ANN PENNY
Ann Penny is a contemporary romance author from Melbourne, Australia, known for her emotionally rich storytelling that resonates with readers drawn to tales of passion, resilience, and hope. Her stories delve into themes of self-discovery, healing from past trauma, and the transformative power of love. Beyond romance, they offer readers tales of post-traumatic growth and personal empowerment, all delivered with a unique voice and a touch of quirky humour.
ASHLEY JAMES
Ashley James is a queer romance author who writes stories full of heat, heart, and cowboys who know exactly how to steal yours. She enjoys creating fictional worlds full of love, acceptance, belonging, and hope. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Ashley now calls upstate South Carolina home where she lives with her very own book boyfriend, a herd of kids, and a pack of fur babies.
AVA RANI
Ava Rani is a USA Today bestselling author writing messy love stories with HEAs. The daughter of two immigrants, her Indian-American roots peek out in different ways in all her novels. She loves to write diverse stories featuring flawed characters who have real problems, powerful friendships, and chosen families who support each other. When she’s not writing, she’s probably traveling the world in search of new wines to stock her cellar and delicious food to satiate her latest craving. Stateside, she lives the city-girl life with her husband, adorable son and loyal labradoodle.
CAITLIN ALICE GILBERT
Caitlin Alice Gilbert is an author and screenwriter based in Los Angeles. Born in Michigan, she grew up between the Midwest and Fountain Hills, Arizona, home of the third-tallest year-round fountain. Raised on a steady diet of 90s and early 2000s romantic comedies, she was inspired to pursue romance writing by Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers films, as well as the work of Shonda Rhimes, Mindy Kaling, and Amy Sherman-Palladino. She writes smart, self-assured protagonists, mixing swoony love stories with a healthy dose of humor.
E.L. LEWIS
E.L. Lewis has always been a die-hard romantic. Born in Ukraine and raised in Canada, she grew up devouring love stories in every form she could find—and now she writes her own. A multi-genre romance author, she brings readers tales filled with sugar, spice, and heart, ranging from dangerous mafia romances to laugh-out-loud rom-coms. When she isn’t dreaming up new characters and plots, E.L. is living her own happily ever after in Orange County with her husband and their pup. She spends her days listening to Taylor Swift, cheering on the Kansas City Chiefs, and showing up to airports far earlier than necessary.
HANNAH BIRD
Hannah Bird is an author of evocative love stories best known for her ability to make readers cry, laugh, and rage all in the span of a single novel. She’s published a range of romances exploring themes of self-forgiveness, found family, and the power of female friendship, all while delivering the type of bittersweet-ever-afters she enjoys reading in her spare time. She hails from the rolling hills of Tennessee, but has lived all over, and currently resides in sunny California with her husband, daughter, and two lazy golden retrievers. When she is not writing, she can be found baking sweet treats while searching for the cheapest flight to her next travel destination.
JEREMY BELAN
Jeremy Belan is a proud Gomeroi man with ancestral roots tied to Gunnedah. He’s worn a lot of different hats in his time: chef, bartender, nightclub manager, salesman. But he’s also been collecting stories since the age of seven – through writing fragments, memories, people he’s met, places he’d been, dreams and quiet observations.
KANDI STEINER
Kandi Steiner is a USA Today bestselling contemporary romance author best known for writing emotional, relatable love stories. Her works range from angsty and heart-wrenching to uplifting and sweet, offering a story for every kind of romantic. With over 35 novels to her name, Kandi has earned a devoted following of readers who affectionately dub her the “Queen of Angst.”
LUNA PIERCE
Luna Pierce is the author of gritty romance, both dark contemporary and paranormal. She adores writing broken characters you won’t help but fall for on their journey to find themselves and fight for what they love. Her stories are for the hopelessly romantic who enjoy grit, angst, and passion. When she’s not writing, you’ll find her consuming way too much coffee, making endless to-do lists, listening to Taylor Swift, and spending time with her daughter and cats in small-town Ohio.
RAYA MORRIS EDWARDS
Raya is a bestselling romance author best known for The Sovereign Mountain Series. She writes gritty, and sometimes dark, stories with a focus on rural American life, intergenerational trauma, and finding hope in the messiness of life. She is proud to be Kentuckian and to represent her home in her work. When not in her office writing, she’s somewhere in the mountains without signal, adopting another furry friend to add to her senior dog collection, or rearranging her entire house again.
REBECCA SEIDLER
Rebecca Seidler loves romance with her fantasy and will never say no to a time-travel adventure. Rebecca left her heart in England while studying Jane Austen at Oxford University and her soul in a vineyard outside of Montolieu, in Southern France. She has a BA in English Literature and Script Writing from Portland State University. She mains a paladin in World of Warcraft and plays bards with lutes and bagpipes in D&D. She lives at the edge of a forest with her husband and their Gingerbread schnauzer, and they are on a vigilant lookout for birds, squirrels, and magical creatures in disguise.
SUSIE TATE
Susie is a #1 Amazon bestselling author who writes addictive, feel-good contemporary romance with heroes who may make you a little ragey, but who always redeem themselves in the end! She’s been a doctor in the NHS for over twenty years and lives in beautiful Dorset with her wonderful husband, three gorgeous boys and an even more wonderful dog.
T L SWAN
T L Swan is a Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and #1 Amazon Best Selling author. With millions of books sold, her titles are currently translated in twenty languages and have hit #1 on Amazon in the USA, UK, Canada, Australia and Germany. Tee resides in Sydney, Australia with her husband and their three children where she is living her own happy ever after with her first true love.