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Michael Stearns

Michael Stearns is the founder of Upstart Crow Literary. A former editorial director for HarperCollins, he has edited hundreds of best-selling, award-winning novels and picture books for children, including A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly; Gone and Hunger by Michael […]

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Adam Stemple

Adam Stemple is an award-winning author, poet, and musician. Of his first novel, Singer of Souls, SFWA Grandmaster Anne McCaffrey said, “One of the best first novels I have ever read.” Of his later works, Hugo Award winning author Naomi […]

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Elise Stephens

Elise Stephens’ storytelling is influenced by a lifelong love of theater and a childhood of globetrotting. Much of her work focuses on themes of family, memory, and finding hope after a devastating loss. She is a first-place winner of Writers […]

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Laurie Stevens

Laurie Stevens

Laurie Stevens is the author of the Gabriel McRay novels. The books have won twelve awards, including Kirkus Reviews “Best of” and a Random House Editors’ Book of the Month. In regards to writing thrillers, Suspense Magazine says Laurie is […]

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Andrew Kelly Stewart

Andrew Kelly Stewart’s writing spans the literary, science fiction, fantasy, and the supernatural genres. His short fiction has appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, ZYZZYVA, and Juxtaprose, and his debut book, We Shall Sing a Song into […]

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John E. Stith

John E. Stith is the author of nine novels, including REDSHIFT RENDEZVOUS, a Nebula Award nominee, and MANHATTAN TRANSFER. Several of his works with Ace Books and Tor Books have been bought by the Science Fiction Book Club, optioned for […]

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Sarena Straus

Sarena Straus is the multi-award-winning author of “ReInception” (Winding Road Publishing, 2022). ReInception is part one of a trilogy. She also has a forthcoming YA Alien Invasion trilogy to be release ins 2023 – 2025. Sarena has appeared as a […]

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Lisa Stringfellow

Lisa Stringfellow writes middle grade fiction and has a not-so-secret fondness for fantasy with a dark twist. Her debut fantasy A Comb of Wishes was selected as an ABA Indie Introduce Kids and Indie Next Kids title, a 2022 Horn […]

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Noah K Sturdevant

Noah Sturdevant is a writer of comedy, in whatever form seems like the most fun at the time. Most of his work is in horror comedy/ urban fantasy, but only because Hasbro won’t let him write books about Transformers. Noah […]

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