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John Gorman

Journalist John Gorman has been fascinated with Late Antiquity and with Syagrius, last Roman ruler in Gaul, since he encountered both of them in college history class forty years ago. He has traveled extensively in Europe researching the background of this mysterious ruler and his time, a time of testing for personal integrity and trust in a collapsing world of corrupt institutions and failing leadership. His novel, King of the Romans, is currently available from

Alex Gough

Alex Gough is a 27 year old veterinary surgeon from England. He has written a novel, Five Emperors, set in Ancient Rome, excerpts of which have been published in the Writery Cafe Anthologies. Alex wishes his job and his dogs gave him more time for writing.





Frances Grattan

Frances was born in England, and after two spells of living in the States, she now resides in New Zealand with her husband and two young daughters. Although just a beginner, she has high hopes of one day publishing an historical novel. Being a member of Romance Writers of Australia and New Zealand has helped her enormously, as has managing the email loop for NZromance. She reads constantly, her favourites being books set in medieval times with a good basis in historical fact.





Larry D. Griffin





Rusty Harding

Rusty Harding is a Dallas, Texas, writer who spent most of his early life traveling across the continental United States. As a consequence, he developed an insatiable appetite for American history, which is fully evident in his writing. Mr. Harding specializes in historical fiction and action/adventure, both novels and screenplays. An electrical engineer by trade, Rusty is employed by a Dallas-area electronics firm, but admits his first love is writing. He has been writing short stories and novels for more than twenty years, and recently published two audio novels and ebooks, Murphy’s Law and Instrument of Darkness; both of which are available from The Fiction Works at http://www.fictionworks.com.





Kim D. Headlee

Kim Headlee lives in northern Virginia with her husband, two children, two cats, and a fluid population of tropical fish. She has been writing fiction for as long as she can remember, has been enamored of the Arthurian Legends for even longer than that, and is very pleased that her debut novel, Dawnflight: The Legend of Guinevere, is being so well received by critics and fans alike. More information about Dawnflight and other works can be found online at http://www.monumental.com/headlee/--along with a guestbook, schedule of appearances, an Amazon.com-affiliated Arthurian bookstore and favorite links, advice for writers, and more! She welcomes readers’ comments either via her guestbook or by email at headlee@monumental.com.





Leah Henke

Leah Henke is a high school junior and will graduate in 2000. She would like to pursue a career that encompasses both American history and English. Currently, Leah would most like to become a high school English teacher. She loves to write short stories and poetry and she enjoys reading historical fiction, the classics and mysteries. Her favorite books are Jane Eyre, To Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies, and anything written by the wonderful author Ann Rinaldi. Two of Leah’s greatest inspirations for writing are Ann Rinaldi and Phillis Wheatley. Leah is fascinated by American history and has visited many historic sites around the country including Williamsburg and Gettysburg. She is most interested in the American Revolution and the Civil War, and if she could go back in time and witness one event, it would be Patrick Henry’s speech at the Virginia Convention in 1775. Leah has played the violin for seven years and also enjoys tennis and Contemporary Christian Music. Her story “From Laughter to Tears” (appearing here in the May, 1999 issue) was also recently published in her high school’s literary/art magazine.





Kate Hill

Kate Hill’s short fiction and poetry have appeared in several small press and online zines such as Dreams of Decadence, The Vampire’s Crypt, and The Midnight Gallery. Upcoming publications include Circlet Press and Eternity. Her novel, The Darkness Therein, will be released by Dark Star Publications. When she’s not working on her own writing, she’s reading for the zine Parchment Symbols, which she publishes and co-edits.





Rachel Hullett

Born and raised in the South, Rachel Hullett wishes she could have been born and raised in turn-of-the-century New York City: it would make the research so much easier. A senior English major, she uses her spare time to read about it, when she isn’t writing papers for class. A little known 1992 Disney musical sparked interest in a little known 1899 strike; who says movies can’t be educational? Some of her research on the strike can be found at City Hall Park, 1899.





Kathy Ishcomer

Kathy Ishcomer lives in Oklahoma with her husband and four dogs. She has two grown sons, one grandson, and one granddaughter. With myriad interests vying for her attention, she admits to being a gambler at heart. Maybe that’s why the hero in her book, Ice Angel, appeals to her so. “Nothing is more interesting than real life and real people.” Kathy draws on her varied experience in the work force. She’s tried just about everything from being a carhop in her teens to a social worker now. All sorts of interesting characters crop up in her writing. You can visit her homepage at http://members.aol.com/txpromo/ish.html.





Carolan Ivey

Carolan Ivey is a North Carolina native who grew up mostly in Ohio and now lives in northeast Ohio with her husband and two children. Chronically ill as a child, she spent her childhood curled up in a favorite chair, literally buried under piles of library books. All that literary input had to come out somewhere, so she ended up a writer, herself. First as a news reporter and editor, and now as a technical writer and romance author. She is now at work on another paranormal romance, a guardian angel story with a dark twist. A sequel to Beaudry’s Ghost is also in the pipeline. Beaudry was born more than 30 years ago on the front porch of Ruth and J.C. Lee’s tobacco farm in Robeson County, North Carolina. On many a hot summer night, the 10 Lee grandchildren would gather on that porch to tell ghost stories and legends handed down from generation to generation. Years later, Carolan and her family took a vacation to the Outer Banks, with a side trip to Appomattox Battlefield. Both places are filled with their own histories, legends and, indeed, ghosts. A lifetime of stories, true and told-as-true, blended to form Beaudry’s Ghost. Carolan invites you to visit her web page at http://www.thebooknook.com/civey.





Sherry-Anne Jacobs

Sherry-Anne Jacobs was born in Lancashire, but emigrated to Australia in her thirties and now lives on a waterside block where dolphins visit. After telling herself stories all her life, she got her first novel published in 1992 and now has 12 published and 7 others accepted. She also writes as Anna Jacobs (historical, contemporary) and Shannah Jay (SF/F). She and her husband of 35 years have two grown-up daughters. When working for others, she was a teacher, lecturer and human resources officer, and did many menial jobs as a student. None of it gave her the joy that writing novels does, but it did give her plenty of experience to create the vivid characters her readers love. To find out more about Sherry-Anne, visit her web site at: http://www.iinet.net.au/~jacobses.





Anne Janette Johnson

Anne was born and raised five miles from Maryland’s Antietam Battlefield, so of course she became interested in medieval Scotland, the Inquisition, and the foundations of Protestantism and democracy. It would have been too easy to write about Ambrose Burnside and Clara Barton! Anne studied creative writing at Johns Hopkins University and currently works as a sportswriter for ESPN’s SportsCentury unit. She is the author of Great Women in Sports and The Olympic Factbook : A Spectator’s Guide to the Winter Games.





Marilyn Nichols Kapp

Books have been Marilyn’s passion since Dick, Jane and Spot. She started writing her first story at the age of nine. Unfortunately, the little girl killed the big mean old snake in the first sentence and left no where else to go with the story. Since then she has read, studied and learned. Part of every major or minor event in her life has been filed away in that portion of her brain labeled--Future Reference-- WRITING. Her professional life has spanned a variety of things from five-and-dime sales clerk to Financial Reporting for one of the largest telecommunications companies in the world; from training and showing horses to Principal Accountant for a state law enforcement training agency. She has lived in five states from Alabama to Washington and spent three months traveling in Europe. She is a member of RWA, FF&P, and SinC. She is a past president of Kentucky Council on Crime and Delinquency, a former member of Volunteers in Corrections, current member of the Madison County Historical Society and Madison County Civil War Roundtable. She resides in a small town in Kentucky, spending most of her time with writing related activities.





Kaye Kelly

Kaye was born in Westport, New Zealand, an area adjacent to extensive rain forests. After enduring 27 wet weekends in a row, she and her husband, Tony, alarmed at the discovery of embryonic webbings between their toes, migrated to the drier climate of Blenheim. She has had several short stories published in New Zealand and Australian magazines, also an historical novel, Mecca’s Gold. An avid reader, Kaye will read anything--from the ingredients on the cereal packet at breakfast time to War and Peace and often has to bribe herself to put down the current book and park the posterior in front of the computer.





Thomas Kemp

Thomas T. Kemp lives in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. He enlisted in the army just six days after he turned 17, and served in India, Korea, Japan, Okinawa, Nationalist China, Thailand, and Vietnam. The deep commitment and concern for the many men killed in Vietnam led the author to study and explore the historical events surrounding “the war that nobody wants to talk about.” Not only does Thomas present his unique personal experiences, he entwines his reality into a fascinating story that pulls the reader into a fantasy world like no other! His sequel to Angel Of Death is now underway. Thomas is also a poet and includes many of his poems within his novels. He is General Services Manager, Akron City Hospital, Summa Health Corporation.





Harriet Klausner





Jesse F. Knight

Jesse F. Knight has written hundreds of stories, articles, reviews, and plays for a wide variety of magazines. He has written a number of ghost stories, scheduled for future issues of, or already published in, such magazines as All Hallows, Enigmatic Tales, Dark Planet, Lichgate, Art Ideas, and Roadworks. His short story, To Capture the Perfect Wave, appeared in the anthology Midnight Never Comes and was well-received by reviewers. Copies of the anthology are available from the author at jknight@internetcds.com. Mr. Knight has a special fondness for the American Revolution and is currently working on several stories from that era, one which appears in the September issue of Of Ages Past. Jesse (or if you prefer, you can use “Knight”) thinks that the short story is a venerable and vital art form and has no plans to write a novel.





Cy Korte

At the age of “terrible two,” the nickname Cyanne Pepper was earned from a quick hot temper when frustrated. As that fuse on the temper lengthened, the name was shortened to Cy. Cy married at 18 in 1972 and she’s the mother of 2 grown sons and has 1 grandson. Business college, various part-time jobs as the children had grown, managing the family’s miniature golf business for 10 years, and now managing the internet department of Book Isle, a used book store, has given Cy varied and interesting life experiences. So, why does a reasonably intelligent woman—“old enough to know better”—read romance? “WHY NOT?! I will not go into a long discourse, but I read for entertainment and relaxation. If I can learn something while relaxing, my life is all the better. I don’t have the imagination and dedication it takes to be an author, but I do like sharing with others when I find a story I like. Yes, romance novels can be ‘spoon fed historical facts’, but they are also an entertaining view of life past. Life is too short to pass up the chance to enjoy as you learn. Most historical romances strive to be accurate as well as entertain, and I hope that by sharing a bit about some of these exceptional stories, you will also learn to relax as you enjoy life in the past while living in the present.”





Anne Langford

Anne Langford, University of Texas, Fine Arts major, seven-year veteran as costumer in Off-Broadway productions, script writer for two successful night time television shows, chose marriage, children and local radio, television writing as her permanent career frontier. After raising six children, three girls, two sons and a frog (my beautiful adopted son is destined to turn into another awesome prince) Anne is now settled in Hawaii. Notice please, the word “retirement” does not register in her endless word count. Bored silly with basking in the sun, Anne has returned to her first loves: writing, painting and sculpting. History is the most fascinating subject in the world. It is a road map of all things good and bad within the human spirit and reveals a prophecy of all things to come. If, that is, you believe that “history repeats itself.” Writing in three genres comes natural. Mainstream historical fiction, historical romance, and children adventure stories are equally close to the writer’s heart. All three fronts are nurtured daily.





Charles Langley

Charles is a contributing editor of The Quill, a writer’s magazine. He has published stories on the internet in Creative Corner, The Quill, Mocha Memoirs, Nocturnal Postings, StoryMania, ShallowEnd, and Women’s World E-zines. In hard print publishing, he has been as investigative reporter for various newspapers and his work has appeared in labor publications.





Joni Latham

“I have spent all my life in Texas, daydreaming. A few years ago, a friend encouraged me to write some of my dreams on paper. What resulted was a series of strange stories. Some have been published but many need a lot of work. I have been lucky to have made many friends on-line and in local writer’s groups, who have been very instrumental in my growth as an author.” Joni’s literary home is Romance Foretold, a cyber-colony for writers, readers, and graphic artists. Over the last year and a half, she she become active in many literary organizations and ventures. She is the Editor-In-Chief of Twilight Times, a fledgling e-zine dedicated to speculative fiction, and she is also the Managing Editor of Twilight Times Books, a new e-publishing venture for speculative fiction. She holds several positions within Romance Foretold: web spinner and magistrate of its Historical Shire. Recently she was even asked to be Vice-President of the Denton Writer’s League by their nominating committee. “As a writer, I have some small successes. The first few chapters of my novel White Fire have been running as a serial in Nightstalkers: Land of Eternal Night starting with the March 1998 issue. My poem “ The Fairie Ring” appeared in the Late August issue of Eternity. One of my stories, The Knight’s Quest, appeared in an issue of the on-line magazine TimeWinder and another, Ah Mom!, won first place in Romance Foretold’s Halloween Fiction Contest. I have had seven other poems appear in several publications in print and on the net.” Joni wrote the “E-Publishing” article in response to all the talk about the future of the publishing industry. You can visit her homepage, Blue Unicorn’s World, to read samples of her poetry and fanfic.





Robert LeBlanc

Robert’s story “The Martian Colony” was published in Dragon Soup (October 1998), won the 1998 Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association Durham Region Young Authors’ Award for short fiction, and was nominated for the Predators and Editors 1998 Best of the Web Award. His other publications include Gratis(February 1999), Nocturnal Postings (March 1999, feature story), and The Writer’s Quill (July 1999). He recently received the 1999 Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association Durham Region Young Authors’ Award for short fiction. Robert is an elementary school teacher in the small town of Uxbridge, Canada, where he teaches French as a Second language. He spent a year studying history at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, in Belgium, six months teaching English and French near Munich, Germany, and have spent many vacations visiting close family friends in Lyons, France. He lives in the village of Brooklin, where he writes with the encouragement and support of his loving wife, Elia.





Lloyd Michael Lohr

Lloyd has published well over 200 short stories and poems. “My writings have been published in 23 countries and translated into 17 languages, including Welsh, Chinese, Romanian, Croat, Malay and Tamil. I am an editor with a seat on the editorial board of the horror and fantasy ezine: The Harrow, http://www.theharrow.com. In addition to my Harrow duties, I am also a monthly poetry contributor and mythology research columnist for The Outer Rim science fiction and fantasy magazine http://outer-rim.lweb.net/. Among other organizations, I am a member of the National Writers Association, the Academy of American Poets, the Mythopoeic Society and the Dalriada Celtic Heritage Trust. I am also a sponsoring member of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies. I hold B.A. and M.S. degrees and I am currently attempting to earn a Ph.D., in Anthropology with a focus on spiritual practices within the societies of the Indo-European Iron Age Celts.”