Current Location

Colorado

Occupation(s)

Therapist, social worker, and writer

Education/Training

Master of Arts Degree in Social Work - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - Teaching Credentials

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Organizations

National Association of Social Workers - Association for Family and Conciliation Courts - Pikes Peak Writers

Speaker Availability

No

Birth Year (-Died Year)

1953

Birth City

McPherson

Birth State

KS

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Email (Public)

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Writer

Biography

Steven LeRoy Nelson is an award-winning humorist whose short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, The Leviathan, Fire And Ice, and other publications. He has published six novels in the Axel Hatchett series set in the Colorado Springs area.

Awards/Honors

Education/Training

Bachelor of Arts degree, Colorado College, Colorado Springs

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Organizations

Mystery Writers of America

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Mystery writing - The Old West - Weaponry of the Old West

Current Location

Colorado

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Writer and professor

Biography

Cynthia Kuhn writes the Lila Maclean Academic Mysteries and Starlit Bookshop Mysteries. Her work has also appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Literary Mama, Copper Nickel, Prick of the Spindle, Mama PhD, Mystery Most Edible, Mystery Most Diabolical, and other publications. She is professor of English at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Awards/Honors

Education/Training

PhD, University of Denver
MA, University of Colorado-Denver
BA, University of Kansas

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Organizations

Sisters in Crime (National, Online, and Colorado chapters), Mystery Writers of America (National and Rocky Mountain chapters), International Thriller Writers, Colorado Authors’ League, Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, Pikes Peak Writers

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Literature, Creative Writing, Film, Mystery, Humor, Gothic

Birth City

Bolton

Birth State

UK

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Email (Public)

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Retired - author

Biography

Arleen is a former senior analyst with the Government Accountability Office where she wrote extensively on many topics ranging from satellite systems to endangered species. She has a science education and loves nature and reality. She is a life-long avid reader and began writing fiction in 2009. She has completed the six-book Darcy Farthing adventure series, which are contemporary mysteries with travel and thought-provoking topical subjects.

Awards/Honors

Education/Training

Degree in Biology - Dozens of professional training courses in conjunction with GAO position - Many additional college level courses in varied subjects from robotics to religion

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Interviews

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Health - Exercise - Positive thinking - Public speaking - Path to becoming an author later in life

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Author's Website

Biography

Khadija Grant is a proud mother of three little girls and the author of two amazing books. She has published The Influenced, an inspirational book that encourages the reader to look beyond their current situation and to take control of their destiny, as well as an entrepreneurial book for children called You Can Start One Too! Her passion for writing realistic fiction started after she sent stories to her husband while he was deployed in Iraq. After hearing how it impacted his tour, each book she wrote was written to entertain, yet inspire her readers. Khadija is from Cleveland, Ohio, and when she is not writing, you can find her creating doll shows with her children or watching a TED Talks episode. Her dream is to touch as many lives as possible, especially those who come from unfortunate circumstances and help to build them up to become bold enough to fight for their dreams.

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Speaker Availability

Yes

Birth Year (-Died Year)

1985

Birth City

Vendenbergh Air Force Bace

Birth State

CA

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Paralegal

Biography

Nicholas S. Casale grew up in Palmer Lake, which is a small town in Colorado. Shortly thereafter, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in history from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and began working as a paralegal.

From a young age he was attracted to history, myth, religion, and spent several years searching for the religion that best matched his personal beliefs; he is now a practicing Messianic Jew and is happily married to the woman who taught him Hebrew.

He first started writing stories when he was 6 years old. He invented a simple character named "Mousey," who was a mouse and a wizard. While his stories have grown more sophisticated since then, he has always had a love for the themes of that original story; the idea that the weak may overcome the strong through cleverness and imagination.

Education/Training

Bachelor of Arts Degree in History, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

The Novels - History - Mythology - Religion

Pseudonym

Kathy Clark and Bob Kat (YA)

Birth Year (-Died Year)

1951

Birth City

Houston

Birth State

TX

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Email (Public)

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Author

Biography

Bob and Kathy Wernly write as a team under the penname of Kathy Clark for our adult romantic suspense novels and Bob Kat for our YA romance/mystery/time travel series (Timeshifters). We lived in Colorado since 1985 and in Colorado Springs for a year and a half. Several of our series are set in Colorado, including Denver Heroes, and an upcoming series set in Cripple Creek called Breathless. One of our YA novels (Forever Love) is a time travel ghost story set at the Stanley Hotel the year it opened in 1911. We have given workshops and speeches about writing and creativity all over the U.S. Kathy is a past vice-president of Romance Writers of America and a co-founder of Colorado Romance Writers.

Education/Training

BA degree in Mass Communications and Fine Arts, York College (Kathy) - BS and MBA in Aerospace Engineering and Business Administration (Bob)

Local Authors Genres

Organizations

Romance Writers of America - Colorado Romance Writers - Mystery Writers of America

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Characterization - Plotting - Writing a series - Writing with a partner - Writing young adult novels - Writing new adult novels - How to self publish your book - Many other writing-related topics

Birth Year (-Died Year)

1956

Birth City

Chickasha

Birth State

OK

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Author's Website

Occupation(s)

Entertainer and author

Biography

John Bryan is a writer, composer, musician, actor and illusionist. He has lived in Colorado Springs, CO since 1984 with his wife Michèle and is the proud father of two sons, Erik and Alex. He is the author of the novel Dark Brother and the short story collection entitled Side Streets and Dark Alleys.

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Organizations

International Brotherhood of Magicians

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Making fiction real
Where ideas come from

Birth Year (-Died Year)

1987

Birth City

Cheyenne

Birth State

WY

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Email (Public)

Occupation(s)

Author - Wife - Mother - Technical Support

Biography

Leah has been writing since she was six years old. Her very first story was written for her mother and Leah illustrated it herself using stencils and crayons. Leah was homeschooled from Kindergarten through 12th grade, and started community college when she turned 16. From there she went on to College of the Ozarks in Missouri and graduated in 2009 with a BA in English. Leah's and debut children's story released under her children's author pen name Julia Joss on November 27, 2012 entitled Blue Hooves and a Broken Wing. Three years later she released her first novel, Unraveling Glenmore, in April 2015. In addition to writing, Leah enjoys playing the piano and the Irish Tin Whistle. She loves reading, drinking coffee, having long talks with friends and fellow book lovers, as well as being outside. Currently Leah lives with her husband and daughter along the front range of the Rocky Mountains.

Education/Training

Bachelor of Arts in English, College of the Ozarks

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Speaker Availability

No

Birth Year (-Died Year)

1986

Birth City

Janesville

Birth State

WI

Current Location

Colorado Springs, CO

Email (Public)

Occupation(s)

Editor and copywriter

Biography

Ashley Eiman is a professional editor and writer living in Colorado. She loves Downton Abbey, country music, and all things Jane Austen.

Education/Training

Bachelor of Arts in English, 2008, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Local Authors Genres

Published Works

Published Works Book Jackets

Speaker Availability

Yes

Speaker Topics

Glen Eyrie - General Palmer and family