They're creative, adventurous, and thrive on weaving enchanting tales that spark the imagination!
Cortney Raymond is an early riser, relentless learner, and book lover. She's addicted to all things planner related, and in her free time, she enjoys spending time with family. Author of award-winning The Meaning of Okay, Cortney studied professional writing in college and has been a technical writer for several years. She has a BA in English and an MS in psychology.
Artúr Faye is a queer American actor and author. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, he had fallen in love with art and storytelling at an early age, which ended up leading him to doing theater and writing in his free time growing up.
Sarah Small, a lawyer, wrote the first draft of her memoir, A Sea of Lego & Lavender: A Memoir of Love, Madness, and Rising from the Ashes, in just one month during a writer's retreat in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, in 2013. However, it took over ten years to reach a place of lasting mental health stability. Seizing that moment, she revised, finalized, and prepared to share her story with the world.
Marian writes alien and monster romance that is sweet, steamy, and witty. It all began in her early teens with an epic love story between Jasmine from "Aladdin" and Wolverine from "X-Men". Nowadays, you can find her on her quirky plushies-decorated desk writing about sassy heroines and cinnamon roll heroes discovering new worlds - and love - together.
Born in Canada and having lived on three continents, Andrea works in political communications in the EU capital, Brussels. Her experience across cultures and languages has been a feature of her career and life so far. She looks forward to developing the Awakened universe, bringing in both the discord that happens when cultures clash and the beautiful collaboration when different cultures meet.
Benjamin writes to celebrate all the creatures within our ecosystems, advocate for mental health support, create fantasy worlds with epic magic systems, and to provide stories for lovers of Pokémon and other video games to love reading again. Being a survivor of severe anxiety, Benjamin believes in community and writes books supporting the need for others to navigate a world where things aren't always right in our heads.
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Born in Belgium to Japanese and Canadian parents, Haruto has been a world traveller since birth. His day job is high school, and he is working towards being trilingual. His interest in anime and manga influenced his development of the Awakened universe.
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