Fans of Fiction. Purveyors of Dodgy Writing Advice.
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About our Guests
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Abel Keogh
Abel is the author of The Time Seller and six other books.
During the day, Abel works in corporate marketing in the finance industry. At night and during full moons he transforms into a writer which isn't nearly as exciting as, say, turning into a werewolf. He also speaks Bulgarian but doesn't get a chance to practice it except when he’s cut off in traffic or smashes his finger with a hammer.
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To keep his sanity in check, Abel runs 20-25 miles a week. He uses that time for plotting out his next book, fine tuning his plan for world domination, and keeping up with his marathon running wife, Julianna (a.k.a. Marathon Girl).
Abel and his wife live somewhere in the beautiful state of Utah and, as citizens of the Beehive State, are parents of the requisite seven children.
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Charlie Holmberg
Born in Salt Lake City, Charlie N. Holmberg was raised a Trekkie alongside three sisters who also have boy names. She is a proud BYU alumna, plays the ukulele, owns too many pairs of glasses, and finally adopted a dog. Her fantasy Paper Magician series, which includes The Paper Magician, The Glass Magician, and The Master Magician, has been optioned by the Walt Disney Company. Her stand-alone novel, Followed by Frost, was nominated for a 2016 RITA Award for Best Young Adult Romance, and her novel The Fifth Doll won the 2018 Whitney for Speculative Fiction. She is a board member for Deep Magic Ezine and lives with her family in Utah.
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Jolene Perry
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Jolene is the author of All The Forever Things, Love Blind, and many other books. She wears juvenile T-shirts, worn-out chucks, and eats too much chocolate.
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Jolene has written young adult titles for Entangled/Macmillan, Albert Whitman Teen, and Simon Pulse. She is represented by Jane Dystel of Dystel, Goderich & Bourret Literary Management.
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Jolene is a member of SCBWI. She also runs her own blog that features some of her most popular classes at writing conferences. She belongs to the LDStorymakers Author’s Guild and was the Chair of the 2018 Storymakers Conference.
She recently moved from Alaska to Colorado with her husband, two children, two dogs, and cat.