Supernatural/Paranormal

Willhoff, Jude

Willhoff, Jude
Birth Year (-Died Year)
1950
Birth City
Waynesville
Birth State
MO
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Occupation(s)
Realtor and Author
Biography

I've lived in the Colorado Springs area for over 40 years in a downtown Victorian home. We had fun updating and remodeling our home while keeping it to the original standards. We love the people and the community of Colorado Springs. Working in real estate, I've gotten to know the area and can't say there's anywhere else I'd like to live.

I work in real estate during the day and write in the evenings. I like to write stories that have a happy ever after so you'll find me on the shelves in under contemporary romance, paranormal romance, romantic comedy and romantic suspense. Also, I write some nonfiction as well. I am an award-winning, bestselling author on Amazon and BarnesandNoble.com.

Awards/Honors
Winner of the Colorado Independent Publisher's Award for Living Well With Chronic Pain.
Numerous awards for other books and a bestselling author on amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
Education/Training
Associate Degree in Business Manangement and Marketing
Organizations
Romance Writers of America - Pikes Peak Writers - Pikes Peak Romance Writers - Colorado Romance Writers - Heart of Denver Romance Writers
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
Living with chronic pain - Writing romance

Kessler, Amy

Author Amy Kessler, also known as A.L. Kessler
Pseudonym
A.L. Kessler
Birth Year (-Died Year)
1987
Birth City
Colorado Springs
Birth State
CO
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Occupation(s)
Paranormal Romance Author - Stay at Home Mom
Biography

A.L. Kessler is best known for her Here Witchy Witchy series and can be found on her couch working hard on her next work. She lives in Colorado Springs with her family and her fur babies. She can be bribed with coffee and chocolate if need be. 

Published Works Book Jackets
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Book cover for In The Light of the Moon by A. L. Kessler
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Book cover for Midnight Symphony by A. L. Kessler
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Book cover for The Touch of Night by A. L. Kessler
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
Indie publishing - Writing as a craft - Writing and balancing a family life - Paranormal romance

Dorchak, F.P.

Dorchak, F.P.
Birth Year (-Died Year)
1960
Birth City
Yonkers
Birth State
NY
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Occupation(s)
Writer
Biography

I grew up between Key West, Florida and Whitefield, New Hampshire, but spent most of my formative years in New York State’s Adirondack mountains. I attended Northern Arizona University, in Flagstaff, Arizona. Upon graduation, I entered the U.S. Air Force as an officer and served in missile warning and satellite operations. I was stationed at Cavalier AFS, North Dakota, then Falcon AFS/Schriever AFB, CO (moved to Colorado in 1985). I've been writing about the paranormal, supernatural and the "weird" since childhood, and have belonged to several Pikes Peak and Denver area writers groups. I have been associated with the PPWC writer's conference since it's beginning (1992). I have been interviewed on local and Internet radio and presented to local writer's groups. Also see: https://fpdorchak.wordpress.com/about/.

Awards/Honors
2017 - Best Book Awards Fiction: Short Story for Do The Dead Dream?
Education/Training
Bachelor of Science in Physics (astronomy emphasis), Northern Arizona University
Organizations
Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers - Pikes Peak Writers
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
Indie publishing - Indie publishing panels (I have a series of blogs titled, "Going Indie -- What I've Learned (So Far), parts 1-8 - Any topic that might touch upon my fiction titles, e.g. the metaphysical and paranormal

Carrillo, Kimberly

Carrillo, Kimberly
Pseudonym
K.D. Carrillo
Birth Year (-Died Year)
1980
Birth City
Belleville
Birth State
IL
Current Location
Colorado Springs CO
Occupation(s)
Communications
Biography

I attended college in the state of Washington. I moved to Colorado Springs this past summer (2013). My stories are influenced by the areas with which I am familiar; my readers can anticipate stories set in Colorado as I grow more familiar with my new home.

Education/Training
Master of Arts from Central Washington University
Local Authors Genres
Published Works Book Jackets
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
Self-publishing - using social media to promote self-published books

Rambeau, Erin

Rambeau, Erin
Birth Year (-Died Year)
1977
Birth City
Ft. Lewis
Birth State
WA
Current Location
Fountain, CO
Occupation(s)
Clerk at a library ... AND an author
Biography

I started writing when I was young. I wrote short stories such as "I, ripper" and "Whose in the titanic?" But I never wrote a complete novel until "The Werewolf, the Librarian and I" series. I plan to keep the series going. I have traveled the world while my father was in the army. I spent time in Germany, California and Connecticut. I have a younger brother and an older sister, 4 beautiful nieces and I am old enough to have a great nephew. I have made my first book "The werewolf, the librarian and I" into a music video and put it on YouTube. It is called "Animals of the night". I am creating a second music video for my second book "WLI: The War!". This music video will also be put on YouTube and will be called "Fire of the night".

Education/Training
Pikes Peak Community College - Fountain/Ft. Carson High School (1996) - November 2002 through present, Fountain Branch Library
Local Authors Genres
Published Works Book Jackets
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
New self published authors - How to market yourself - How to make your book more famous - being a self published author, that is making it big WITHOUT an agent and publishing house

Burns, Andrew

Burns, Andrew
Pseudonym
A. M. Burns
Birth Year (-Died Year)
1965
Birth City
Niagra Falls
Birth State
NY
Current Location
Florissant, CO
Occupation(s)
Writer
Biography

A.M. Burns lives in the Colorado Rockies with his partner, several dogs, cats, horses, and birds. When he’s not writing, he’s often fixing fences, splitting wood, hiking in the mountains, or flying his hawks. He is past president of the Colorado Springs Fiction Writers Group.

Organizations
Colorado Springs Fiction Writers Group
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
Writing and falconry

Goraczkowski, Jennifer

Author Jennifer Goraczkowski
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Biography

I have lived in the Colorado Springs area with my family for over 30 years. I love to write and love where I live, so it made sense for my stories to take place here.

Published Works Book Jackets
Speaker Availability
No

Karchut, Darby

Author Darby Karchut
Birth State
NM
Current Location
Colorado Springs, CO
Occupation(s)
Author
Biography

Darby Karchut is an award-winning author, former teacher, and compulsive dawn greeter. Her many books include Del Toro Moon (middle grade fantasy series) and On a Good Horse (middle grade contemporary). She is the recipient of the Colorado Book Award, the High Plains Book Award, the Will Rogers Medallion Award, the IPPY Silver Award, and the Moonbeam Children’s Book Silver Award. A native of New Mexico, she now lives in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains where she runs in blizzards and bikes in lightning storms. When not dodging death by Colorado, Darby can be found wrangling words. 

Visit the author at www.darbykarchut.com and follow her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Goodreads.

 

Awards/Honors
For Griffin Rising: 2011 Sharp Writ Book of the Year
For Griffin Rising: 2012 Gold Medal Children's Literary Classics
For Griffin's Fire: 2012 Finalist, Sharp Writ Book Award
For Griffin's Fire: 2012 Readers' Favorite Bronze Award, Young Adult
For Money and Teens: 2013 EIFLE (Excellence in Financial Literacy Education) Book of the Year
For Finn Finnegan: 2014 IPPY Silver Medal for Juvenile Fiction
For Gideon's Spear: 2014 International Reader's Favorite Bronze Medal
For Stag Lord: 2016 USA Book News Best Book Award Finalist
For Stone's Heart: 2016 Chatelaine Award Finalist
For Del Toro Moon: 2019 Colorado Book Award, Juvenile Literature
For On A Good Horse: 2021 High Plains Book Award, Children’s Literature
For On A Good Horse: 2021 Will Rogers Medallion Award, Juvenile Literature
Education/Training
MA in Education - The Colorado College ; BA in Anthropology - The University of New Mexico
Published Works Book Jackets
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Book cover for Del Toro Moon
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Book cover for The Red Casket
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Book cover for Mace and Hammer
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Book cover for On a Good Horse
Organizations
PAL member of the SCBWI ; member of the Pikes Peak Writers
Speaker Availability
Yes
Speaker Topics
Craft of Writing - Genre Fiction - Middle Grade and YA Fiction