WANDA PENALVER BEVAN was born in Ithaca, New York. A graduate of Northwestern University, she's worked as an actress, legal assistant, event manager, and hotel industry professional. She's the songwriter of Little Girl, a tribute to the youngest victim of the 2011 Tucson shooting that wounded former Arizona congresswoman, Gabby Giffords, and her poem America's Child is on display at the Oklahoma City National Memorial honoring those who perished in the federal building bombing in 1995. Her latest book, The Rains of Wishton (2025) is the second in the Wishton series, following her first novel, Their Souls Met in Wishton, (2016). She is also the author of A Slow Dance in Memoriam and Other Poems, (2022), a poetry anthology. After three decades in southern California, Wanda now lives in Phoenix.

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Lisa Montanaro is part no-nonsense Italian American New Yorker and part sunny Californian. Her background encompasses performer, teacher of the Deaf, lawyer, productivity consultant, writer coach, speaker, and author. Lisa's debut novel, Everything We Thought Was True, published by Red Adept Publishing, drew inspiration from her family history and examines the corrosive nature of secrets—those we keep from ourselves, from each other, and from society. It won Best New Fiction/Debut in the 2025 American Writing Awards and first place for LGBTQ Fiction in the 2024 International Firebird Book Awards, among other awards. Lisa has served as webinar host for WFWA since 2019 and is a passionate member of its Diversity and Inclusion committee. When not writing, you can find her cycling and hiking with her veterinarian husband, gardening, and chasing after her rescue dog. Lisa has enjoyed living snow-free since 2012 in Northern California, where she's made it her mission to sample the wines of the region.

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Rosa Kwon Easton is a Korean American lawyer, a library trustee, and the author of the debut novel, White Mulberry, an Amazon First Reads Editor's Pick and a #1 Best Seller in Historical Fiction. Her novel has been reviewed by Booklist and named a "Best Book" by Parade Magazine, BookBub, and Book Riot, among others. Easton is an Anaphora Writing Residency Fellow, a member of the Women's Fiction Writers Association, and her work has been published in CRAFT Literary, Electric Literature, Writer's Digest and elsewhere. A graduate of Smith College, Columbia University, and Boston College Law School, she resides with her husband and Maltipoo in sunny Southern California. White Mulberry has been translated into multiple languages, and her sequel, Red Seal, is due out in October 2026.

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