An Interview with Ben Lyle Bedard: Author of The World Without Flags, Silver Winner of the 2019 SPR Book Awards
Born in Buckfield, a rural town in Maine, Ben grew up reading Tolkien, Stephen King, and Charles Dickens. When he went to college at the University of Maine at Farmington, he published his first piece of fiction in the local college journal. After moving across the country to study creative writing at Mills College, he began writing poetry as well as fiction. In his graduate studies, he published poems in several little magazines as well as a book of poems, “Implicit Lyrics.” He won honorary mention from the Academy of American Poets in the Friends of University Libraries Poetry Prize […]
Rose Servitova is an award-winning humour writer, event manager and job coach for people with special needs. She has published widely. Her debut novel, The Longbourn Letters – The Correspondence between Mr Collins & Mr Bennet, was described as a “literary triumph.” Rose has made author appearances at literary events and festivals in Ireland and the UK, including the Jane Austen Festival in Bath and an upcoming Jane Austen Summer Program in North Carolina. She has also spoken in schools and universities. Rose’s second novel, described as “an extraordinary piece of work” is a completing of Jane Austen’s unfinished […]
Nathanael Garrett Novosel is a professional researcher and advisor with over 20 years of experience studying individual and group behavior. Over that time, he has researched psychology, evolutionary biology, organizational best practices, leadership decision making, business, technology, finance, and philosophy to understand how the world as we know it works and why. 
Stephen J. Ethier has a lifelong interest in science fiction and fantasy. He has published over 35 non-fiction books. This is his first novel, for which he designed the cover art. Ethier lives on the east coast of Canada with his wife of 37 years, Christine, and their three fur babies, Frodo, Tessa and Tinkie.