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Bill Newby — Bill Newby’s poetry and short stories have appeared in Whiskey Island, Ohio Teachers Write, Bluffton Breeze, Sixfold, Palm Beach Poetry Festival Fish Tales Contest, and IWN’s Time and Tide.

Len Camarda — Len Camarda has published The Seventh Treasure, an international thriller and several short stories. Originally from NY, Len & his family have also lived abroad, including in Spain, the location of his novel (http://www.lencamarda.com).

Sunni Bond — Sunni Bond is a retired Business and Social Studies teacher who is currently an active genealogical researcher “just for the thrill of the chase” and the joy of helping people connect to their ancestors. She has published non-fiction pieces in MENSA Bulletin and similar publications, and her fiction has appeared in IWN’s Time & Tide and Ebb & Flow.

Elise Brady — Elise Brady has self published a children’s book: Where Am I in the Universe? She is working on a memoir, Moving to Maui: Trapped in Paradise.

Terri L. Weiss — Terri L. Weiss is a Georgetown Law School alum and a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. She is working on her second novel, “Book of Genesis,” and also writes short stories. http://terrilweiss.com

Miho Kinnas — Miho Kinnas was born and raised in Tokyo, Japan. Her book of poems: Today, Fish Only (Math Paper Press, 2015). Most recently published in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal (2017).

Gregory Smorol — Gregory Smorol received his BA from St. Lawrence University and MED in Communications from SUNY. He is published in several IWN anthologies. His novel, The Tithonian Biosphere, is available on Amazon.

Andrew K. Clark — Andrew K. Clark’s poetry has recently appeared in UCLA’s Out of Anonymity, The Zingara Literary Review, The Literary Nest. He is shopping The Day Thief, his first novel. Follow him on Twitter at @theandrewkclark.

Jim Riggs — Jim Riggs first novel, Freedom Run, follows four escaped prisoners attempting to establish new identities. Jim is crafting a variety of short stories, several new novels, and even a bit of poetry.

Anatol Zukerman — Anatol Zukerman was born in the Soviet Union and emigrated to the US in 1973. Here he published three books of prose and poetry: “The Bridge”, “Responsible Art” and “The City of Newdoom”.

Marilyn Lorenz — Marilyn Lorenz was first published at the age of sixteen, is a graduate of Northwestern University, and comes from a very long line of writers. She writes poetry, short stories, music, and lyrics.

Bev Moss Haedrich — Bev Moss Haedrich, a freelance writer, has called the Lowcountry home since the mid-1970‘s. Her writing has been inspired by its gentle breezes and natural swaths of untouched landscape.

Ann Lilly — Ann Lilly, a Kentucky native, moved to Hilton Head in 2001. Her children’s book Scoot’s New Home, is an illustrated story about a little boat who lives on Hilton Head Island. http://www.ScootAroundHiltonHead.com

Ed Morgret — Ed Morgret moved to Hilton Head in 2016. His book, The Essential Ed Koterba, is a tribute to his father, a prominent journalist of the 1950s and eulogized by President Kennedy. http://www.TheEssentialEdKoterba.com

Brian Thiem — Brian Thiem retired as an Army Lt. Colonel and Police Lieutenant (detective) to Bluffton. He has an MFA (Creative Writing), and his published crime thriller novels include RED LINE, THRILL KILL, and SHALLOW GRAVE. http://www.brianthiem.com

Thelma Naylor — Thelma Naylor moved to Hilton Head in 2000 following an international upbringing and career. She has dabbled in poetry since 2015, with several poems published in IWN anthologies and the Bluffton Breeze.

T.P. Foster — T.P. Foster writes poetry, essays and short stories, lately published “Meet Me Where I Am”, editor Lynne Cope Hummel, Lydia Inglett, Ltd. Publishing (2015). He retired to Hilton Head in 1997.

Sansing McPherson — Sansing McPherson, an Alabama native, moved to Hilton Head in 2002 from New Jersey. Her novel, Sweat Sisters, relates the highs and lows of teachers in a NJ middle school. http://www.sansingmcpherson.com

Elizabeth Robin — Elizabeth Robin, retired New Jersey teacher, has two books of poetry: Silk Purses and Lemonade (2017) and Where Green Meets Blue (2018), both with Finishing Line Press. See: http://www.elizabethrobin.com/

Susan Diamond Riley — Susan Diamond Riley, freelance copyeditor and former journalist, is currently writing a series of historical mystery novels for middle-grade readers. The first installment, The Sea Island’s Secret, will be published by Young Palmetto Books (2019).

James A. Mallory — James A. Mallory, a Detroit native, moved to Hilton Head in 2015 from Atlanta. James, a retired newspaper editor, is a freelance editor and writer shopping his first novel.

John "Mac" MacIlroy — John “Mac” MacIlroy is a retired attorney, CEO and adjunct professor. His co-authored collection of short stories, “Not Exactly Rocket Scientists and Other Stories,” has just been released. Available in bookstores, and Amazon on-line.

Barry DIckson — Barry Dickson is a retired Creative Director. His poetry has appeared in journals including North American Review, PEARL, and HazMat Literary Review. He’s been a Hearst Poetry Prize finalist and received a Pushcart Prize “Special Mention.”

Norma Van Amberg — Norma Van Amberg, a New Jersey native and Douglass College alumna, moved to Hilton Head Island in 1984 and now lives in Bluffton. A retired newspaper reporter, magazine writer and editor, she is a facilitator for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) Lowcountry (SC) and has written a non-fiction manuscript, Balancing on the Brink: Families Navigating Mental Illness.

Suzanne Eisinger — Suzanne Eisinger, a Midwest native, moved to Hilton Head with her family in 2015. Besides keeping track of three teenagers, she is a freelance writer for a variety of print and online publications including Hilton Head Monthly, Pink and Parenthood IQ.

Norm Levy — Norm Levy is the published author of “Rhymes for Our Times” – rhymed riffs on real news headlines calculated to amuse (and occasionally instruct.) He’s a published song writer, and has over 10,000 followers on Twitter. More info http://www.rhymes4ourtimes.com

H.B. Tyler — H.B. Tyler has a bachelor’s degree in human development and psychology and is a full time resident of Hilton Head Island. The first book of the Steele crime fiction series, Breaking Steele, was recently released and the follow up, Burying Steele, is anticipated to be released in late 2018. http://www.hbtyler.com

Carol Linneman — Carol Linneman’s From Caregiver to Supportgiver (Amazon) is an outgrowth of her longterm care experience as an RN and graduate gerontology student. Her short stories, showcasing volunteer opportunities, appear in local magazines and IWN anthologies. http://www.supportgiver.com

Phil Lindsey — Phil Lindsey graduated from Illinois State University with an accounting degree in 1976. In 2016, he retired full-time to Bluffton, SC. You can read some of his poems on http://hellopoetry.com

Debby Grahl — Debby Grahl’s The Silver Crescent won the Paranormal Romance Guild’s 2014 Reviewers’ Choice Award. Rue Toulouse was a Finalist for the First Coast National Excellence in Romance Fiction Award and was selected as a “choice read” by Hilton Head Monthly – http://www.debbygrahl.com

James Edward Alexander — James Edward Alexander writes about his childhood in Georgia, twenty years in the U. S. Air Force, and his wonderful life. His books are titled, Halfway Home from Kinderlou, Forks in the Road, and I Wish You Had Been There.

Jeanie Silletti — Jeanie Silletti is a retired college faculty member who lived in Spain, England, Italy, and Ohio prior to moving to Hilton Head. She enjoys writing vignettes of her childhood and being an art docent at the Telfair Museum in Savannah.

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