Author Elizabeth Gonzalez James is a screenwriter and bestselling author of the novels, The Bullet Swallower and Mona at Sea, as well as the chapbook, Five Conversations About Peter Sellers. The Bullet Swallower was named a best book of 2024 by NPR, Esquire, and elsewhere, was a Book of the Month Club pick, and was featured on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” as […]
Visual Artist Ariana Padron was born in Caracas, Venezuela, and immigrated to the United States as a small child with her family. At a young age, she watched “Spirited Away” by Studio Ghibli, which profoundly changed her perspective on life and ignited her passion for creating whimsical stories and art. This inspiration led her to […]
Linda Marks is a multi-award winning Boston singer-songwriter, a healer at heart and emotional alchemist whose music gracefully uplifts the spirit and transforms sorrow into gold. Her 15th studio album, The Silence Of The Stars is rich in lyric-driven social impact songs with singable, heartfelt melodies complimented by her clear, warm, expressive voice leaving the […]
Author Michael E. Bell is the retired State Folklorist of Rhode Island. He has a Ph.D. in Folklore from Indiana University, Bloomington, an M.A. in Folklore and Mythology from the University of California at Los Angeles, and a B.A. in Anthropology/Archaeology from the University of Arizona, Tucson. He is the author of Vampire’s Grasp: The […]
Colleen Sgroi once said, “Touching the hearts of others is my greatest joy. It is this place from which all of my art comes. When I paint, I start with a story in my head. Sometimes it is a one-word story like love or joy.” Her first art show was in Miami, FL where she […]
Sam Sickorez is the proud owner and lead artist of Sam's Bewitched Face Art, which combines her love of painting, children, and all things sparkly. For decades, she served as a volunteer face painter for community and school events. During the pandemic, she began to delve more seriously in SFX makeup, experimenting with elaborate designs […]
Author Rory Power grew up in New England, where she lives and works as a story consultant for TV adaptation. She received a Masters in Prose Fiction from the University of East Anglia, and is the New York Times bestselling author of Wilder Girls, Burn Our Bodies Down, and In a Garden Burning Gold. She is represented by Daisy Parente at […]
Robin Edward Trudel got his start in woodcarving when a co-worker gave him a carving knife and encouraged him to carve a mushroom. Shortly after completing his first piece, he discovered and joined the New England Wood Carvers (www.newc.org). His boundless enthusiasm soon found him volunteering for the organization and eventually serving as president for […]
Ilene Richard is a fine art painter and children's book illustrator working out in the Berkshires. Her focus is figurative painting but she also experiments with various other subject matter. Whether she paints in her graphic style or a more portraiture approach, Ilene uses wonderful color combinations to enhance her overall finished paintings. There is an excitement when […]
Karen Osborn is the author of the novels, Patchwork, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, Between Earth and Sky, The River Road, Centerville, winner of the Independent Publishers Gold Award, and most recently The Music Book. In reviews, she's been compared to Ian McEwan, Jodi Picoult, and Russell Banks. The New York Times has called her work, "psychologically sophisticated" and […]
