Ellen Butler is a #1 International Bestselling novelist writing edgy suspense/mystery novels and sexy, sassy romance. She is the author of the award winning Love, California Style series, bestselling and award winning historical suspense, The Brass Compass, and international bestselling Karina Cardinal mystery series. Ellen holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration and Policy, and her history includes a long list of writing for dry, but illuminating, professional newsletters and windy papers on public policy.  She is a member of the Office of Strategic Services Society, Sisters in Crime, Virginia Writer’s Club, and International Thriller Writers. She is an admitted chocoholic and confesses to a penchant for shoe shopping. Ellen lives with her family in the suburbs of Washington, DC. Connect with Elllen at: http://www.ellenbutler.net/ And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com Book Lights - shining a light on good books!

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Chasing down the Pharaoh’s Forgery with Mystery author Ellen Butler

International Bestselling Author Kathrin Hutson has been writing Dark Fantasy, Sci-Fi, and LGBTQ Speculative Fiction since 2000. With her wildly messed-up heroes, excruciating circumstances, impossible decisions, and Happily Never Afters, she’s a firm believer in piling on the intense action, showing a little character skin, and never skimping on violent means to bloody ends. Kathrin is an active member of SFWA and HWA and lives in Colorado with her husband, daughter, and two dogs. For updates on new releases, exclusive deals, and dark surprises you won’t find anywhere else, sign up to Kathrin’s newsletter at kathrinhutsonfiction.com/newsletter And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com Book Lights - shining a light on good books!

Be an Accessory to Magic with Author Kathrin Hutson on Book Lights

A small town girl at heart, Jane Porter was born in Visalia, California.  She loved the central California's golden foothills, oak trees, & the miles of farmland. In her mind, there's nothing sweeter in the world than the heady fragrance of orange blossoms on a sultry summer night. As a child, she spent endless hours staring out the window, dreaming of far off places, fearless knights, & happy-ever-after endings. If she wasn't thinking of imaginary worlds, Jane had her nose in a book. During middle school, Jane's family moved to Europe for a year and Jane discovered a huge & wonderful world with different cultures & customs. In high school and college, she studied internationally, living in Ireland, South Africa, and Japan. After years of traveling and studying, she earned Bachelors degree from UCLA in American Studies as well as her Masters in Writing from the University of San Francisco and then teaching jr. high and high school English. But those fictitious worlds she dreamed about simply wouldn't go away, so Jane put pen to paper and by March 2001, her first book The Italian Groom, was published by Harlenquin Presents.  To date, Jane has over 65 books in print in both romance & women's fiction genres.  Her latest book, Montana Cowboy Daddy, is out now. Fine Jane at her website, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram. 

Writing adventures and happily ever afters with award-winning author Jane Porter

Rae Shawn began writing to see more characters like her doing the hard jobs that typically were seen by male characters. She is from California and tends to write romance, suspense or mystery that occur in her home state. In her free time, she likes to binge watch reruns of Supernatural, read books of all genres or watch anime. You can find out more and sign up for her newsletter at: https://www.loveraeshawn.com/ And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com Book Lights - shining a light on good books!

Romantic Suspense Thrills and Calculated Reactions with Rae Shawn on Book Lights

Rachel John started her storytelling career by telling her younger sister grand tales of pricesses to get her sibling to fall asleep.  Over the years, she kept telling stories through artwork and scribbling book ideas on scraps of paper, keeping her wild imagination flowing until finally, she decided to write it all out.  To date, she has over a dozen books in print and many more ideas on the way.  She loves to read anything with romance or humor, and thinks the best books should combine the two.  She's a terrible cook, but unfortunately for her family, she keeps trying. Rachel lives in Arizona with her husband, four crazy kids, and her desert tortoise. Her latest release, Dashing Into Disaster: An Austen Inspired Romantic Comedy is a modern take on Sense and Sensibility, bringing Elinor and Edward together in an entirely new way. You can find Rachel at her website, Amazon author page, Facebook, Goodreads, and Instagram.   

The timelessness of Jane Austen with contemporary romance author Rachel John

Meka James is a writer of adult contemporary and erotic romance. A born and raised Georgia Peach, she still resides in the southern state with her hubby of 16 years and counting. Mom to four kids of the two legged variety, she also has four fur-babies of the canine variety. Leo the turtle and Spade the snake rounds out her wacky household. When not writing or reading, Meka can be found playing The Sims 3, sometimes Sims 4, and making up fun stories to go with the pixelated people whose world she controls.  You can learn more at her website: https://www.authormekajames.com/ And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com Book Lights - shining a light on good books! ​

Second Chances and Small Town Romance with Meka James on Book Lights

Tracy Solheim's creative writing career began in the 4th grade when she published her first book.  It was a bestseller–mainly because her dad bought all ten copies she made on the school’s prehistoric Xerox machine. From there, she moved to writing a monthly column in a local newspaper. A bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Tennessee landed her in Washington, DC, writing reports for Congress while pursuing a Master’s degree in Legislative Affairs from The George Washington University. Other than a brief gig with NBC Sports at the (1988) Seoul Olympics, most of her early writing consisted of crafting lengthy government reports, but in May 2013 her dream of becoming a published author came true with the release of her debut novel, GAME ON.  Her latest book, Just for Kicks, is the first of her newest series. Find Tracy at her website, FB, IG, Goodreads, Pinterest, and BookBub.

Sports, romance, and writing with author Tracy Solheim

USA Today and Amazon Bestselling author Anna Lowe loves putting the "hero" back into heroine and letting location ignite a passionate romance. She loves dogs, sports, and travel – and letting the later inspire her fiction. If she's not hunched over her laptop, working on her latest story, you'll find her hiking in the mountains or biking country roads. Either way, the day will end with a chunk of dark chocolate and a good read. You can find out more at: http://annalowebooks.com/ Originally from Denver, Kelsey Osborne made her way to Los Angeles in search of warmer weather and ended up rediscovering her love of performance and comedy.  After completing the UCB Improv program, she began performing on some of LA's coolest stages including; UCB Sunset, UCB Franklin, The Pack Theatre, and The Comedy Central Stage at The Hudson. She has provided voice over for educational videos, magazine audio articles, recurring audio play characters, and animated shorts. Additionally, in a fun 'shift' of fate, she found myself narrating a long list of over 40 paranormal romance novels, which can be found on audible. And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com Book Lights - shining a light on good books!  

Diving into Audiobooks with Author Anna Lowe and Narrator Kelsey Osbourne

Careful-ish is Honey Parker’s first novel, but not her first written words. She’s co-authored several business books, written and sold several screenplays which, as per Hollywood tradition, are circling various levels of that place known as Development Hell. Honey is a veteran advertising writer and creative director for big agencies in New York and Los Angeles, she eventually co-founded her own creative shop in Park City, Utah. Somewhere in the middle of all that, Honey began doing standup comedy in clubs and on TV, and won the coveted title of Funniest Person In Advertising, which brought no sash nor cash. Honey is married to her best friend and business partner, Blaine Parker and in their spare time, they run an ad agency, speak to small-business owners around the globe about profitable branding, and co-host the weekly podcast, CoupleCo: Working With Your Spouse For Fun & Profit. As the most amateur of athletes, they’ve raced together in full and half marathons and triathlons. Honey’s other “accomplishments” include being a performer at various Club Med locations around the world, sailing in the North American Fireball Championships despite the fact she cannot sail, and sparring with the World Female Boxing champ, a feat for which Honey is most proud that she neither bled nor cried.  You can find her at her website, FB, IG, and Amazon.

Permission to Laugh with author Honey Parker

K. Sterling is just a very tired and anxious woman with a MacBook who writes to save her sanity. Writing also allows her to stay home and care for her dogs, Milo and the awful Otis, and one very abusive cat, Luna. K. has two teenage daughters who are the most teenage daughters to ever teenage and responsible for all of K.’s premature grey hairs. She also homeschools her teenage autistic son, Alex. Alex is the inspiration behind K.’s most beloved character, Dr. Aiden Sharp. Before all this magical romance nonsense happened, K. served in the U.S. Army as a counterintelligence agent then went on to teach CI Investigations before changing careers and becoming a stay-at-home mom with Alex and the gang. K. has been married for many, many years to Mr. Sterling and he is currently leaving his very long career in counterintelligence to narrate his wife’s audiobooks. And other things. Learn more at ksterlingbooks.com And for more about our host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com Book Lights - shining a light on good books!    

Visit the Bisbee Bachelors’ Club with Author K. Sterling on Book Lights

Rose Amberly argues with stubborn women, counts the bells as Big Ben strikes the hour, undresses an army officer and sails a boat up the river Thames. She's been a mermaid, a teacher, a musician and an orange tree. She's duelled with vikings and made love in the rain.  All before lunch because why? She's a writer, a creator of worlds.  The first books of her English Channel series are out now with book three on the way for April.  You can find Rose at her website, instagram, Facebook, Amazon, and Goodreads.   

Creative escapism through the pages with Rose Amberly

Andrew Mayne is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Naturalist, Looking Glass, Murder Theory, Dark Pattern, and Angel Killer, as well as an Edgar Award nominee for Black Fall in his Jessica Blackwood series. Black Coral is the second book in his Underwater Investigation Unit series. The star of Discovery Channel’s Shark Week special Andrew Mayne: Ghost Diver and A&E’s Don’t Trust Andrew Mayne, he is also a magician who started his first world tour as an illusionist when he was a teenager and went on to work behind the scenes for Penn & Teller, David Blaine, and David Copperfield. Ranked as the fifth bestselling independent author of the year by Amazon UK, Andrew currently hosts the Weird Things podcast. For more on him and his work, visit www.AndrewMayne.com And for more about host Lisa Kessler visit http://Lisa-Kessler.com Book Lights - shining a light on good books!

Diving Deep for Thrills and Chills with Author Andrew Mayne on Book Lights

Stella Bixby is a native Coloradan who loves to snowboard, pluck at the guitar, and play board games with her family. She was once a volunteer firefighter and a park ranger, but now spends most of her time making up stories and trying to figure out what to cook for dinner. Her newest release, Bungled, will be out on March 30thm but you can pre-order it here.  If you want to keep in touch with Stella, check out her website, Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. 

Great adventures and writing life with author Stella Bixby

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