyed reading books, because in a book she could use her imagination. She learned at a young age she had a learning disability. It never held her back, she was encouraged by her family and teachers.

Having Adult Dyslexic is a gift, not a disability. Her success is baby steps and she knows comprehending things would be different in her mind. She would see a picture in her mind, not words. She would think in images as opposed to words. So looking back on growing up, she remembers visiting her Aunt’s Farm and thinking how it inspired her to write this book. She learned to explore and she was taught to love all animals. Now she lives in a little Village in Michigan, surrounded by lots of farmlands. She lives with her husband and her cat Toby. She has two adult sons and one daughter. She has two Grandsons, one son-in-law, and two stepsons. Always encouraging.

“Be your awesome self”

Hobbies Include, Family, Outdoor Activities, singing, writing
Univ/degree B.S, emergency management

Nadine V. Hadley is a minister of the gospel who loves to see people smile. The author has at least a good part of her life wanting to be an encouragement to those who have been through tough times in their lives. She is an author and evangelist residing in Toledo, Ohio, who has written multiple inspirational and prayer books.

Keith Julius is the author of drama novels inspired by his real-life experiences as a Court Appointed Special Advocate, or CASA. Drawing from nearly a decade of personal involvement as a CASA volunteer, Julius creates intense stories that pull readers into an emotional landscape of hopes, fears, and brutal realities.

Growing up in a large family, raising two sons of his own, and having participated in the Big Brothers/Big Sisters program for over ten years, Julius has always found a compassion for children. Realizing not everyone has the stability he’s been able to create for his own family, it has become his mission to provide a voice for the children in our society who need it the most. This led Julius to discover the CASA program. Founded in 1977, the program enlists volunteers to represent children in cases of child abuse and child neglect. CASA volunteers work closely with families, sometimes for over two years on a single case, to assure the children in these traumatic situations are placed properly and well cared for.

In 2015, Julius released his first novel, the suspense thriller REMORSE BY DEGREE. This was followed by his latest series, The CASA Chronicles, which currently stands at four volumes and includes CATCH A FALLING STAR, BORN FOR ADVERSITY, THE ROBBER OF YOUTH, and the 2023 release, A DECADE ABORNING. Every book focuses on a different family, each struggling with some of society’s most challenging issues, including addiction, suicide, abuse, and childhood mental illness and trauma.

Julius brings a realism and compassion to his stories that can only come from personal experience. These realistic portrayals allow the reader to join with mothers and fathers, and of course the children involved, as they face life’s adversities. He invites you to share in their triumphs, and sorrow in their failures, as they confront their struggles with dignity, determination, and the promise of a better future for their children.

You can find more at https://www.keithjulius.com

Wendy Kennedy and her husband raised their family for thirty-eight years over the river and a few miles from the Bridge School.

She enjoys participating in historical reenactments, painting theater sets, restoring old statues, and experimenting with art forms.

About Lost Towns of Monroe County, Michigan:

Echoes of the past can be found in every corner of Monroe County. Incredibly, the county has more than one hundred lost towns across its fifteen townships. Some of these towns have notorious histories, such as the murderer who founded a village and the town that robbed its own citizens. Some succumbed to tragedy, including one that was swallowed up by the water and a resort town that disappeared. Others were simply absorbed by another state. Local historian and author of Hidden History of Monroe County, Michigan Shawna Mazur collects the stories behind these vanished communities, revealing where these towns were located, how they grew and why they disappeared, often without a trace.

About the Author:

Shawna Lynn Mazur was born and has lived in Monroe all her life. She has a bachelor’s degree in history and literature. She has had an article published in Michigan History Magazine and wrote a book for the National Park Service, where she works at River Raisin National Battlefield Park. Lost Towns of Monroe County, Michigan is her second book for The History Press, having written Hidden History of Monroe County, Michigan in 2022.

Shawna lives in Carleton, Michigan, with her husband, Joseph Mazur, and their two dogs, Callie and Cassie.

H. H. Miller was born and raised in Toledo, Ohio. She discovered her passion for art and storytelling while in school and began self-publishing her own manga-style graphic novels. After spending four years abroad in Japan teaching English, she returned to her roots and picked up a new writing project, the Idun Trilogy, as a full-fledged novel series.

When not writing, she enjoys dabbling in all sorts of different creative projects, from crochet and sewing to digital art and videos. Every year, she co-hosts Createathon, an online community event to inspire creativity with various prompts and challenges. She currently lives with her husband, Terry, and loving Mastiff, Atreyu.

From the Author:

Beginning with the early superheros of my youth that were depicted so well in my treasured comic books, a lifelong appreciation for books opened my eyes to the world of fiction. However, real life must be lived. How do the two intersect in a story? That is a question the reader must answer.

Reading has always been my way of learning. I started kindergarten in the Sumpter Township of Wayne County in 1955 and ended my formal education 50 years later as a graduate of the Sienna Heights University’s satellite campus at Monroe County Community College. During those fifty years, I had hauled books across the busy DIAG in Ann Arbor, the windswept sidewalks of MCCC, the leafy U-M Dearborn campus and the big-city concrete at the University of Houston.

Starting with working at North Monroe Greenhouse, I have experienced various jobs. Whether it was swinging a spike mall on a railroad, sweating at a core-blowing machine in a foundry or coping with shift work in a refinery, I somehow made time to further my education.

Living most of my life in Monroe County, I have enjoyed extensive travel and the new experiences that come with it. Some of them are reflected in my novels, which admittedly are challenging for the reader who is used to the sequential “once upon a time …. the end” format in that several timelines run concurrently before coalescing into the final one.

We all have our stories. Write them down. Life must not only be lived, but shared.

The purposes for which the Historical Preservation Society of Dundee is organized are the preservations of the 1848 Old Mill; collecting and providing an area to be designated as a museum area with proper security for displaying collected materials in an effort to foster and advance the interests in historical preservation of artifacts and sites pertinent to the history of the Dundee area for future generations.

Poet Sharon Rose-Kourous chose Monroe as her post-retirement home closer to family, after living and working most of her life near Toledo. She spent her career teaching high school students, while writing and publishing poetry as an avocation. She has recently been a regular voice on the opinion pages of the Monroe News, writing as a member of The Huddle, a group working for the common good of all. Her Monroe retirement was pleasantly interrupted by a return to the classroom for a few pre-covid years as she taught the high school students at Meadow Montessori.

During the Covid-enforced isolation, she challenged herself to write and share a new poem each day for a hundred days: many of those poems are included in a collection to be published next summer. Her first published collection, Things Have Disappeared, includes only formal poetry; all poems in this book follow patterns established centuries ago, and in continuous use to this very day. Sharon is interested in using these old forms in a modern voice and in so doing discovering the heart of a poem through modern idiom poured into the old containers..

Makayla Sperle is a dynamic and very talented young writer of magical enchanting fantasy novels. Makayla Sperle, daughter of Christina Sperle, lives and resides in Michigan.

M.B. Sträng has been happily married to Timothy for over 35 years and they are the proud parents of a Biologist who has earned a Master’s degree. M.B. recently worked at a domestic violence shelter, but now spends her time writing and making things for Dragon Ember Creations. She has black belts in two martial arts and has taught self-defense classes. She also enjoys painting, drawing, sewing, leatherwork, and embroidery. At the age of 53, M. B. learned that she is neurodivergent and suddenly her whole life made sense. Until her MS progressed, she fenced with messers, longswords, poll hammers, and other arms fairly regularly at the Ann Arbor Sword Club, and is a Knight-Magister in the Order of Paladins. Arrow’s Flight is her first novel.

Catherine Vino grew up in a small farm town in Michigan where she cultivated a love for horses and writing. Inspired by the fantasy genre, she began telling stories of her own at a young age and stubbornly decided she only ever wanted to be a writer. She went on to earn two degrees: a bachelor’s in Creative Writing and a master’s in Literature, which have helped her hone her craft over the years. What began as short stories have since flourished into classically inspired epic fantasies wherein readers can expect dynamic female leads, accessible lore, and of course, a slow burn.

From the Author:

My name is Michael Zerner, I have been practicing yoga for 48 years and have been teaching yoga for 25 years in Northwest Ohio, Southeast Michigan, and leading yoga retreats in Mexico and Costa Rica.
Happy places are spending time in the great outdoors, being around animals, reading, writing, playing music, sports and enjoying kind and caring people everywhere I travel.

Happy places are spending time in the great outdoors, being around animals, reading, writing, playing music, sports and enjoying kind and caring people everywhere I travel.

This book is about exploring and learning skills that will help you in your everyday life. It will provide thoughts on how to live a healthy and happy life filled with love and laughter, kindness and confidence, belief and conviction.

Have fun with your family and friends twisting, bending, balancing and more while learning the ancient teachings of yoga through colorful illustrations and games, complete with benefits and tips for each pose.

Inside Your Other Right, you will find daily disciplines, thoughts, roadmaps and clues, tips that will help you improve.

This book is written in rhyme, so think Dr. Seuss while you are exploring and reading at your own pace, in your own time.

Think of all the neat things you are learning, all the neat things you’ll know.

All the neat things that will allow you to nurture and continuously grow.

Namasté

–  Michael Zerner