Meet Our Authors

Sandra-Jo Matusky was originally born in Cleveland, Ohio and moved to Florida at the age of twelve. She has been teaching middle school art in Florida since 1993 and has bachelor degrees in Fine Arts and Art Education from the University of South Florida. Her summer hiking trips to America’s Northwest offer a variety of photographs that can be seen on her web site – many are inspirations for illustrations and passages in her stories. The author combines the talent of her fine arts background with a dreaming awareness influenced by Surrealism.

Walker was born on the Florida Space Coast. Thanks to NASA, where his father worked as a technician on the Apollo program, he enjoys science fiction. He dedicates every novel to his mother, who has always been there. Walker began writing when he was young. Next to his family, writing is his love. He has two children and a loving wife, Gina, who has been his support since completing his first novel.

The author was raised in a German farming community in northwest Iowa in the years preceding and during Word War II.

He is now retired and spends his time writing and flying. His personal aircraft, “The Spirit of St. Joe,” is a 150 Cessna which he flew through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean from his home in Florida in July 2000 “just for the fun of it.”

Dwan G. Hightower lives in Atlanta, Georgia where she is pursuing her many interests, which include spending time with her grandchildren, reading, researching her Scottish and Cherokee heritage and writing.

Sim Shattuck
Author of Pleasant Hurricanes, Basilisk,
Krewe of Hecate, and coming soon Yarilo's Dance

Born in Decatur, Georgia, Sim has lived in Baton Rouge, Dallas, and New York City although most of his growing years was in Northern Virginia, where he graduated from George Mason University in 1972. He got a Ph.D. in English from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1997. Now teaching at Louisiana Tech University, Sim looks forward to eventual retirement with a rather large extended family in the New Orleans area.

Kenneth Robbins
Author of The Baptism of Howie Cobb
and In The Shelter of the Fold
and His next Novel is, Matchless

Kenneth Robbins, originally from Douglasville, Georgia, lives with his wife in Ruston, Louisiana, where he is a professor and Director, School of the Performing Arts at Louisiana Tech University. His first novel, Buttermilk Bottoms, received the 1986 Toni Morrison Prize and the Associated Writing Programs Novel Award. His other novels In the Shelter of the Fold, and The Baptism of Howie Cobb are carried by Dream Catcher Publishing. His short fiction has appeared in the North Dakota Quarterly, the St. Andrews Review, the Briar Cliff Review, and a Carolina Literary Companion. Also a playwright, his works for the stage have received the Festival of Southern Theatre Award, the Charles Getchell New Play Award, a Corporation for Public Broadcasting Program Award, and have been produced throughout the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, Japan, and Denmark.

J.B. Hoel is a thirteen year old teen author who is quite proud to bring you his first work of fiction. He enjoys writing and is thrilled beyond words to be published. He was born in Chicago Illinois, and then moved several times. He now resides in the Boston Massachusetts area.

John lives in Panama City Beach, Florida. A former
U. S. Army officer, he now owns a successful business. He has two daughters, Danielle and Martina, and a son, David.

Kenneth was born and raised in South Florida. He served in the Naval Air Reserve during the Korean War and then attended Mars Hill College and Stetson University. He taught English and history in Florida public schools for 25 years. He now lives in Western North Carolina, where he participates in Civil War reenactments, portraying an artillery colonel in both the Union and Confederate armies.

Carole Kelly and her husband travel between their homes on the Gulf Coast of Florida and the mountains of Montana. When she is not writing, Carole is Chief Executive Officer of a healthcare consulting firm and performs jazz and blues vocals at various charities and benefits.

Jack Mullen and his wife Janet are residents of Mexico Beach, Florida. Jack lived in Europe several years before moving to the Florida panhandle and publishing 'Chasm Leap', his first novel. 'The Sound of Death' will be followed in 2005 by another exciting book by Mr. Mullen.

Hodelin F. Rene was born in Haiti and immigrated to the United States in 1952 with his parents and brothers. Hodelin grew up in New York City and attended Catholic Schools. He received a Bachelors and Masters degree from Antioch College and a Doctorate from Bienville University. Hodelin has a diverse background in health administration. He served as an administrator at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and is currently a Public Health Analyst at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia. Hodelin is also a licensed pilot, karate expert, musician,
poet, linguist and father of three children.

Hollis Knight and his wife, Grace, are Oklahoma ranchers, and are involved in both registered Texas Longhorn and foundation Quarter Horse breeding programs. They have one son, Bryon, who resides in Arkansas with his wife Francis. Hollis is a dedicated Western writer, and poet and he usually finds time to write daily. His next Novel, "Where the River Runs Red", is nearing completion.

David Rabhan, a Savannah, Georgia native, is the son of Morris and Frances Rabhan of Swainsboro, Georgia. A graduate of the University of Georgia, he served as a major in the U.S. Army Special Forces. He also was a private pilot for former President Jimmy Carter. In 1975, Mr. Rabhan traveled to Iran as a businessman, where he successfully produced infant formula and children's clothing. One day in 1980 when he was driving to one of his factories in Tehran, he was arrested, accused of being a spy, and imprisoned without formal charges. His first years were spent largely in solitary confinement. The Iranian officials finally filed charges against Mr. Rabhan in 1988, and he was given a specific sentence for the false charge of being a spy. At the end, he was told all was a mistake. He was finally released in 1990. He was been living in Swainsboro, Georgia for the past 13 years.

Carl Peterson
Author of Now's the Day Now's the Hour

Carl Peterson was born in Greenock Scotland on the banks of the River Clyde. He emigrated to Canada before coming south to the USA. An entertainer and singer, he has performed in every province of Canada and every state of the USA, except Alaska. He has appeared on national TV and once hosted his own radio program. As a folksinger one naturally becomes an historian, Carl combines history and music in his performances and in his writing.

Anne E. Shuttleworth was born in Washington, D.C. and is currently a resident of Atlanta, Georgia. Being a lover of romance books for the past 20 years, it was only natural for her to want to write one of her own. This is the first release in her series of historical romance novels. When she isn’t writing, she works as a meeting planner for the Federal Government. Anne’s hobbies include building miniature houses, gardening and taking care of numerous pets.

Robert Emerson is retired from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention where he directed training for sexually transmitted disease control workers. He served with the World Health Organization's Smallpox Eradication Programme in India in 1975. He and his wife, Pat, now live in a 100-year old raised cottage on the Bogue Falaya River in Covington, Louisiana