Catherine Adel West's debut novel SAVING RUBY KING is forthcoming from Park Row Books (Winter 2020)
Cathy was born and raised in Chicago, IL where she currently resides. She graduated with both her Bachelors and Masters of Science in Journalism from the University of Illinois - Urbana. Catherine counts Oscar Wilde, Octavia Butler, Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin among her many literary heroes. Her work is published in Black Fox Literary Magazine, Five2One, Better than Starbucks, Doors Ajar, 805 Lit + Art, The Helix Magazine and Lunch Ticket. In between writing and traveling, Catherine works as an editor.
Cathy was born and raised in Chicago, IL where she currently resides. She graduated with both her Bachelors and Masters of Science in Journalism from the University of Illinois - Urbana. Catherine counts Oscar Wilde, Octavia Butler, Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin among her many literary heroes. Her work is published in Black Fox Literary Magazine, Five2One, Better than Starbucks, Doors Ajar, 805 Lit + Art, The Helix Magazine and Lunch Ticket. In between writing and traveling, Catherine works as an editor.
Cody T Luff's debut horror novel RATION is forthcoming from Apex Book Company (August 2019)
Cody T Luff is a native of Montana who managed to escape and is now hiding out in Oregon. He has won several awards including: Fiction Winner of the Montana Book Festival’s Regional Emerging Writer’s Contest 2016, finalist for the Prime Number Magazine Award for Short Fiction, the CutBank chapbook contest, the Iron Horse Literary Review Single-Author Issue Competition, and honorable mention for the Bear Deluxe Magazine Doug Fir Fiction Award. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, and his stories have appeared in Pilgrimage, Cirque, KYSO Flash, and other publications. His story “Horticulture" was a notable story for the 2014 storySouth Million Writers Award.
Cody T Luff is a native of Montana who managed to escape and is now hiding out in Oregon. He has won several awards including: Fiction Winner of the Montana Book Festival’s Regional Emerging Writer’s Contest 2016, finalist for the Prime Number Magazine Award for Short Fiction, the CutBank chapbook contest, the Iron Horse Literary Review Single-Author Issue Competition, and honorable mention for the Bear Deluxe Magazine Doug Fir Fiction Award. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, and his stories have appeared in Pilgrimage, Cirque, KYSO Flash, and other publications. His story “Horticulture" was a notable story for the 2014 storySouth Million Writers Award.
M Shelly Conner's book EVERYMAN is forthcoming from Black Stone Publishing (Winter 2021)
M Shelly Conner, PhD is a multi-genre writer and an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Central Arkansas. Her work has been published, produced and/or screened at: Second City Chicago, Outfest, Playboy Magazine, AfterEllen, The Root and several print anthologies. Shelly is the creator of Quare Life Web Series (http://quarelifetv.com) and the dapper queer culture website www.dappervista.com.
Ladderbird is representing her novel "everyman".
M Shelly Conner, PhD is a multi-genre writer and an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Central Arkansas. Her work has been published, produced and/or screened at: Second City Chicago, Outfest, Playboy Magazine, AfterEllen, The Root and several print anthologies. Shelly is the creator of Quare Life Web Series (http://quarelifetv.com) and the dapper queer culture website www.dappervista.com.
Ladderbird is representing her novel "everyman".
tammy lynne stoner's debut novel SUGAR LAND recently won a silver medal IPPY (Independent Publisher Book Award)
tammy lynne stoner’s work has been selected for more than a dozen anthologies and journals. Her first novel, SUGAR LAND from Red Hen Press has been met with rave reviews. She’s been nominated for a Million Writers Award, offered an SLS fellowship to Kenya, and earned her MFA from Antioch University. Stemming from what her grandmother calls her “gypsy blood”, tammy has lived in 15 cities, working as a biscuit maker, a medical experimentee, a gas station attendant, and a college instructor, among other odd jobs. She’s also the Publisher of Gertrude journal and wrangler for GERTIE, a queer book club.
Ladderbird is representing her collection, GRENADINE KISSES AT MIDNIGHT, and her cross-genre novel, THE CYCLE OF SALT (book one in a series).
*Ladderbird also represents a number of other authors working on some excellent projects and we look forward to seeing great things happen for all of them in the near future
tammy lynne stoner’s work has been selected for more than a dozen anthologies and journals. Her first novel, SUGAR LAND from Red Hen Press has been met with rave reviews. She’s been nominated for a Million Writers Award, offered an SLS fellowship to Kenya, and earned her MFA from Antioch University. Stemming from what her grandmother calls her “gypsy blood”, tammy has lived in 15 cities, working as a biscuit maker, a medical experimentee, a gas station attendant, and a college instructor, among other odd jobs. She’s also the Publisher of Gertrude journal and wrangler for GERTIE, a queer book club.
Ladderbird is representing her collection, GRENADINE KISSES AT MIDNIGHT, and her cross-genre novel, THE CYCLE OF SALT (book one in a series).
*Ladderbird also represents a number of other authors working on some excellent projects and we look forward to seeing great things happen for all of them in the near future