John Manuel is the author of a memoir, The Canoeist, and two previous novels, Hope Valley and The Lower Canyons (Atmosphere Press, 2020). His short stories have appeared in The Savannah Anthology and New Southerner. In addition to writing fiction,...

Judith Bice was born and raised in Richmond, Virginia, where she has enjoyed a dual career as an educator and a musician.  Hey, White GirlAtmosphere Press, 2021 A World Without Books was created to help writers connect with readers during...

Daniel Robinson is a retired lawyer from California. He has a BA from UC Riverside, an MA from Stanford, and a JD from McGeorge Law School. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Venezuela from 1966 to 1968. He’s married...

Donna Peizer is a mother of three and holds a BS in nursing from the University of Colorado and a JD from the University of California, Berkeley. Now retired, she lives with her dog, Toby, in the beautiful Sierra foothills...

Janet Kelley is a teacher, reader, writer, and feminist. A native of Hutchinson, Kansas, she studied Humanistic Studies and Religious Studies at Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana. She studied Historical Theology at the University of Notre Dame. She earned...

Richard Voigt practiced as an attorney dealing with issues of the workplace and has been selected for inclusion in “Best Lawyers in America”. He is a lecturer at Wesleyan University’s Institute for Life-Long Learning and at the Presidents’ College at...