Born and raised in Tripoli-Lebanon, Omar has experienced his fair share of bloodshed and loss. Despite being a civil engineer who has worked on several projects including the improvement of the transportation plan in Tripoli, he couldn’t let go of his passion for books. As the years went by, he started writing to feed his obsession, and soon enough, he wrote his first book “The Hollow and the Saint”. Omar loves dark psychological novels, and among his favorite are Red Dragon by Thomas Harris. He love stories with a meaningful, strong plot and convincing characters, Lee Child is a great example and one of his favorite authors, and the Jack Reacher series was the main inspiration for “The Hollow and the Saint”.
Gregory Adams is from Hingham, Massachusetts, and many of his stories are set in the New England towns and cities that he has come to know well. He graduated from Massachusetts College of Art Studio for Interrelated Media (SIM) with a degree in Media and Performing Arts. His stories have appeared in many small press publications and have been collected in two anthologies: One day in Hell and The River Above. In writing his stories Gregory seeks to achieve the unsettling ambiance and the nerve-rattling tension of traditional horror, along with the satirical touches and thumor.
Ladderbird is representing his horror novella, "Black Hole Slide"
Ladderbird is representing his horror novella, "Black Hole Slide"
Nate Chang is a genderqueer author and professor of English, currently living south of Seattle, Washington. Their work has appeared in The Pitkin Review Literary Magazine, Paper Tape, and Soul’s Road: a Fiction Collection (although you might not know it was them.) They enjoy musty old books, weird comics nobody has ever heard of, and model tanks.
Ladderbird is representing their literary fiction work, "There are No Butterflies in Southport".
Delisa Gross was raised in Texas where winter is the season for shorts and tacos are served on every corner. She attended Texas Christian University where she became passionate about writing and education. Inspired by the lack of diversity in young adult fiction, she wanted to create stories that represented people from different backgrounds. To her, a good story not only holds words but a sense of hope.
Ladderbird is representing her YA fantasy novel, "Ash to Arson".
Caroline Lear was born in Washington DC and raised in Alexandria, Virginia. After discovering a heart defect when she was three years old, she spent her childhood in and out of hospitals, finding endless comfort in stories. To her, books were magic, and helped her to heal every time she got sick. She decided she wanted to be a writer by the time she was seven years old, and was stubborn enough not to give up on her dream. Now at twenty-two years old, she’s healthy and thriving, still chasing the magic of storytelling and still too stubborn to quit.
Ladderbird represents her Young Adult Fantasy novel, "The Kingdom Below"
Ladderbird represents her Young Adult Fantasy novel, "The Kingdom Below"
Cody 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, and the Iron Horse Literary Review Single-Author Issue Competition and I received honorable mention for the Bear Deluxe Magazine Doug Fir Fiction Award. He has an MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College, and my stories have appeared recently in Pilgrimage, Cirque, KYSO Flash, and other publications. “Horticulture," which is part of this collection, was a notable story for the 2014 storySouth Million Writers Award.
Ladderbird is representing his short story collection, "Tell Me About Your Fire" as well as his novel "Ration".
Ladderbird is representing his short story collection, "Tell Me About Your Fire" as well as his novel "Ration".
Rose Ramos was reared equally by the wintry wilds of Alaska and the concrete jungle of New York. A philosophy buff, she spends her nights studying meteors and variable stars. She has been obsessed with the idea of literature as the door to other, unlived realities since reading Murakami's Sputnik Sweetheart in middle school. Rose writes contemporary YA and Science Fiction.
Ladderbird is representing her contemporary YA novel, "The Unified Field".
Brian Reeves is a writer and teacher based in Vancouver, Washington. His short stories have been published in Spark: A Creative Anthology and Sand Hill Review, and his self-published novel, A Chant of Love and Lamentation, was a finalist in the 2012 Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award.
Ladderbird is representing Brian's crime novel, "Sun Dogs".
Tammy Lynne Stoner’s work has been selected for more than a dozen anthologies and literary journals. Her first novel, SUGAR LAND, is coming out in 2018 with Red Hen Press. She’s been nominated for a Million Writers Award 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 forklift operator, a gas station attendant, and a college instructor, among other odd jobs. She’s also the Publisher of Gertrude journal, based in in Portland, OR, where she lives with her lady-friend, Karena, and their three kids.
Ladderbird is representing Tammy's short story collection, "Grenadine Kisses at Midnight", as well as her cross genre novel, "Cycle of Salt"
Ladderbird is representing Tammy's short story collection, "Grenadine Kisses at Midnight", as well as her cross genre novel, "Cycle of Salt"
Dan Raburn lives in the Appalachian foothills of north Alabama and has been an English teacher and vocational training specialist while honing his writing skills. He began writing at the age of ten and published his first short story at seventeen. Early success whetted a lifelong passion for storytelling, and he now writes genre-bending books he hopes will make a difference. His interest in the sufferings of “natural” man in an industrial and global society generates fast-paced thrillers with literary underpinnings. Published work includes Blood Bounty, from Zebra Books, and short stories in Far West Magazine.
Ladderbird is representing several of Dan's thrillers including "Walking on Brimstone", "Yesterman" and "Colors of Midnight".
Ladderbird is representing several of Dan's thrillers including "Walking on Brimstone", "Yesterman" and "Colors of Midnight".
Mark Troy’s first novel, Pilikia Is My Business was nominated for a Shamus Award, Best First Private Eye Novel, by the Private Eye Writers of America. His novel, The Splintered Paddle, was deemed “Hawaiian noir at its best.” From Kirkus Review: “It reveals the dark underbelly of Hawai’i and builds tension right up to the explosive conclusion.” Mark’s short stories have appeared in magazines and ezines such as Spinetingler, Plots With Guns, and The Thrilling Detective. His story, “Teed Off,” was accorded an honorable mention by Otto Penzler and James Ellroy, editors of Best American Mystery Stories, 2002. Mark is a member of Brazos Writers, Mystery Writers of America, Private Eye Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, The Short Mystery Fiction Society, International Thriller Writers, and Texas Association of Authors. Mark has been a panelist at various mystery conventions. Most recently he appeared on two panels at Left Coast Crime 2017.
Ladderbird is representing his crime thriller, "Questions of Loyalty"
Ladderbird is representing his crime thriller, "Questions of Loyalty"
Michael Vassel was born and raised in the Cleveland Ohio area, he joined the US Army after high school and served as a Mortarman (indirect fire infantry) while stationed in Texas. Since 1989 he's worked as a mechanical engineer in several different industries, foremost Materials Handling.
His first published piece was the short story "Hide and Seek" for the Cuyahoga Community College yearly publication.
He enjoys traveling for both work and pleasure, and has visited all 50 states, Europe, Mexico, Canada, and the Bahamas. Michael has two children and three grandchildren, and currently lives on Cleveland’s East Side with his girlfriend and four fur babies.
Ladderbird is representing his fantasy YA novel, "Defiled," as well as several other works.
His first published piece was the short story "Hide and Seek" for the Cuyahoga Community College yearly publication.
He enjoys traveling for both work and pleasure, and has visited all 50 states, Europe, Mexico, Canada, and the Bahamas. Michael has two children and three grandchildren, and currently lives on Cleveland’s East Side with his girlfriend and four fur babies.
Ladderbird is representing his fantasy YA novel, "Defiled," as well as several other works.
J.N. Wells is an artist who received training at the University of Illinois and at the world-renown Yale Summer Cabaret, home to Meryl Streep, Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro, among many others. Originally from Chicago, J.N. has lived and worked in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and he currently resides in the suburbs of Chicago. As an avid reader of YA Sci-Fi, J.N. has two loves, books and coffee.
Ladderbird is representing his Young-Adult Sci-Fi novel, "Tianna - Humanity's Last Hope."
Ladderbird is representing his Young-Adult Sci-Fi novel, "Tianna - Humanity's Last Hope."
Jamie Yourdon, a freelance editor and technical expert, received his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Arizona. His short fiction has appeared in the Alaska Quarterly Review, Underneath the Juniper Tree, and Chicago Literati, and he has contributed essays and interviews to Booktrib. Froelich's Ladder (Forest Avenue, August 2016) is his debut novel. He lives in Portland, Oregon.
Ladderbird represents his cross genre Sumerian novel, "MITU"
Ladderbird represents his cross genre Sumerian novel, "MITU"
