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Behind every great book is a passionate storyteller. Explore the talented writers who bring unique voices, perspectives, and ideas to life through their work. We are proud to partner with creators who inspire, entertain, and connect with readers around the world.
Malika McCarthy
Born in a Welsh mountain valley, halfway between London and the west coast of Ireland, Mallika spent her childhood zigzagging from Europe to India to Australia, with plenty of adventures in between.
Carrying a suitcase of old faerie-tales, her life a patchwork quilt of places, stitched together with bright thread; Ireland has always been one of her homes.
Having worked as singer, songwriter; fire-dancer, street performer; stage manager, theatre-tech, waitress, bookseller; administrator, voice coach and yoga teacher, Mallika has worn hats in many worlds, but writing has always been her first love.
With most of her family now dead and gone, she has come to realize that it’s not where you come from that matters, but where you belong. She has made her home in County Clare, on the stormy wild west coast, where you might find her teaching, writing, singing, yoga-ing, doodling, reading, baking; or out lighting bonfires, talking to the rooks under seasonal skies. Inspired by ancient tales of myth and magic, Malika has been writing ever since she could hold a stick in a sandpit, but most of what she has written lives in a proverbial box under her bed. Until now. This is her first collection of poetry.
Miten
Miten (born Andy Desmond in 1947) is an English singer-songwriter best known for his spiritual music, sacred chants, and mantra meditations performed with his partner Deva Premal.
He began his career in the 1970s, opening for major acts like Fleetwood Mac, Ry Cooder, and Lou Reed, and has transitioned from pop/rock to spiritual and meditative music after living in
India and studying under the mystic Osho.
Deva Premal & Miten began a decades-long collaboration blending Sanskrit mantras with contemporary acoustic sounds, gaining international recognition in the yoga and meditation
communities.
Miten has performed and collaborated with spiritual leaders like Eckhart Tolle and Anthony Robbins.
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Ihor Pavlyuk
Ihor Pavlyuk is a preeminent Ukrainian poet, novelist, and literary scholar, recognized as a leading voice in contemporary Ukrainian literature. His work, deeply rooted in the history and spiritual landscape of his homeland, explores themes of identity, memory, and resilience with profound lyrical intensity.
Honored as a People’s Poet of Ukraine and a recipient of prestigious international awards, including the English PEN Award and the Switzerland Literary Prize, Pavlyuk has forged a career that bridges rigorous academia with prolific, boundary-pushing creative expression. He is characterized by a relentless intellectual curiosity and a steadfast commitment to articulating the Ukrainian experience on a global stage, making him a central figure in the nation’s cultural dialogue.
William R. Anderson, M.D.
Dr. William R. Anderson MD has served as a Forensic Pathologist for over 30 years, working both in private practice and as the associate and deputy chief medical examiner across various jurisdictions in California, Georgia, and Florida. In addition to his medical career, he is also a noted True-Crime author.
Dr. Anderson brings unmatched authenticity to the true-crime literary scene. Over the course of his 3-decade long career, Dr. Anderson has investigated countless deaths within the criminal and civil justice systems. His deep understanding of cause and manner of death, combined with years of collaboration with clinical and trauma physicians, uniquely qualifies him as a true-crime author who writes compelling, medically accurate crime fiction. His passion for truth, justice, and the human stories behind every case inspired his newest fiction series, Dr. Arthur Lyons, Medical Examiner, which draws from real-life events to explore the complex and often dramatic intersection of medicine and law.
Lynne A. McNamara
Lynne McNamara has lived a rich and full life. As a teacher and administrative director in the field of international education, she has wandered and lived in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia—all gifting her the music of lives lived differently than within her US home. Living and working in Italy, Egypt, and Japan gave her the opportunity and gift of understanding other cultures. In accepting other realities, she opened her belief systems to the wide world of diversity
in humanity.
As an emerging author in later life, she treasures her time to write and reflect. Lynne loves to be immersed with family, friends, nature, and sunsets as well as gourmet food, all of which contribute to her writing poetry that moves her toward other. For Lynne, poetry is word art, painting the multidimensional flows of life to share with others in their own quests for understanding.
Her life has been a history of opening new doors and following paths not paved.
Gregory Seth Harris
Gregory Seth Harris, aka Seth, is one of Colorado’s best known performance poets. A poet and experimental writer, SETH is author of the absurdist satire, The Perfect Stranger, a Kafkaesque examination of human folly and the folly of human institutions. His poetic memoir, A Black Odyssey, is modeled after Homer’s classic epic, using it as an allegorical scaffolding for his own experience as a Black Man in contemporary America. His experimental short fiction has appeared in numerous literary journals including Fugue, Portland Review, Lynx Eye and Happy.
Also a musician and actor, SETH has collaborated with countless musicians, poets, actors, dancers and other performance artists. Living in Denver, CO, he is the founder of the musical-poetic ensemble, Art Compost & the Word Mechanics. An audiobook of A Black Odyssey, the entire collection performed with Art Compost is available where most audiobooks are sold. Visit SETH & Art Compost on Facebook or YouTube for video performances.
Marc Davidson
Marc Davidson is a lifelong storyteller whose career has spanned journalism, business, travel, and the arts. A native of Daytona Beach, Florida, he grew up in a family deeply connected to The Daytona Beach News-Journal, where he spent thirty-seven years serving as a reporter, editor, and editorial columnist. A graduate of Seabreeze High School and Florida State University, where he earned a degree in Asian Studies.
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Throughout his career, Marc has published numerous news articles, editorials, and biographical pieces. His book Fit to Print: The Newspaper and the Poster documented an extensive collection owned by The Daytona Beach News-Journal. Following his retirement from the insurance industry, Marc discovered a new creative calling in poetry. Encouraged by fellow writers, he became active in the Florida State Poets Association, where he has served as Contest Chair since 2022 and leads the Live Poets Society of Daytona Beach. He also participates regularly in writing workshops throughout Central Florida, including those hosted by Crealdé School of Art, Maitland Public Library, and The Gallery 32789.
All the Secrets of the Universe is Marc’s fourth collection of poetry. He credits his family—his wife, daughter, granddaughter, sister, brother-in-law, and nephews—for supporting his many pursuits and embracing his unique perspective on life. As Marc likes to say, poetry serves as a spigot through which he channels his delightful weirdness, one poem at a time.
Larry LaVerdure
**Lawrence “Larry” LaVerdure** has been an active presence in Colorado’s poetry community since arriving in Boulder County in 2007. In 2011, Larry joined fellow poets Karen Douglas and Mike Adams in reviving the Cannon Mine Poetry Reading Series, an event he has continued to emcee for more than 15 years. After the Cannon Mine Café closed during the Covid lockdown, Larry helped establish a new home for the series at East Simpson Coffee Company. During the pandemic, he also kept the poetry community connected through online gatherings.
Throughout his years as an organizer and poet, Larry has created opportunities for writers and audiences across Colorado through poetry competitions, readings, and community events. The first recipient of the Mike Adams Poetry Prize, he has championed emerging and established voices, including nationally recognized poet Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer, whose work he helped bring to the Cannon Mine Poetry gathering. Larry has also performed in the well-received “Outrageous Poetry” program at the Broomfield Library and as a featured poet at Denver’s Mercury Café, the Forza Coffee Open Mic, Denver Poetry Rodeos, and the Boulder Writers Association. Through his own poetry and community leadership, he has played a lasting role in connecting Colorado poets, readers, and audiences.
Dan Gribbin
Dan Gribbin studied at Tulane University (B.A.) and UNC-Chapel Hill (M.A. and Ph.D.) with two years in the U.S. Army thrown in for good measure. While teaching at Ferrum College, he contributed to the literary scene in Roanoke as poet, book reviewer, and member of the editorial staff of Artemis.
Once he and his wife Martha had relocated to Daytona Beach Shores, Dan taught at the University of Central Florida and began his career as a singer/songwriter. The shore birds of Central Florida caught his attention as a photographer, resulting in his many sets of note cards and prints. His fiction writing began in earnest in 2020, during the pandemic. Catch My Drift is his second volume of short stories, following the 2025 publication of Fast Friends: Tales of Remarkable Friendship.