Kim Richards

Biography
Kim Richards Co-founder and CEO of Damnation Books. Senior editor. She’s on staff for Writer’s Chatroom www.writerschatroom.com; writes columns for Myshelf.com and Writers and Readers of Distinctive Fiction; and blogs at The Write Brigade bi-monthly. Her website featuring her own writing is at www.kim-richards.com http://kim-richards.livejournal.com/ http://www.myspace.com/kim_richards http://kim-richards.blogspot.com/ http://www.goodreads.com/kim_richards www.facebook.com/people/Kim-Richards/643339421 fanpage: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kim-Richards/102317878883 http://twitter.com/Kim_Richards http://horrorwriters.ning.com/profile/KimRichards http://romancewriterandreader.ning.com/profile/KimRichards http://darkfictionguild.ning.com/profile/KimRichards

William Gilchrist

Biography
William Gilchrist Co-founder of Damnation Books, IT and Financial Manager, and all around slave driver. By day he pretends to be normal by working for Agilent Technologies.

Tim Marquitz

Biography
Tim Marquitz Raised on a diet of Heavy Metal and bad intentions, Tim Marquitz has always been interested in writing, but it wasn't until about 1995 the urge became a compulsion. However, it would be many years later before the ability matched the interest. Fortunately, the two have reconciled...mostly. Now, with six novels under his belt, he hopes to follow in the footsteps of his inspirations: Clive Barker, Jim Butcher, and Stephen King. Writing a mix of the dark perverse, the horrific, and the tragic, tinged with sarcasm and biting humor, he looks to leave a gaping wound in the memories of his readers. A former grave digger, bouncer, and dedicated metalhead, Tim is a huge fan of Mixed Martial Arts, and fighting in general. Involved in the Live Action Role Playing organization, Amtgard, since he was fifteen, he derives great pleasure from bashing people into submission. He lives in Texas, with his beautiful wife and daughter, a neurotic dog and finger-crippling cat, and a wayward EMT.

Lisa J. Jackson

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Lisa Jackson loves the life she's created for herself as an independent editor and writer. She had always been an avid reader and now loves being introduced to new authors and different types of writing through editing. Editing is exciting because she gets to read new works by successful authors as well as unknowns, and help put the polish on the final product. She writes fiction, but also dabbles in poetry, New Hampshire-focused destination articles and nature essays. Her fiction reading and writing interests run from short flash pieces to short stories to novels to scripts and include mysteries, thrillers, sci-fi, children's, horror, Christian, romance, suspense, historicals, non-fiction, young adult, and anything else that attracts her muse. Lisa's adventures started at age seven when her family moved into the home where her mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother grew up. It was behind a wild animal farm that had, yes, lions and tigers and bears, oh my! Along with elephants, emus, llamas, and a fully occupied snake house, among other critters. She spent time visiting with the animals and as she got older, she explored the one hundred-twenty acres surrounding her home. Many mystery stories and ghost tales formed during those years, and some are still waiting to hit the page. A lifelong resident of NH, Lisa enjoys traveling and having adventure vacations. Her most recent trips include a week of white water rafting down the Colorado River, twelve days tenting on a Caribbean, and a week at a dude ranch in Wyoming. She walked away from a cubicle career in '06 to pursue her editing and writing passion full time and hasn't looked back since. She loves learning, b&w film photography, as well as cycling, hiking, and hanging out with her 'Little Sis' from Big Brothers Big Sisters. Website: http://lisajjackson.tripod.com

Lea Schizas

Biography
Lea Schizas is a multi-published, award-winning author and editor living in Canada with her husband and five children. She is the founder of the Writer's Digest top 101 Best Writing Sites The Muse Online Writers Conference. http://www.leaschizas.com

Heather Williams

Biography
Heather Williams Author, editor, artist and Gypsy stone reader, Heather Williams, has won countless competitions for poetry and short stories in several genrés, most of which have appeared in publications both online and in print. Her articles on the art of writing have been published in magazines and ezines all over the world. When she’s not chasing cattle all over Glenloth or creating elemental spiritual artworks in ink, under the name of Brittany Kingston, Heather immerses herself in her science fiction novel writing and follows her alien characters on adventures all over the multiverse. Brittany’s poetry anthologies: “Whisperings of the Soul” and “Where the Night Things Are”, are currently available at: Eternal Press along with her other short stories, “The Music Box”, in the “Paranormal Bedtime Stories” Anthology, “Sword of Anubis” and “Shadow on the Crystal”. Heather has been an editor with Eternal Press since 2007 and now brings her enthusiasm and expertise to Damnation Books. You can find Heather/Brittany online at: http://www.freewebs.com/brittanykingston Her official blog site is: http://authorsmind.blogspot.com

George Silliman

Biography
George Silliman is a 36 year old self taught artist living in New York. His specialty is horror.He confesses to having an endless passion for drawing and painting and is willing to try anything that allows him to experiment and further his boundaries.Georges fondness of horror influences every piece of his work."imagination is the key to a great horror illo"

Andrea Heacock Reyes

Biography
Andrea Heacock Reyes lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico where she lives with her husband and two feisty kittens. She is active in live action role play.

Stephanie Parent

Biography
Stephanie Parent is a freelance writer and editor originally from Baltimore, Md., although she currently lives in Hollywood, Ca., a half a block away from Marilyn Monroe's handprints at Grauman's Chinese Theater. She loves spending time with her dogs Chin-Mae and Sasha, going to the beach, and of course reading everything from fairy tales to horror novels.

April Duncan

Biography
This native New Mexican is somewhat of an anachronism. In order to remedy that, she has been a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism and Amtgard for many years. Her other remedies include, but are not limited to teaching literature and history; devouring Urban Fantasy/Fantasy, Science Fiction, Gothic-Horror, and other like stories; playing in and storytelling for role-playing games; acting; filmmaking, and earnest writing of the stories flitting around inside her head. A major theme that runs throughout her life is her love for storytelling, and she hopes to one day own an agency through which she can promote other up and coming storytellers. Website: http://www.bal-etrange.net/aprildawn/

Sally Franklin Christie

Biography
Marketing Manager

Sally Franklin Christie has spent her life achieving incredibly average goals. Her challenges and choices have led to into the world of organizing for social change, civil rights and helping people navigate in a world filled with physical barriers and discrimination. She photographs and paints landscapes, when she isn’t at the computer researching, networking and writing. Special interests include Missing Children and Adults, Astronomy, Character Traits and Criminal Thinking.

A home schooling mother of children born eleven years apart has added to her liberal arts education. She's had plenty of time to practice and refine the art and craft of writing coupled with opportunities to learn the marketing aspects of writing. She interned for a spell at WOW-Womenonwriting.com and currently has a position as a moderator at The Writers Chatroom. Various published articles appear in places like Pangia Magazine, Creations Magazine and other almost forgotton places. She writes one novel a year as a NaNoWriMo Participant and keeps a more serious project simmering year round.

Cassie Gegax

Biography
Administrative Assistant. Cassie Gegax lives in Northern California. Enjoys reading, watching TV, role-play gaming, and is addicted to World of Warcraft.

Dawné Dominique

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Head Cover Artist. Check out Dawné's cover art at www.dusktildawnDesigns.yolasite.com

Dawné is a published author by day and an artist by night. She devotes her time between managing editor duties and creating book covers for several different publishers.

An accomplished oil painter and sketch artist, she has dabbled in all mediums of art, including large oil and acrylic abstracts and pencil sketches. She began experimenting with digital art a few years ago, and expanded into the realm of creating book covers quite by accident. She loves what she does, and every cover is a challenge to exemplify an author's deepest desire to see their novel depicted into art.

Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz

Biography
Copyeditor.

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Penny Lockwood Ehrenkranz has published more than 100 articles, 75 stories, two e books, a chapbook, and her stories have been included in two anthologies. She writes for both adults and children. Her fiction has appeared in numerous genre and children’s publications and non fiction work has appeared in a variety of writing, parenting, and young adult print magazines and on line publications. She edits for three small independent publishers.

Her middle grade novel, Ghost for Rent, is published by Hardshell Word Factory. Her chapbook, Dragon Sight, is available at Sams Dot Publishing. A picture book is scheduled for publication with 4RV Publishing in 2012.

Ally Robertson

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Ally Robertson is a resident of the lower mainland of Vancouver British Columbia Canada. Like her heroine she is also a bipolar survivor, she is an empathic indigo adult and an artist who uses many mediums including paint, pencil, digital art and photography. She is often found fondling crystals which she uses for their healing properties. Ally also writes and performs her own standup comedy.

Psychic Passions, a paranormal erotic romance released through Eternal Press August 7th 2008 is Ally's 1st novel. You will find that she writes using her unique Canadian flavour, adding flare to this unique Canadian story.

Ally is a Bipolar survivor, she is an active advocate for mental health and is the founder of several online groups to support those whom suffer and are in need.
She wishes to thank all of her online editor and author friends who have put up with her everyday on their blogs, have welcomed her, mentored her, encouraged and supported her and accepted her into their midst without reserve.

Gerald L. "Moss" Bliss, D.D.

Biography
Senior Editor. Moss is a busy man. He writes for an online Ezine, has written many articles for various websites, is a former editor of several print magazines and online Ezines as well as a poetry teacher and critic. Moss manages eight websites. Moss is an important part of many communities and is an active advocate for the homeless. He runs many groups online, is the President of The Asheville Homeless Network and the Secretary-Treasurer of Pathways Sanctuary. He tries very hard to not look at the list of things he's doing, for fear of triggering a panic attack. His song lyrics and some of his music may be found at his personal website at http://mosshippohaven.info His poetry may be found at http://www.stormloader.com/members/zaivala His nonprofit sites are http://ashevillehomeless.org http://pathwayssanctuary.org Besides that, Moss sometimes enjoys breaking out one of his guitars in an attempt to beseige the ears of bystanders. His living room wall is papered with all his diplomas "including 4 honorary doctorates and 2 sainthoods".