SAMUEL ASHWORTH is a professor of creative writing at George Washington University and a former columnist at The Rumpus. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in the Washington Post Magazine, Longreads, Eater, and Gawker. A native New Yorker, he now lives with his wife and two sons in Washington, DC. A two-time ghostwriter, this is his first novel.

Samuel Ashworth has been a bartender, a dancer, and a reporter. He has gutted seafood in the back of Michelin- starred restaurants and assisted with autopsies in a Pittsburgh hospital. His fiction and nonfiction appear in the Washington Post Magazine, Longreads, Eater, Hazlitt, Gawker, the Rumpus, and so on. He is a professor of creative writing at George Washington University, and assistant fiction editor at Barrelhouse Magazine. A native New Yorker, he now lives with his wife and two sons in Washington, DC. He is on Twitter and Bluesky at @samuelashworth. MARKETING AND PUBLICITY Convention Appearances: AWP, BEA, ABA Regional Trade Shows • Major prepublications

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Betsy Armstrong grew up on a farm in Minnesota, but Chicago captured her country-mouse heart thirty-plus years ago, so she stayed. Betsy is a writer, mom, athlete, and philanthropist who wants to change the world. She has had careers in sales, counseling, and the non-profit space. Still, her true passion is running, which led her to become the Executive Director of Girls on the Run - Chicago and the Chicago Area Runners Association. Her writing has been published in the Brevity Blog, The Pinch Journal, and WOW-Women on Writing, and she has been recognized by essay contests in Writer’s Digest and WOW-Women on Writing. Besides writing, she bakes apple pies exactly how her great grandma taught her and listens to NPR while simultaneously recording too many reality TV shows. She and her husband, kids, and pets divide their time between the mountains of Nevada and the lakes of the Midwest.

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Ford Cooper, born and raised in Clarksville, Tennessee, is an emerging 23-year-old musician whose soulful melodies and introspective lyrics resonate with audiences worldwide.

Cooper’s music exemplifies the boundless possibilities of artistic expression. From the gritty sounds of 90’s grunge to the smooth rhythms of neo-soul, his musical journey is a testament to the transformative power of music. Feeling Fly is his new release

Ford’s musical odyssey began at the age of 15 when he first picked up a guitar. Drawn to the raw energy and emotional depth of Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and the Red Hot Chili Peppers, it was the authenticity of these bands that ignited his personal desire to become a musician.

Ford dove even deeper into the rich tapestry of musical genres highlighting the soulful sounds of artists like Marvin Gaye, D’Angelo and Erykah Badu. This allowed him to craft his own unique sound, blending a fusion of smooth grooves, heartfelt lyrics, and infectious melodies.

Ford has been diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and his new single, “All I Ever Say” shares his personal struggles with mental health.

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Jennifer Anne Gordon (she/they) is an award-winning author and podcast host. Her debut novel Beautiful, Frightening and Silent won the Kindle Book Award for Best Horror/Suspense for 2020, as well as the Best Horror Novel of the Year from Authors on The Air and was a finalist for American Book Fest’s Best Book Award- Horror, 2020. Her novel Pretty/Ugly won the Helicon Award for Best Horror for 2022, and the Kindle Book Award for Best Novel of the Year (Reader’s Choice). Her collection The Japanese Box: And Other Stories was an instant Amazon Bestseller and her story The Japanese Box won the Lit Nastie Award for 2024 for Best Short Story.

Her personal essays have been featured on Horror Tree, Nerd Daily, Ladies of Horror Fiction, Writers After Dark, and Quail Bell Magazine, and are featured in Such a Loss, and Letting Grief Speak: Writing Portals for Life After Loss.

Jennifer is the creator and co-host of the popular comedic literary podcast Vox Vomitus, as well as a co-host of House of Mystery on NBC Radio.

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Meg Hamand has had a heart for storytelling since her first poem was published in an anthology in elementary school. Since then, she graduated with a degree in English and creative writing from Indiana State University. She’s been published in multiple print and online publications and recognized as Michiana 40 Under 40 by South Bend Chamber of Commerce. She lives in Northern Indiana with her high school sweetheart, daughter, and miniature Dachshund, Nixon (named after Captain Nixon from Band of Brothers, not after the president).

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ALTERATIONS by Kate Maruyama (Running Wild Press; March 2025) is an absorbing Hollywood history and compelling love story forged with a rich literary family drama. Its characters allow the past and present to intertwine, highlighting how family, whether we like it or not, makes up who we are. Maruyama is best known as a horror writer, but this new novel is inspired by Maruyama’s aunt and her New England Boston marriage as well as her time spent living and working in Los Angeles. As Matt Tyrnauer, director of Victoria’s Secret: Angels & Demons and Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood, raves Kate Maruyama invents a magical refracted Hollywood history and a lusty, coded story of forbidden love in Lotusland.”

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CLAUDIA ROWE has been writing about the hallways where kids and government clash for more than 30 years. A native of New York City now living in Seattle, her reporting on racially skewed school discipline for The Seattle Times helped to change education laws in Washington State and her coverage of Latino youth gangs was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. Rowe has also written for The New York Times, Mother Jones, and Amazon Original Stories. In 2018 she received the Washington State Book Award for her true crime memoir The Spider and the Fly (Dey Street). She is a member of the editorial board at The Seattle Times, where she writes about foster care, juvenile justice, and public education.

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Barret Baumgart is an essayist, screenwriter, and the author of the nonfiction books China Lake and YUCK. His essays have appeared in The Paris Review, The Gettysburg Review, The Iowa Review, The Rumpus, Vice, LitHub, The Seneca Review, and The Literary Review, among others. He lives in Los Angeles.

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