Contributors with Profiles — Page 16

Micki makes friends wherever she goes; she loves to talk. She writes so she can share her personal experiences through fiction, non-fiction and essays with unsuspecting victims.

Moinak Dutta is presently engaged as a teacher of English in a government sponsored institution. Many of his poems and stories are published in national and international anthologies and magazines.

Nayma Chamchoun is a British Moroccan writer, poet and performance poet. Her writing is influenced by her cultural duality. She is interested in female voices in the diaspora community, the challenges they face within both communities and the taboos around mental health within their ancestral communities.

Nancy Tomich is a retired journalist living in San Diego. In addition to her reportorial work she has had pieces published in The Toast, the Washington Post, U.S. Boat and The Decameron Project.

Nisha Raviprasad is a poet and avid reader based in Cochin, Kerala. Her work, often centered on memory, nature, and emotion, has appeared in various literary journals. A quiet observer of life and language, she continues to explore the beauty of the everyday through poetry.

Nishi Pulugurtha is an academic and writer based in Kolkata.

Patrick Sweeney lives in New York City with his wife, Nora. His fiction and non-fiction have appeared in numerous publications.

Peter is a speculative fiction writer, most notably the author of the award winning supernatural thriller, "The Grandmaster." He is also the Founder and Managing Editor of Ex Machina Press, a publishing company based in Los Angeles, which was named 2007 PUBLISHER OF THE YEAR by the DIY Book Festival in Los Angeles.

Peter lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he's worked in the magical realms of libraries, human resources, and word processing departments.

Probal Basak, from India, started his career as a journalist working with Press Trust of India, Business Standard, covering mostly socio-political issues.

"As a teenager in the 80's, I listened to a lot of rock music and was inspired to write song lyrics in case I was ever invited to join a band; I wasn't, but that didn't stop me from continuing to write."

Richard D. Houff was the former editor of Heeltap Magazine and Pariah Press Books, from 1986 until 2010.

Rick McQuiston is a bonafide horror fanatic. To date, he has had well over 400 publications. Currently, he's under contract with Raven Tale Publications for several novels.

Ambivert. One of the ten percent world southpaws. Writing evolves from thought, and so, Ridwanullah is a thinker. He is a virtuous indigene of Osun state, Nigeria.

Robb White is the Derringer-nominated author of the Thomas Haftmann, Raimo Jarvi, and Jade Hui detective series.

In 1984, Robert L. Penick ran a half-marathon in ninety minutes flat; it's all been downhill from there. His website is http://www.theartofmercy.net

A life-long rock-climber and mountaineer, Robert Walton has made numerous ascents in the Sierra Nevada and in Yosemite. Much of his writing reflects his time in the mountains. His novel "Dawn Drums" was published in April 2013 by Moonlight Mesa Associates.

S. A. Gerber is a native and resident again of Los Angeles, CA. after having spent twenty-four years in a neighboring "city of sin" in the Silver State of Nevada.

SAHELI MITRA is a journalist, author and poet based in India. Her debut romantic novel Lost Words was internationally launched by Penguin Partridge USA.

Sayani Mukherjee is a poet hailing from Chandannagar, a former French colony in West Bengal. She received her post graduation degree in English literature from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi. She likes to engage her leisure in photography, cinema and arts.

Seth Coggeshall is from Sacramento, California. He holds a B.A. in economics from California State University, Sacramento.

Shadow, whose roots lie in the deep traditional Urdu poetry, emerged into the English verse a little while ago after a long silence to capture the tears that dwell in the heart and fall on the paper in the veil of dark. Writing from Rawalpindi, Pakistan.

Shawn P. Madison, creator of the Guarder/UEN Universe, currently lives in the beautiful Garden State of New Jersey with his wife and a veritable cornucopia of kids. Although he has written in many different genres, he tends to write mostly science fiction and horror.

Shikha Sawhney Lamba is a jewelry designer and poet living in Hong Kong. She is the co-editor of an online magazine, Coffee and Conversations. She admittedly lives a big portion of her life online and can be found on most social media sites for her writing, jewelry and magazine.

Sonnet Mondal is the founder of The Enchanting Verses Literary Review. He has authored eight books of poetry.