DAVE KEHNAST
Raised in the suburbs of Chicago where he attended high school at Glenbard West, otherwise known as “The Castle on the Hill,” he currently resides in Southern California and is thriving as a life coach, surfer, and yogi. He has been working an active program of recovery for over fifteen years.
Dave was, in so many ways, the typical American boy, just one with a penchant for anger and sadness—but also for joy and for love. There was the typical adolescent confusion, a girl that he loved, parents he rebelled against, and the friends he partook in all of it with. There was also a darkness he carried, one that he didn’t have words for, and that followed him to places he never imagined he’d go.
Sharing intensive, provocative stories, humble truth-telling, and the inspiration of a complete life turn-around, Dave gives insight to others about the struggle of addiction and recovery.
ALEXANDRA RUSSELL
Emerging author Alexandra Russell believes her mission here on Earth is to help others. Her deep fascination with mental health, a bizarre interest in horror & thriller genres, and a passion for writing have compelled her to become an author and a mentor. After years of battling health issues, fighting depression, and peeling away her own layers, Russell realized she had to guide others to do the same. 
Before embarking on her writing journey, Russell faced many challenges which pushed her into becoming the woman she is today. She became a certified yoga instructor and received her Business in Entrepreneurship Associates Degree, then, she turned her attention to assisting those in need. This is her first novel, but not her last. Alexandra resides in Southern California. For more information on Alexandra Russell and her books, visit her website at pearlizedspirit.com.
DOROTHY MELETTA GEORGE
Dorothy Meletta George started developing her interest in writing later in life. Whenever she tells others about her experiences, she is encouraged to put her stories in writing. She has lived most of her life in Wisconsin but spent 20 years in Arkansas. She also spent short periods of time working in several other states.
​She returned to Wisconsin with the intention of being closer to family.
ABIGAIL GAZDA
Heart-centered entrepreneur, Abigail Gazda has transformed her passion for education into a full-time career as a motivational speaker, author, and life coach. Abigail is the CEO of Hearts Unleashed, a full-service transformation company committed to empowering people to operate with full freedom, power, and self-expression in every area of life. She is a Clarity Coach and supports souls speaking up about their silent struggle and unleashing the authentic leader within. As the Host of the Hearts Unleashed Podcast, she is committed to turning dreamers into doers and helping raise the frequency of humanity with the development of Emotional Intelligence and Subconscious Reprogramming. As the author of Giving Up, Giving Up: The Memoir of a Quitter (11/17), Talking to the Trees (5/20), and upcoming Alchemizing Judgment: A Guide Back to Love (11/20), she personally thrives the most in life while adventuring, writing, educating, laughing, surfing, and rollerblading around the SoCal coast!
Born and raised a proud Indiana Hoosier, Abigail resides in Southern California.
Visit Abigail at: heartsunleashed.com
​MARY SPILSBURY ROSS
Mary Spilsbury Ross’ life is a gala of dance, travel, art, and the written word.  She graduated from UBC (BA, University of British Columbia) and began a career as a professional dancer/actress in Vancouver.  Ross later danced her way through eleven countries in Europe and the Middle East before returning to Canada where she taught ballet, modern jazz dance and turned to writing.  An international cookbook FRUGAL FEASTS (Doubleday Canada) became a best seller and led to a newspaper column “A Matter of Taste” (Black Press Ltd.) that she penned for five years.  NO INTERMISSION is Ross’ first mystery novel inspired by her career, the love of fine art and travel.  Mary Spilsbury Ross lives on Vancouver Island, B.C. 
Image with her Jack Russel terrier, Pepper.
For more information and future works, please visit: mspilsburyross.com
SIMONA SPARK
From an immigrant with no identification to a global citizen and gender identity activist, Simona Spark has turned her passion for equality into her full-time career as a coach, author, and speaker. After finding herself homeless and living in a women's shelter, she has learned how to help others turn their greatest challenges into their greatest gifts.
As the CEO & Founder of Spark Transformation Academy, Simona works with people from all walks of life, supporting them to release limiting beliefs so they can fully embrace their identity and create the future they desire and deserve. She also works with coaches, mentors, and advocates to help them discover their purpose and build businesses that align with their heart's mission and message.
Visit Simona's website at: simonaspark.com
KATHERINE FLYNN PLUCINSKY
Katherine Flynn Plucinsky is an emerging author from Denver, Colorado whose debut, High Tides & Open Hands, chronicles her journey through grief. With a background in faith and spirituality, Plucinsky's work touches on themes of resiliency, healing, and the power of surrender. Her blend of poetry-prose is deeply honest and raw, inspiring readers to engage in their own stories. Follow her on Instagram at @katherineplu where she displays her affinity for sunrises, coffee shops, wine, and her deep love of the sea.
Visit Katherine's website: katherineplucinsky.com
​RICK CLARK
Clark is the author of Journey to the River... A Poet's travels through India Becomes a Journey of the Heart. He is also a renowned international award-winning haiku poet with a small creative haiku book titled Bug-Eyed & Bird-Brained. (Available at Red Moon Press and on the SHOP page of this website).
After teaching college English for 18 years and as an "English as a Second Language" teacher, mostly in Japan, Clark has decided to pursue writing full-time.
On one side, he provides writing, editing, and coaching services, and on another, he keeps a nature oriented blog at wrenzai.wordpress.com.
Clark lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife, Yoga Instructor, Fran Gallo. 
KEVIN MOYNIHAN
Kevin received his B.A. from Valparaiso University in Literature/Philosophy and his M.A.E. from Ball State University in Supervision and Administration.  He has been an educator for over 20 years and is continuing his work in education as a poet/author.  ​
Echoes and Shadows is Moynihan's 2nd edition of his book of poetry.
Moynihan lives in Southern, California.
​DANNY PARK
Park has a BA in Business Economics at the University of California, Irvine. 
​Danny is a personal traveler who loves fitness and athletics. 
Park also possesses a third-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do and is a former professional paintball player, one of nine members to have played on a Canadian professional paintball team that was the number-one ranked team in the United States and Europe in 2014.
Park loves to read self-improvement books and his book 101 RULES OF ETIQUITE, is his first published book.
Park lives in Irvine, California.
​JEANNE BENDER 
Bender loves to travel and writes about her journeys in the Lindie Lou Adventure Series. Her popular children's chapter books teach life lessons, through the eyes of a puppy named Lindie Lou, who travels around the world... lindielou.com 
Bender's books include educational materiales used in K-3rd grade classrooms across the country. Her books are also used as English as a Second Language classes around the world.
Bender studied with a creative writing professor in Seattle, WA., then continued her studies in the UK at Oxford University.
Bender lives in Seattle in the summer and San Diego in the winter. 
Her cocker spaniel, who influenced her writing, is named Lindie Lou.
Visit Jeanne's books at: lindielou.com
ROBERT BOXBERGER - (October 29, 1928 - January 10, 2021)
Boxberger was thirty years a newspaper reporter and avid photographer. He also wrote product publicity for the former American Plywood Association in Tacoma, WA. While with the association, he oversaw construction of a native health center on Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait, and produced a short, silent documentary of that event. 
During his newspaper days, he also wrote speculative television scripts with Bill Kelley (Academy Award winner for "Witness).
Boxberger wrote an exciting speculative fiction novel called "Far Bridge."
He resides and writes in Tacoma, Washington and Morro Bay, California.​​
​​FRAN GALLO
Fran Gallo has been a Hatha Yoga instructor since 1966.
She is the author of FRANGALLO'S BLOG (​frangallo.wordpress.com), where she posts her photography and writes on various topics she is passionate about, ranging from yoga, travel, hiking, nature, gardening, cooking, and her Sicilian family roots.
Gallo provides Yoga classes on Facebook on her Yoga By Fran Gallo page.
Gallo currently resides in Seattle, Washington with her husband-poet, editor, and writing coach Rick Clark.