Meg Hamand has had a heart for storytelling since her first poem was published in an anthology in elementary school. Since then, she graduated with a degree in English and creative writing from Indiana State University. She’s been published in multiple print and online publications and recognized as Michiana 40 Under 40 by South Bend Chamber of Commerce. She lives in Northern Indiana with her high school sweetheart, daughter, and miniature Dachshund, Nixon (named after Captain Nixon from Band of Brothers, not after the president).

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ALTERATIONS by Kate Maruyama (Running Wild Press; March 2025) is an absorbing Hollywood history and compelling love story forged with a rich literary family drama. Its characters allow the past and present to intertwine, highlighting how family, whether we like it or not, makes up who we are. Maruyama is best known as a horror writer, but this new novel is inspired by Maruyama’s aunt and her New England Boston marriage as well as her time spent living and working in Los Angeles. As Matt Tyrnauer, director of Victoria’s Secret: Angels & Demons and Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, raves Kate Maruyama invents a magical refracted Hollywood history and a lusty, coded story of forbidden love in Lotusland.”

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CLAUDIA ROWE has been writing about the hallways where kids and government clash for more than 30 years. A native of New York City now living in Seattle, her reporting on racially skewed school discipline for The Seattle Times helped to change education laws in Washington State and her coverage of Latino youth gangs was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Rowe has also written for The New York Times, Mother Jones, and Amazon Original Stories. In 2018 she received the Washington State Book Award for her true crime memoir The Spider and the Fly (Dey Street). She is a member of the editorial board at The Seattle Times, where she writes about foster care, juvenile justice, and public education.

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Barret Baumgart is an essayist, screenwriter, and the author of the nonfiction books China Lake and YUCK. His essays have appeared in The Paris Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Iowa Review, The Rumpus, Vice, LitHub, The Seneca Review, and The Literary Review, among others. He lives in Los Angeles.

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EDWARD L. JONES III has been an award-winning writer in advertising and higher education. During his ad career, he won more than 350 awards for creativity. In his time away from advertising, Ed served as a community columnist for the Charlotte Observer. He lives in the Winston-Salem, North Carolina area. This is his first book.

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Bremond Berry MacDougall is a graduate of University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Spanish. While raising her three children between Austin and New York City, she amassed a collection of many thousands of books that make up what she calls a “readers’ library” (as opposed to a collector’s library). Rather than first editions, it contains dog-eared favorites, collections from both of her grandmothers complete with personal notes, and books she hasyet to read. She and her husband helped to establish Eleanor Hall at St. Andrew’s School in Austin, a kindergarten building named after her late mother who was a champion of joyful learning. A board member of the Citizens’ Committee for Children of New York, a nonprofit that aims to advance well-being, equity, and justice for all of New York’s children, she lives in Manhattan.

Lisa Cooper-Lisa A. E. Cooper is a lawyer by profession and attended Amherst College and University of Texas School of Law. She has worked at a small Bay Area law firm that specializes in immigration law since 2008. A lifelong reader and book lover, her stint as a communications director for a school in Palo Alto undergoing a rebrand sparked her interest in publishing. Working with a graphic designer to rethink the school’s print magazines in an age that prioritizes digital experiences was an exciting and rewarding challenge. The mother of two adult daughters, she recently relocated to New York City.

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Kathleen Somers, a debut author, holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Temple University’s Tyler School of Art, and works as a freelance graphic designer and copywriter. She is a passionate observer of humanity who believes in the power of connection that comes from each of us sharing our individual stories, and the importance of authenticity when doing it. Having spent 24 years guiding her son through a disability most can’t see has not made her an authority on the topic. It’s having been the student to all that he has taught her that has brought her closer than anything ever will. When Kathleen isn’t busy with her career as a creative, she is out on her bike finding new roads to explore, or spending time with her son, opening his eyes to everything the world has to offer, both big and small. She lives with her family in the suburbs of Philadelphia.

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Khara is the published author of nine books who is passionate about turning pain points into possibilities. This means she loves talking about topics others wish to avoid, like leadership trauma, client suicide, and money shame. As a Social Enneagram Type

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