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Authors, Panels,

& Workshops

A.L. Hatcher T.S. Night

Hill of Bones: A Tess Malformation

Dane Thriller Hometown: Byesville, OH

Hometown: Rushville, OH Genre: Clean Romance
Genre: Crime Thriller A brilliant young surgeon teams up
When a summer storm unearths with an engineer to find a way to
modern human remains near a pre- save her younger sister from a fatal
historic Hopewell burial mound, a condition.
determined detective must reopen T.S. Night writes clean romantic sus-
a decades-old cold case and catch pense where science meets love.
a killer before they silence her for Drawing on her experience in nurs-
good. ing and software engineering, her
books are packed with twists, thrills,
hope, and a fierce love that can sur-
vive even the darkest trials.

Valtinen Erik Karille Susie Smith

The Tsarina’s Favorite Awakened from the

Hometown: Litchfield, CT Dark
Current: Zanesville, OH Hometown: Philo, OH
Genre: Historical Fiction Genre: Psychological Horror
When Prince Mikhail rejects the tsa- Allison Miller thought she had es-
rina’s advances, she forces him to caped her past. She was wrong.
become her court jester, but when Pregnant and tormented by child-
that fails to break him, she threat- hood trauma, she suffers from in-
ens his very humanity. somnia, a paralyzing fear of mir-

The Tsarina’s Favorite is based on rors, and the unsettling feeling that
true Russian history with fanta- something lurks in the shadows of
sy elements woven in to make the the night.
historical events less outrageous. As her reality unravels, an ancient
Karille learned Russian to dig into demon seizes control, possessing
the primary sources and discovered her body and trapping her in a spec-
not only a shared birthday but a like- tral prison--a twisted reflection of
ly familial relation to Prince Mikhail.
her childhood home.

Olivia Matthews Now, cast into the astral realm, she
must confront the darkness that has
haunted her for years. If she fails,
Murder Under a Pen she’ll lose her baby and become
another lost soul, swallowed by a
Name house that thrives on suffering.

Hometown: Columbus, OH
Genre: Cozy Mystery
When the town’s art gallery co-own-
er forgets his satchel at the library
after his presentation, Marvey of-
fers to return it to his office the next
morning. But once she arrives, Mar-
vey finds the co-owner murdered.
Seconds later, sheriff’s deputies ap-
pear and Marvey’s cataloged under
a cloud of suspicion. With evidence
being planted against her, Marvey
must prove her innocence. To do
that, she’ll have to find the real kill-
er—who may be hiding under a fake
name.

Sherilyn Moore

My Horse Says No
Boundaries

Hometown: Frazeysburg, OH
Genre: Non-Fiction
Sherilyn Suzetta Moore will take
you on a journey into her world of
horses. Taking you through won-
derful, terrifying and poignant ad-
ventures - through entertaining and
spellbinding tales of her life with the
many horses she has come to love.
Her stories capture your emotions
as she winds her way from realizing
her lifelong dream of owning her
first horse to becoming an accom-
plished award winning rider and
riding instructor. Ride along into her
stories.

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