What is a "Featured Author"
An author at at least one of our upcoming events that will have a table near the check-in table and be one of the first faces you see when entering the event space!
2025 Featured Authors (Virginia Beach and Owosso)
Amy Cecil
Virginia Beach
Amy Cecil is an award-winning Indie author of both historical and contemporary romance. Her penchant for Austen fan fiction, won her the title of Favorite Historical Romance Author (2016-2017) while her MC series has won several awards throughout the Indie community. Recently, she has expanded her repertoire to the thriller and erotic genres
K. Rose
Author of Fantastical Fiction and Romance A Mood writer for the Mood reader
Deanna L. Rowley
Virginia Beach
Deanna has loved to read all her life. She was in the third grade when she fell in love with books while working in the school library. She turned that love of reading into writing. Now Deanna can be found in her writing cave, sharing her keyboard with her furbaby, reading, or plotting more books to write.
Elise Gedicke
Virginia Beach - Sponsor
I am a full-time RVer. I travel the country in my motorhome with my dog, Porthos. I enjoy reading, hiking, kayaking, biking, and camping. Follow me @elisegedickeauthor!
Stephanie Ayers / Brie Maddox
Owosso - Sponsor
A creative ninja with a dark mind and a quirky nature, Stephanie Ayers writes all the words and spins twisted tales filled with horror, fantasy, suspense, and anything in between.
J.R. Froemling
Dive into the imaginative world of J.R. Froemling! From paranormal romance to fantasy adventure, each book in this collection captures the essence of her “Spectacular, Spectacular!” storytelling style.
Jena Doyle
Jena Doyle writes dark motorcycle club romance, queer fairytale adaptations, and paranormal smut for all the good girls who love a tattooed hand necklace. When she’s not dreaming up dirty words, she enjoys traveling, binge-watching trash TV, and dabbling in all things witchy-woo-woo. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in English / Creative Writing and has been known to ramble at great length about Shakespeare’s gay agenda. Jena currently lives in West Virginia with her partner and a snuggly pup named Merlin.