Elise Abram is a retired high school teacher of English and Computer Studies. She is a former archaeologist, and current writing coach, editor, book formatter, publisher, and award-winning author. She is an avid reader of literary and science fiction, crocheter, and student of the human condition.

Abram writes and publishes contemporary urban fantasy and fiction. To date, she has written six children’s picture books (illustrating five of them), one middle-grade reader, eight young adult books, and five books for older audiences. She has also written seven non-fiction books on topics including literary arts curriculum, the writing process, and the ethical and efficient use of AI in writing.  

Patricia Keeney is an award-winning poet, novelist, theatre and literary critic. The author of ten books of poetry and two novels, her writing has been widely translated. Her latest poetry volume, Orpheus in Our World (NeoPoiesis) connects ancient Greek lyrics with contemporary theatrical dialogue. Her latest novel One Man Dancing (Inanna) is a story of Africa, politics, art and personal survival set on the world stage. Her forthcoming novel, Emptiness and Angels: A story of the divine feminine combines Biblical mystery, feminist satire and spiritual quest. A longtime professor of Literature, Humanities and Creative Writing at Toronto’s York University, Keeney has conducted decades of workshops in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. She has also taken this work well beyond the university, both inside and outside Canada.  Website: wapitiwords.ca

Jeanette Winsor is a graduate of the Humber School for Writers, Toronto, and has been writing novels and short stories for the past forty years. Many of her works are set in Newfoundland out ports as she tries to capture a culture quickly giving way to the modern world. She currently lives in Simcoe County with her husband and when she’s not writing, she loves to garden, read, and make funny animal props for her daughter to use in her Kindergarten classes.

Paul Yanuziello is a writer, storyteller, musician, martial arts instructor and an
author. The opportunity to write and teach full-time in 2017, as well as his passion for teaching and learning from children, became the motivational force to publish his first children’s picture book. In 2019, he published Samba on a Snowy Day, to glowing reviews. So far, his books have been published and translated into two foreign languages, Brazilian Portuguese and French.
When Paul is not teaching or learning martial arts, he can be found writing,
reading, or practicing shinrin-yoku (forest bathing) in his sanctuary near the Blue Mountains, in Ontario, Canada. To keep up to date with Paul, visit
paulyanuziello.com and remember to subscribe to his blog, My Monthly Journal. Other books written by Paul Yanuziello with illustrations by Joshua Miller: Samba in Brazil, Samba in Switzerland, Scratchy the Squirrel: A Time for Friends and Dojo in the Woods