Philip Zozzaro is an avid book reader who has been reviewing books since March 2015. He writes for various publications, such as the San Francisco Book Review, Booklist Magazine, and US Book Review. He maintains his own blog as well (https://wordpress.com/view/vicfoster.home.blog). His favorite genres are biography, history, true crime, and mysteries. While book reviewing is […]
Faith Eidse
November 15, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Faith Eidse, PhD, recently signed a Masthof Press publishing contract for her Kingsbury award-winning memoir, Deeper than African Soil, of surviving revolution, disease, and boarding school trauma while growing up among worlds in Congo, Canada and the U.S. She has published five fiction and non-fiction titles, including Florida’s oral history of 2007, Voices of the […]
Meredith Sue Willis
November 2, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Meredith Sue Willis grew up in a West Virginia family of teachers. She has published twenty-two books, and her novels and stories are considered part of the Appalachian Renaissance. She also writes science fiction, young adult, books for children, and books about how-to-write and how-to-teach-writing. She teaches novel writing at New York University’s School of […]
Edwina Pendarvis
October 19, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Edwina Pendarvis, Professor Emeritus, Marshall University College of Education, has authored books, chapters, and articles on creativity, literature, arts, and culture. She has served as an interim editor for Journal of Appalachian Studies and currently serves as book editor for Pine Mountain Sand & Gravel. She has written about the intersection of creativity and Appalachian culture […]
Lee Williams
September 7, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Lee Williams is a published author, ghostwriter, and content strategist based in Florida. His nonfiction essays explore the intersections of culture, history, folklife, and race. For fiction, Lee specializes in the Southern gothic. His writing and editing career also includes ten-plus years of professional experience as a chief storyteller for global and nationally recognized brands, […]
Jon Sokol
August 3, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Jon Sokol is a writer, forester, traveler, and furniture-maker. He lives in Northeast Georgia with his wife, Karen. He mostly writes fiction often drifting toward Southern gothic and his fascination with all things peculiar. Jon’s work has appeared in the James Dickey Review, Gray’s Sporting Journal, Gutwrench Journal, The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, […]