Authors

I spent most of my career in Sales and Marketing working for United Way, the University of Scranton and Crossroads Hospitality.  I owned and operated several of my own businesses including three Subway Restaurants, a Tastykake distribution company and an entertainment/music disc jockey business.

I spent 20 years with the Lions Club serving as President as well as a Regional Chairman for Lions Club International.  I currently have about 25 unpublished books that I would like to publish soon.

I love to write books, poetry, songs, and short stories.

Sami Ibrahim Almuaigel is a Saudi author and independent researcher whose work explores how complex systems evolve through trajectories rather than isolated outcomes. Drawing on a background in avionics and industrial electronics, as well as more than twenty-five years of technical experience, he develops interdisciplinary ideas connecting mathematics, physics, economics, management, and human decision-making.

His books examine concepts such as curvature, constraints, friction, resilience, memory, and path dependence as practical tools for understanding personal life, economic choices, organizations, and systems of thought. Rather than offering conventional formulas or ready-made answers, his writing encourages readers to examine how decisions accumulate, why seemingly successful paths may become fragile, and how more coherent and adaptable trajectories can be designed.

Based in Saudi Arabia, Almuaigel writes in both Arabic and English. Across his books and research, one question remains central: not only where a person or system stands today, but what path brought it there—and where that path is leading.

Dr. Paul Stuart Lindblad is a theological scholar, church planter, and author with over five decades in ministry. His quiet morning Bible study, begun in 1974, evolved into the 1,100-devotional collection Morning Whispers: Everyday Applications From Ancient Wisdom. He has served communities across Arizona, California, and Illinois as a pastor and teacher.

Darrius V. Dickerson is a U.S. Army Vet; former sniper, recon Soldier, and RTO with 2nd ID's 5/20 INF. He founded War 'N' Tees in 2020, a mission brand of Warrior streetwear, authorship, Execute Order 42, and Loyalty as a Vice. Over three years he wrote, edited, and self-published the combat photojournalism memoir *Wartime Snapshots: Unseen Views / Photography of OIF*.

He credits books as his true Alma Mater, and the Infantry as his astutest educator. His Father sparked an early love of the trades; he later joined the IBEW and has worked as a skilled electrician across multiple locals, including Local 379.

NLT 21% of net profits from his work go to Vet-focused nonprofit orgs fighting Vet homelessness/hopelessness.

“Stay blessed; Free; & dangerous!”

William “Buck” Jones is the author of I Am Kazak, a prehistoric adventure and romance set approximately 34,000 years ago. The novel follows Kazak, a powerful young man born to a Cro-Magnon father and Neanderthal mother, as he struggles to survive, protect Mara—a gifted healer—and unite ancient peoples against a brutal enslaver.

Jones does not simply invent his stories or develop them through research. He experiences them as extraordinarily vivid dreams in which characters, relationships, dangers, and practical details are revealed to him. His task afterward is to write down what he has witnessed as accurately and completely as possible.

What makes these experiences even more remarkable is that Jones has achromatopsia and sees the waking world without color. His dreams, however, appear in vivid, full color. They are the only place where he experiences color as other people describe it, making these stories feel less like inventions and more like experiences he has received and been entrusted to share. I Am Kazak is the first novel in a planned four-book series.

Anne Ikiara is an author, speaker, and development practitioner whose work lives at the intersection of African literature, social justice, and digital rights. With over two decades of leadership across non-profit and international advocacy sectors, her career centers on amplifying marginalized voices, building organizational resilience, and expanding inclusive digital spaces. As co-architect of the internationally recognized Bit’s Youth Empowerment Model, she was honored with the Anita Borg Change Agent Award (2009) and the Social Impact Award (2011) for her trailblazing contributions to technology access and youth development.

Her creative writing brings the same rigor to memory, historical trauma, and systemic power. In 2024, her short story Goat in Hyena’s Court placed in the top 7% of the prestigious Bridport International Short Story Competition, setting the stage for her acclaimed debut novel, The Line of One (2025). Launched in partnership with Alliance Française Nairobi, the novel traces the long arc of childhood agency from colonial Kenya to the present day. Anne is currently finalizing her third novel, The Names No One Said, a powerful narrative confronting the 1991 tragedy in St. Kizito, Kenya, to explore memory, justice, and the silence surrounding gendered violence. Her next upcoming work, Humanitarian Lynching Tree (expected 2027), offers a sharp critique of the internal power dynamics and fault lines within international development systems.

An accomplished researcher, Anne holds research grants from the Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and OSSREA, with work published across academic and policy forums. She holds a MA of Arts in Gender and Development.

I’m Dr. Jimmy Ricardo Harper, an educator and mentor with years of hands-on substitute teaching experience. Through working in both structured and challenging classrooms, I’ve learned how to manage student behavior, establish control quickly, and keep students engaged. My goal is to provide practical strategies that help educators build confidence, strengthen classroom leadership, and create lasting success for both teachers and students.

Susan Stoderl was born in Denver, Colorado, and grew up in Southwestern Kansas. She studied musicology at the master’s level at Wichita State University, but left before finishing her thesis. She moved to Baltimore to earn her master’s in voice at the Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University. Susan spent over thirty years in New York City, working in opera as a soloist, chorister, music director, conductor, and composer. She has always felt pulled between writing and music, but writing has become her focus. She enjoys singing with her wonderful local church choir. Now, she writes middle-grade and historical fiction in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina.

Besides the Sophia of the Bright Red Sneakers series, Susan is working on Eleven Days Toward Death. This Corrie Chester/Roger Holloway historical mystery/ romance takes place in 1929 in a small Western Kansas town. She is currently in the research phase of Vol. 3 of the Sophia series, tentatively entitled Mission 3: Convergence Point. You can follow her blog at Scribbles & Thoughts | Susan Stoderl.