Birth City

Monument

Birth State

CO

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Occupation(s)

Author, Broker, & Commercial Property Manager

Biography

Taylor Stanecek has spent most of his life in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He's currently a commercial property manager with a drive to write in his spare time. His passion for writing sparked in grade school with the help of a motivational teacher and has pushed him to continue to strive for creativity through short stories and poetry over the years, finally moving into fictional novels. Identifying as gay, Taylor has focused his first coming of age trilogy on LGBT culture.

Education/Training

Master of Business Administration – Finance
Real Estate Broker License
Bachelor of Arts, Political Science / Minor in Writing

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Interviews

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Writing & Becoming an Author
The route to Self-Publishing
The Steps in Finding Editors & Cover Artists
LGBT+ Culture
Struggles of Family Dysfunction

Birth Year (-Died Year)

1963

Birth City

Frankfurt, DE

Email (Public)

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Author

Biography

Davyne spent her life traveling the world and has lived in Germany, Bolivia, Somalia, Afghanistan, Japan, Korea, Mexico, and the United States. She came to Colorado in 1993 and now writes from a cozy spot nestled at the base of the Pikes Peak in beautiful Colorado Springs. One of the settings in her book, Phantom Rising, is loosely based on Glen Eyrie Castle in Colorado Springs.

Awards/Honors

Education/Training

Juris Doctorate, 1992
Bachelor of Science - Decision Studies/Computer Science, 1987
Associate of Science - Business Administrations, 1987
Associate of Science - General Studies, 1987

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Organizations

Member, Romance Writers of America
Member, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America
Member, Colorado Bar Association

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Various aspects of writing

Birth City

Colorado Springs

Birth State

CO

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Author, Solutions Architect, Engagement Manager

Biography

Christina Bergling has been writing since childhood. She has written a variety of styles. A blog from Iraq, software user guides for software, articles for a numismatist magazine. More than anything, she is a horror author. In college at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, she pursued a professional writing degree and started publishing small scale.

It all began with “How to Kill Yourself Slowly.” Crystal Lake released her latest novel, Followers. Limitless Publishing published her novel The Rest Will Come. HellBound Books published her two novellas, Savages and The Waning. She co-wrote Screechers with Kevin J. Kennedy. She is also featured in numerous anthologies, including Collected Christmas Horror Shorts, Demonic Wildlife, Colorado’s Emerging Authors, and Graveyard Girls. Bergling was born and raised in Colorado Springs. She lives with her family in Colorado and spends her non-writing time working in IT, hiking mountains, dancing, and sucking all the marrow out of life.

Education/Training

BA in English with an emphasis in Professional Writing from UCCS, 2005

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Interviews

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Anything though I have previously focused on the writing/publishing process and the horror genre

Birth City

Milwaukee

Birth State

WI

Current Location

El Paso County, CO

Occupation(s)

Author

Biography

K. L. Emanuelson is an Army veteran. She was a working cowgirl for many years, a horse trainer and a riding instructor. As a Beowulf scholar, she's presented at academic conferences and been published in the proceedings. She's entered the poetry, essay and short-short fiction divisions and won, at the Colorado Veterans Arts competitions, but now focuses upon writing her novels. She shares her ranch in the beautiful, historic Bijou Basin with her horses, dogs and cats. She's a historian with a focus upon pre-Viking early 6th century Scandinavia and the 19th century American West.

Awards/Honors

Education/Training

MA-English/Language Arts

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Organizations

Pikes Peak Writers
Sons of Norway

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Beowulf, horses, including accurate horse portrayals in film and fiction, Viking and pre-Viking Norse culture, and cowboys/cowgirls

Birth City

Johnson City

Birth State

NY

Current Location

El Paso County, CO

Email (Public)

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Freelance journalist and author

Biography

Alli Carter Close is a freelance journalist who lives in the shadow of Pikes Peak. She lives with her husband, two children and four dogs.

Awards/Honors

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

The history of the Ute in Colorado

Birth City

Glen Ellyn

Birth State

IL

Current Location

Monument, CO

Email (Public)

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Wildfire risk reduction

Biography

Lisa moved to Monument in 1990 with her husband and the Air Force. She has also lived in Illinois, Ohio, and Colombia, South America. She's been a computer mapper and editor, newspaper reporter and managing editor, teacher of English as a Second Language, and member of a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Now, she has learned to run a chainsaw and wood-chipper, and to do public speaking (even scarier) to promote wildfire risk reduction and emergency preparedness.

Awards/Honors

Education/Training

Geography B.A, University of Illinois
Western State University, Certificate in K-12 Linguistically Diverse Education
Community Emergency Response Team - Pikes Peak Regional Office of Emergency Management
NFPA Assessing Home Ignition Potential From Wildfire

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Interviews

Organizations

Pikes Peak Regional Community Emergency Response Team
Tri-Lakes United Methodist Church Emergency Preparedness Group
Our Community News reporter

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

* The Story of the Flying Ember - 20-minute tale for property owners about how to co-exist with wildfire
* Wildfire risk reduction for homeowners
* How to prepare today: your home's "ignition zone" & wildfire's flying embers (10 minutes or 2 hours - let me know)
* Emergency preparedness for everybody
* Emergency preparedness for seniors
* Solar oven cooking

Pseudonym

B. J. Bowen

Birth City

Galveston

Birth State

TX

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Retired - Author

Biography

For 19 years, I played in the Colorado Springs Symphony. My current cozy mystery series is based on those experiences.

Awards/Honors

Education/Training

Bachelor's Degree in Music, Boston University, 1976

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Organizations

Sisters in Crime

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Music - Rookie Publishing

Pseudonym

Elle Vaughn

Birth City

Birmingham

Birth State

AL

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Email (Public)

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Author and bookseller

Biography

Brought to the Springs twice thanks to the Air Force, Laura and her family returned for a third time for keeps. Originally from Alabama, she's the author of fourteen novels, and eight short stories/novellas. She also writes as "Elle Vaughn" in collaboration with Yvonne Jocks and Evelyn Vaughn. In addition, she's the owner of Author, Author! and supplies authors with their own books at deep discounts. 

Awards/Honors

Education/Training

BS in Industrial Engineering, University of Alabama

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Organizations

* Past President and Founder of Pikes Peak Writers
* Ten-time director of the Pikes Peak Writers Conference
* Member, Mystery Writers of America
* Member, Novelists Inc.
* Member and faculty, Superstars Writing Seminars

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

* Creativity: Thinking Outside of the Box
* The Subliminal Writer: Using music to influence your writing
* Reverse Engineering your Suspense/Mystery Plot

Birth City

Littleton

Birth State

CO

Current Location

Elizabeth, CO

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Writer

Biography

Lisa Marie Thomas grew up as the child of an undercover narcotics agent and a secretary at the DA's office. Listening to stories about lives far different than her own, she developed a love of storytelling and suspense that grew into her first novel, Good Heart. She loves God, loves her husband and children, and loves to write as a native of the beautiful state of Colorado. She is also an advocate for foster care and mentoring, connecting to the world around her at www.LMarieThomas.com.

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Organizations

Member of American Christian Fiction Writers

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Book club talks/signings - Writing

Birth City

Dallas

Birth State

TX

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Email (Public)

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Writer

Biography

Ethan reads all the time and writes so that you can read. He travels the world, ignoring the usual boundaries of space and time, collecting stories, which he loves to tell almost as much as Sparrow himself does.

He has visited more than 25 countries in person, and perhaps more than a hundred in books. He has also time-traveled to more than 40 different years in history. We won’t tell you exactly which ones.

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Speaker Availability

No