TREVOR BELSHAW, AKA Trevor Forest, is a writer of both adult and children’s fiction. He lives in Nottingham, UK with his wife Doreen and two mad Springer Spaniels, Molly and Maisie. Trevor is the creator of Tracy’s Hot Mail, Magic Molly and Peggy Larkin’s War. He can also be found at Trevor Belshaw’s Writer’s Blog.
JEN BRUBACHER is a librarian who believes there aren’t yet enough books in the world. Her short fiction has been featured in Northword Magazine, The Yin Book, and the Deck the Halls and Nothing But Flowers anthologies. She is Canadian and lives in London, UK.
JODI CLEGHORN is a writer, editor and publisher. She is a founding partner of eMergent Publishing and the creative spark behind Chinese Whisperings and Literary Mix Tapes. Her short stories have appeared in anthologies in Australia, the UK, Denmark, Canada and the USA, and has six anthologies to her name as an editor. Jodi lives in Brisbane with a young family and is known to dance like no one can see her.
ANNIE EVETT lives in Brisbane. She is a prolific scribbler of characters, weaver of story lines and wields a finely balanced editing razor. She infuses her eclectic writing and artwork with life experience drawn on years teaching, traversing the corporate landscape and motherhood. Annie is the creative energy behind the cutting edge collaborative writing project CYOA and is a contributing editor on a number of sites and publications.
STACEY LARNER is a sole mother to two children, who turned to writing as a serious creative outlet in 2010. She has a background in academic writing, and finds writing fiction much more challenging! Her writing is (usually dark) speculative fiction and she lives in Brisbane, Australia.
MARIT MEREDITH edits and publishes The Pages eZine and anthologies for charity, and writes whenever she can fit it in. Being the mother of six and grandmother to eight, her house resembles Picadilly Circus most days. She’s a dab hand at stretching a meal for two to feed a dozen.
TONY NOLAND is a writer, blogger and poet whose work ranges in tone – witty or scary, inspiring or disturbing. His short fiction and poetry has been published in various electronic and print venues. Tony is a funny guy who takes his writing seriously. He lives near Philadelphia, USA with his wife and four children.
CAMERON TROST is an emerging writer from Brisbane, Australia who concocts disturbing stories of mystery, suspense and horror. His short fiction has been published by various online and print publishers including Brimstone Press, the AHWA, Eclecticism, LegumeMan Books, Dark Valentine, and Morpheus Tales.
DAVID ROBINSON is a freelance writer, editor and novelist from Manchester, UK, where he indulges his passion for pork pies and brown ale. Noisy and often outspoken, he has published 6 novels and blogs frequently at Dream It Up Write It Down
ALAN VAARWERK, born 1988, is a short fiction writer and aspiring editor who also takes photos of graffiti for fun. Alan completed his BA Honours in Creative Writing at Griffith University in 2010. Originally hailing from Grafton NSW, he now lives in Brisbane.
MAUREEN VINCENT-NORTHAM is a freelance writer and editor from Hereford, UK. She co-wrote The Writer’s ABC Checklist and is the author of The Greatest Guide to Genealogy. Her fiction turns up in anthologies and she won The Writers’ Advice Centre for Children’s Books 2008 competition. Maureen has tutored writing workshops, judged online writing contests and consumed much chocolate. Her blog for writers is Writers’ Checklist.