Historical Fiction

  • James D. Brewer

    James D. Brewer is a retired US Army officer, writer, musician and teacher who lives with his wife, Jan, in central Florida. A former professor at the US Military Academy and past editor of Armor magazine, he has over a forty-year writing career authored five novels, three non-fiction books, numerous magazine articles and a two-act play.

  • Byron Spires

    Byron is a retired newspaper editor and has been active in live theatre for over 23 years. He has been in over 70 musicals at the Quincy Music Theatre as well as dramas including 12 Angry Men and Exonerated. He can be seen playing a military cemetery superintendent in the film, “Hero’s Not Forgotten,” a fictional film which honors America's military veterans and educates youth about Americanism on YouTube. He directed Under Review this past fall and acted in this Springs (2023) WeRetimrent for FSU’s White Mouse Productions.

  • Emma Davis

    I write historical and literary fiction, often set in Florida, nearly always narrated by the kind of people history tends to overlook. FSU alumna and owner of a dog named Gatsby. 

  • Caroline Lewis

    I'm currently a News Producer at WTXL ABC 27. I'm a former news writer & social media manager at FSView & Florida Flambeau newspaper.

  • Jeffrey Ard Jr.

    Aspiring writer that is finally starting the process! Starting with short stories and learning the craft as I practice everyday. Avid reader of multiple genres and a local "Tallahasseean" who tried to get away and lived in West Palm Beach for 8 years but was pulled back when I took over my insurance agency with Allstate. Love fiction and pursuing travel memoirs as well.

  • Diane Swearingen

    Diane Swearingen attended Florida State University receiving a BS in Elementary  Education in 1972, and an MS in Library and Information Services in 1995.  Diane worked in Leon County as a classroom teacher and a school media specialist, retiring in 2009 after thirty-six years.  She published "Power," a non-fiction reading comprehension strategy, in the Florida Media Quarterly in 2009 and continued to work as a reading consultant for Renaissance Learning, Inc. until 2012.

  • Lisa Blackwell

    I'm a Tallahassee native who lived around the world before settling back home with my husband and two cats. I write literary fiction and historical adventure (primarily set in medieval England). By day, I'm an editor at Draft Works, helping authors to navigate the world of self-publishing and to make their manuscripts the very best they can be.

  • Samuel Staley

    Sam Staley is the author of 14 fiction and nonfiction books, writing under the pen name of SR Staley when writing fiction. His books have won more than 10 literary awards in genres as wide ranging as current affairs/politics, historical fiction, mainstream and literary fiction, young adult fiction, and new adult/coming of age.

  • Frances Gilbert

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