Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Shannon Spruill has a passion for reading and a very creative imagination. She always had a vision of becoming an author. Shannon graduated Suma Cum Laude from Bryant and Stratton College with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a Master’s degree in Computer Information Systems from Boston University. She has worked in the computer technology field for over 20 years and is a modern day gadget geek. Looking for a new road to travel Shannon decided to pursue her lifelong desire to write her first book and has begun to embark upon this journey. Her desire has always been to write fiction but she felt she had a story to tell. 

Shannon’s first book was released December 1, 2010. “My Reflection in the Mirror” is a look at some personal demons that she had to overcome. She hopes by telling her story she can inspire and empower other women.

October 4, 2013 Shannon lost her son Brian in an automobile accident. This was a devastating tragedy but instead of sinking into a dark place, Shannon grieved and rose up with the help of God and began helping other parents that have lost a child. With the help of her husband, Shannon started a support group for parents, grandparents and siblings who have lost a child.

It continues to be a long journey but with her deep spiritual conviction and relationship with God, Shannon has learned how to overcome the obstacles in her life. She credits everything in her life and who she is today to God. Her second book was released as a bundle with her first book, “The Shattered Mirror: Picking up the Pieces. The book chronicles her journey after the loss of her child. It shows how she pushed past despair to reach her purpose.

Best-selling author, Olivia Shaw, began writing short stories at the age of 7, and by the time she turned 9, had already written a full-length novel. Now at 25, Olivia has served as staff writer and editor at various magazines, blogs, and newspaper outlets. In November 2015, she released her debut novel, “Soul Cry,” on Amazon, to critical acclaim. Olivia’s desire is to do the three Es: encourage, empower, and entertain readers through her unique style of writing.

In February 2016, she was signed to an exclusive book deal with Kindred Soul Publications, and her first book series, Andrue and Sy'mone: An Urban Love Affair, was later released. In just under a year, she has released six novels, including the Amazon best-selling series, "What God Has Joined Together." She is elated to chase after her lifelong authoring dreams with her series of Christian romance and urban fiction novels, and resides in her hometown of Milwaukee, WI.

Tessa J is 28 year old author with a crazy imagination. She is a mother of an amazing 11 year old and loves writing stories outside the box. With 3 releases under her belt she continues to write her own version of black girl magic.

Linette King is a twenty six year old single mother of three from Moss Point. She was raised by her mother, Sharron King and stepfather, Terry Phillips in a household of six children. Her children, Aaliyah (5), Alannah (4) and Justin (1) are her pride and joy but they are also one of the main reasons why she decided to take a leap of faith and make writing professionally a part of her life. She figured if she wouldn’t take a chance and follow her dreams then how could she expect them to follow theirs.

After having her heart broken, she decided to focus on something that she loved and ended up submitting chapters of a book to different publishers and was signed to True Glory Publications November of 2015. Within her first 12 months of writing, she’d successfully completed twenty eight different titles. From the day that she was signed to today, she has written thirty two titles while maintaining a full time job.

In the year of 2016, she was invited to host a “Right your vision” workshop in Memphis, Tennessee as well as speak to a group of people. The workshop covered figuring out your ‘Why?’ ‘What?’ ‘How?’ ‘When?’ and ‘Who?’ when it came down to your life and your goals.

It was during the workshop that she realized she had a passion for motivating others. As she spoke about the way she speaks to her family and friends, she realized everyone needed a motivator in their life - someone that would push them to do more. That’s when she became ‘The Pusher.’

She's known for her hit series "Addicted to him" "She use to be the sweetest girl" and many more. Not wanting to be boxed into an urban genre, she stepped out and wrote 7 short horror books for Halloween and has even stepped out and wrote a suspense stand-alone book titled "A Mother's Revenge"

She loves to connect with readers so feel free to find her on facebook (Linette King), instagram (@author.linetteking) twitter (@iamLinetteKing) snapchat (linette2t) and email (asklinetteking@gmail.com)

Tamara Kelly is a dancer, author, speaker, and coach.

Over the last 8 years, she has launched several of her own organizations; TruPrz Minstires, Tamara Kelly LLC, and TLK Publishing LLC. These organizations service as supports within the community to help entrepreneurs start, develop, and grow to the next level.

Tamara loves to inspire men and women to redefine their lives and discover their true value and self-worth.

Yasheca is a native of Troy, New York. Yasheca is an avid reader of all genres of novels but has a special love and loyalty to urban fiction and street literature projects. As a teenager attending Doyle Middle School in Troy, New York, is where she began writing poetry and song lyrics inspired by the street flow and lyrics of Rhythm and Blues and Hip Hop music. Reading A Hustler’s Wife by Nikki Turner encouraged her to begin writing and go after her dream of having the world read her work. The support of family and friends encouraged her to complete her first novel “The Heart Don’t Lie: Jewels’ Dilemma.”

Yasheca is currently pursuing an MBA at Western Governors University and working on her second novel. In addition to creating stories that make you feel connected with each character, Yasheca is an editor and ghostwriter. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family, spoken word and reading.

Juliet Jackson is an author born and raised out of the city of Pontiac, Michigan. In her spare time of being a wife and mother of two, she enjoys her passion of writing fiction novels. She's always been a writer, but didn't know how deep her words could get until her parents moved her out of the city, and into the small country of Carbon Hill, Alabama. By that time, she had reached adulthood, and advanced into the workforce. She seen that working with teens only heightened her love for writing. This allowed her to open her mind to a more realistic, true, and fictional form of writing, all which helped her to produce her first self-published novel.

Shawn Starling is a native of Richmond Virginia. The father of two girls, he grew up in Mosby Court, one of the city's worst projects where he chose the life of crime. As a result, he ended up serving 9 years in federal prison where he taught himself how to write. Shawn was released in July of 2013 and while on house arrest he typed up his debut novel, Real Recognize Real. He's penned several novels since, including his new release, Right Hand Man.