Author spotlights

I started posting weekly ‘author spotlights’ in August 2011 and now post Saturday and Wednesday evenings (UK time) and to-date have… (NB. details of how you can take part is towards the bottom of the page)

Posted:

1. Historian, novelist, non-fiction and short story writer, and poet (and more) Michael Hogan – spotlight (Thu 11th Aug 2011)
2. Crime novelist Lae Monie – spotlight (Wed 17th Aug)
3. Mystery, romantic suspense novelist and interviewee Anne K Albert – spotlight (Wed 24th Aug)
4. YA/Adult fantasy/paranormal romance author Jodine Turner – spotlight (Wed 31st Aug). You can also read a 2-part interview with Jodine (part 1, part 2).
5. Article writer turned mystery novelist and interviewee Anne White – spotlight (Sat 3rd Sept)
6. Multi-genre author and interviewee Caroline Clemmons – spotlight (Wed 7th Sept)
7. Copywriter, editor and author of mystery-romance westerns and fantasy, and interviewee Alison Bruce – spotlight (Sat 10th Sept)
8. Non-fiction and western historical romance author and interviewee Velda Brotherton – spotlight (Wed 14th Sept)
9. Supernatural thriller author, editor and interviewee Jeanne Bannon – spotlight (Sat 17th Sept)
10. Historical mystery novelist Priya Vasudevan – spotlight (Mon 19th Sept)
11. Fantasy, mystery and suspense / thriller author and interviewee DV Berkom – spotlight (Wed 21st Sept)
12. Children’s author and former interviewee Sarahjane Funnell – spotlight (Sat 24th Sept)
13. Children’s author and interviewee Helen Moss (aka Isabella Cass) – spotlight (Mon 26th Sept).
14. Scriptwriter, novelist, actor and interviewee Gregory Allen – spotlight (Wed 28th Sept)
15. Epic fantasy author Yvonne Herzberger – spotlight (Sat 1st Oct). Yvonne’s interview will be released on February 18th 2012 (her birthday).
16. YA/Adult fantasy author/illustrator, poet, nonfiction writer and interviewee Vonnie Winslow Crist – spotlight (Mon 3rd Oct)
17. Author of historical mysteries and interviewee Marilyn Kemp – spotlight (Wed 5th Oct)
18. Novelist, short story author and interviewee Alberta Ross – spotlight (Sat 8th Oct)
19. Horror and mystery novelist, poet and short story author Margaret Falcon – spotlight (Mon 10th Oct). Margaret’s interview will be released on January 5th 2012.
20. Dark crime (on the cusp of horror) novelist, playwright and poet Richard Godwin – spotlight (Wed 12th Oct)
21. Diplomatic mystery and non-fiction (wine!) author William S. Shepard – spotlight (Sat 15th Oct)
22. Author of articles, stories, (and much more), Writer Advice.com guru and writing tutor Lynn Goodwin – spotlight (Mon 17th Oct)
23. Multi-genre author Sheila Dalton – spotlight (Wed 19th Oct)
24. Multi-genre writer and interviewee Louise Crawford – spotlight (Sat 22nd Oct)
25. Memoirist, novelist and interviewee Ann Pietrangelo – spotlight (Mon 24th Oct)
26. Historical, romance, paranormal novelist, writing guide guru and interviewee Smoky Trudeau Zeidel – spotlight (Wed 26th Oct)
27. Writer and host of ‘Listen Up North’ spoken-word website and interviewee Rachel Cochrane – spotlight (Sat 29th Oct)
28. Multi-genre author Persis Granger – spotlight (Wed 2nd Nov)
29. Multi-genre author and interviewee David Coles (who co-authors crime novels with Jack Everett) – spotlight (Sat 5th Nov)
30. Debut Irish literary novelist Peter Murphy – spotlight (Wed 9th Nov)
31. Non-fiction author, mentor, ghostwriter, reviewer and interviewee Caroline Walton – spotlight (Sat 12th Nov)
32. Crime fantasy novelist Dave Sivers – spotlight (Wed 16th Nov)
33. Mystery / suspense novelist, children’s, non-fiction author and interviewee Jean Henry Mead – spotlight (Sat 19th Nov)
34. Suspense novelist, singer, lyricist and short story author Darrel Day – spotlight (Wed 23rd Nov)
35. Fantasy, horror and literary fiction author Ty Johnson – spotlight (Sat 26th Nov)
36. Historical author and poet Deborah Swift – spotlight (Wed 30th Nov)
37. Romantic suspense / thriller novelist Chris Redding – spotlight (Sat 3rd Dec)
38. Children’s author and interviewee Miranda Newboult (Twitter, Facebook, Publisher) – spotlight (Wed 7th Dec)
39. Multi-genre author, story development consultant and animation producer Shannon Muir – spotlight (Sat 10th Dec)
40. Author of futuristic crime thrillers, sci-fi, “horror-ish” shorts and mysteries P.I. Barrington – spotlight (Wed 14th Dec)
41. Romantic suspense author (with a touch of paranormal) Charmaine Gordon – spotlight (Sat 17th Dec)
42. Writer of mysteries, poetry, children’s, scripts and interviewee Catherine Astolfo – spotlight (Wed 21st Dec)
43. Medieval post-apocalyptic novelist, fellow Radio Litopian and interviewee Joseph V Sultana – spotlight (Sat 24th Dec)
44. Male:male novelist Tristram La Roche – spotlight (Wed 28th Dec)
45. Short story author and photographer Mia Johansson – spotlight (Sat 31st Dec)
46. Writer, broadcaster and cruise line guest speaker Malcolm Welshman – spotlight (Wed 4th Jan 2012)
47. Spiritual mystery novelist Doug Simpson – spotlight (Sat 7th Jan)
48. Multi-genre (primarily mystery) novelist Bob Frey – spotlight (Wed 11th Jan)
49. Murder mystery novelist Merlin Fraser – spotlight (Sat 14th Jan)
50. Supernatural mystery, horror author, scriptwriter and interviewee Julia Kavan – spotlight (Wed 18th Jan)
51. YA fantasy author Lisa Janice ‘LJ’ Cohen – spotlight (Sat 21st Jan)
52. Romantic comedy novelist Sheryl Browne – spotlight (Wed 25th Jan)
53. Romantic suspense, mystery novelist, short story and writing guide author Chelle Cordero – spotlight (Sat 28th Jan)
54. Horror, crime, thriller (amongst other genres) novelist AJ Kirby – spotlight (Wed 1st Feb)
55. Christian teacher and author Deborah McCarragher – spotlight (Sat 4th Feb)
56. Crime novelist and journalist Quentin Bates – spotlight (Wed 8th Feb)
57. Contemporary and historical novelist and non-fiction author Dorit Kedar – spotlight (Sat 11th Feb)
58. Historical novelist and blogger Juliet Greenwood – spotlight (Wed 15th Feb)
59. Dark urban fantasy novelist, short story author and poet Adele Cosgrove-Bray – spotlight (Sat 18th Feb)
60. Novelist, non-fiction author and screenwriter Germaine Shames – spotlight (Tues 21st Feb)
61. Suspense mystery novelist Deb Borys – spotlight (Wed 22nd Feb)
62. Short story author, novelist and interviewee no.242 Sarah England – spotlight (Sat 25th Feb)
63. Comic book writer and illustrator, TV animation scriptwriter, and novelist Kevin Broden – spotlight (Wed 29th Feb)
64. Non-fiction and thriller writer Jeff Rasley – spotlight (Sat 3rd March)
65. Historical novelist CV Smith – spotlight (Wed 7th March)
66. Multi-genre author Sylvia Ramsey – spotlight (Sat 10th March)
67. Science-fiction and thriller writer Ian Miller – spotlight (Wed 14th March)
68. Poet, novelist, memoirist and children’s author Judy Light Ayyildiz – spotlight (Sat 17th March)
69. Non-fiction author Ted Vestal – spotlight (Wed 21st March)
70. World War II author Stephen L Wright – spotlight (Sat 24th March)
71. Short story author, article writer and 30-day challengee Christopher Starr – spotlight (Wed 28th March)
72. Memoirist / children’s author Mollie Carson-Vollath – spotlight (Sat 31st March)
73. Thriller novelist, short story, non-fiction author and editor Alana Woods – spotlight (Wed 4th April)
74. Romance suspense author Alexa Bourne – spotlight (Sat 7th April)
75. Motivational memoirist Deborah Parker – spotlight (Wed 11th April)
76. Lecturer, novelist and co-founder of Creative Writing the Artist’s Way Sarah Jane Dobbs – spotlight (Sat 14th April)
77. Literary novelist Christopher Profeta – spotlight (Wed 18th April)
78. Science fiction and fantasy author, short story and article writer, blogger and teacher Nina Munteanu – spotlight (Sat 21st April)
79. Murder mystery novelist and interviewee F M Meredith – spotlight (Wed 25th April)
80. Mystery, suspense author and interviewee Patricia Gligor – spotlight (Sat 28th April)
81. Non-fiction and short story author Trish Nicholson – spotlight (Wed 2nd May)
82. Short story author, Nurture Your Books™ Blog Tour Co-ordinator and interviewee Jaidis Shaw – spotlight (Sat 5th May)
83. Multi-genre author Marion Grace Woolley – spotlight (Wed 9th May)
84. Author, speaker and photographer Barbara Ann Derksen – spotlight (Sat 12th May)
85. Mystery / thriller author Marietta Miemietz – spotlight (Wed 16th May)
86. Christian and cozy mystery author Kathryn Jones – spotlight (Sat 19th May)
87. Poet, essayist, short story author and novelist Garden Urthark – spotlight (Wed 23rd May)
88. Novelist, non-fiction and short story author Trevor Snyman – spotlight (Sat 26th May)
89. Short story author Fran Metzman – spotlight (Wed 30th May)
90. Memoirist Dale Stanten – spotlight (Sat 2nd June)

Scheduled:
91. Author and editor Steven Mercatante – (Wed 6th June)
92. Multi-genre author AJ Race – (Sat 9th June)
93. Novelist and short story author Kathryn Meyer Griffith – (Wed 13th June)
94. Fantasy/horror author and interviewee Lea Ryan – (Sat 16th June)
95. Motivational non-fiction writer Marcia Friedman – (Wed 20th June)
96. Travel writer Thirza Vallois – (Sat 23rd June)
97. Kristy Tate, details t.b.a. – (Wed 27th June)
98. Children’s author and illustrator Carrie King – (Sat 30th June)
99. American humour author Thomas Sullivan – (Wed 4th July)
100. author booked, details t.b.a. – (Sat 7th July)
101. author booked, details t.b.a. – (Wed 11th July)
102. Novelist Bobby Logan – (Sat 14th July)
103. Children’s author Samna Ghani – (Wed 18th July)
104. Portal fantasy author Jinn Nelson – (Sat 21st July)
105. author booked, details t.b.a. – (Wed 25th July)
106. author booked, details t.b.a. – (Sat 28th July)
107. Mystery thriller novelist Chester D Campbell – (Wed 1st August)
108. Novelist Pete Abela – (Sat 4th August)
109. Non-fiction devotional author and novelist Kimberley Payne – (Wed 8th August)
110. Sci-fi / fantasy writer and interviewee Agron Shehu – (Sat 11th August)
111. Children’s author and poet Sherrill Cannon – (Wed 15th August)
112. author booked, details t.b.a. – (Sat 18th August)
113. Historical mystery author Eleanor Sullivan – (Wed 22nd August)
114. currently free – (Sat 25th August)
115. currently free – (Wed 29th August)
116. currently free – (Sat 1st September)
117. currently free – (Wed 5th September)
118. currently free – (Sat 8th September)
119. currently free – (Wed 12th September)
120. currently free – (Sat 15th September)
121. currently free – (Wed 19th September)
122. currently free – (Sat 22nd September)
123. currently free – (Wed 26th September)
124. currently free – (Sat 29th September)
125. currently free – (Wed 3rd October)
126. currently free – (Sat 6th October)
127. currently free – (Wed 10th October)
128. currently free – (Sat 13th October)
129. currently free – (Wed 17th October)
130. currently free – (Sat 20th October)
131. currently free – (Wed 24th October)
132. currently free – (Sat 27th October)
133. currently free – (Wed 31st October)
134. currently free – (Sat 3rd November)
135. currently free – (Wed 7th November)
136. 1st placed fiction winner of the Shirley You Jest! Book Awards – (Sat 10th November)
137. author booked, details t.b.a. – (Wed 14th November)
138. 1st placed non-fiction winner of the Shirley You Jest! Book Awards – (Sat 17th November)
139. author booked, details t.b.a. – (Wed 21st November)
140. 2nd placed fiction winner of the Shirley You Jest! Book Awards – (Sat 24th November)
141. currently free – (Wed 28th November)
142. 2nd placed non-fiction winner of the Shirley You Jest! Book Awards – (Sat 1st December)
143. currently free – (Wed 5th December)
144. currently free – (Sat 8th December)
145. currently free – (Wed 12th December)… and so on

If you’d like to take part in one of these weekly posts feel free to email me. An author spotlight is made up of a c.250-word third person biography, c.500-word first-person about your writing / anything interesting writing-related, then links to you and your work (see the already-posted spotlights as examples). If you would like to, you can also provide a photograph of yourself and your book cover(s) - I think it adds a bit of colour. Please send as attachments rather than email-embedded text / photos wherever possible, thank you.

Unfortunately due to time constraints, I can’t do book reviews but I do also welcome blog interviewees, writing-related guest blogs (max 1000 words, please email me in advance to discuss the topic), and flash fiction for Flash Fiction Fridays and red pen critique audio podcast guinea pigs… er, submissions.

PLEASE NOTE: I don’t charge (or pay) for running the author interviews / spotlights / guest blogs etc. – these ‘services’ are offered because I love meeting and getting to know other authors and because it’s fun to put new things out (and a little part of me hopes that when visitors come to my site they’ll maybe buy one of my books). So I thank each and every one of the authors who have asked (or said “yes” when I’ve asked them) to be, or are considering being, part of my blog. I’ll keep doing what I’m doing for as long as you keep doing what you’re doing.