A longtime lover of the written word, Heather Osborn has spent her entire adult life figuring out ways to surround herself with books. A former bookseller, Heather made the transition...

Don D’Auria has worked in publishing for twenty-five years, most recently as executive editor at Leisure Books, where for fifteen years he directed their horror line. Born and raised in suburban New Jersey, he was the quintessential horror kid, growing up on a steady diet of TV’s Chiller Theater on Friday nights, Creature Features on Saturday nights, and horror novels and Famous Monsters magazine...

A lifetime love of reading and a master’s in literature taught Lindsey Faber that she enjoys nothing more than reading great books—and then analyzing the heck out of them. Now she...

As a lifelong resident of Indiana, Tera Kleinfelter learned to immerse herself in books at a young age. Feeling no desire for cows, corn or soybeans, she quickly turned her passion...

Imogen Howson has worked at Samhain since just before its first birthday. She started as an acquiring editor, and is proud to have edited authors such as Christyne Butler, Jenna...

Sasha Knight loves words. Her parents swear she came out of the womb speaking and took up reading soon after, so it should come as no surprise that she grew up to become an editor, allowing her to spend her days playing with words. In 2005, Sasha joined Samhain Publishing, Ltd. as a full-time editor and edits more than 30 authors…and she’s always looking for more. When she’s not editing, reading...

Linda Ingmanson has been with Samhain Publishing from its inception. The most rewarding part of her work is developing positive, long-lasting relationships with her authors. She’s a fan of all kinds of fiction, mainly science fiction, fantasy and, of course, romance. Her favorite stories include dark heroes, smart but sensitive heroines, a sense of humor and action-packed plots. She is always...

Anne Scott was not a particularly early reader, but she was enthusiastic. After discovering Enid Blyton, she went on to love such series as Anne of Green Gables, Little Women and The Black Stallion, not necessarily in that order. In her teens and twenties she read a lot of CanLit, classics and mainstream lit, until she rediscovered genre—science fiction, fantasy and romance—and didn’t look back....

Jennifer Miller has lived in sunny Southern California ever since she earned her master's degree in education from UCLA, but she is half Northern (Canadian) and half Southern girl by...

After getting her BA in English language and literature and her teaching diploma, Heidi Moore spent 5 years as a high school English teacher and freelance writer working on literature-based course books. With an eclectic and voracious appetite for books that didn’t match her budget or the amount of shelf space left in her house, Heidi found e-publishing to be the solution to many of the issues curtailing...

Mary's earliest book-related memory was curling around a pillow and listening as her older brother read The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. One day she demanded she get a turn narrating: she wanted to be the first to find out what was going to happen next. She's been an avid reader ever since, experimenting with genres to discover new favorite authors. She especially enjoys unique historicals,...

Born in the wilderness of Southern California, Amy Sherwood grew up being read to whenever she wanted. Eventually, she figured out that if she read to herself, she could get to the...