The Adepts

Diane Byington

Diane Byington

After a career as a college professor, Diane Byington obtained a certificate in novel writing from Stanford and later trained in book coaching. She divides her time between Colorado and Florida, where kayaking and hiking are her passions. When...

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Sabrina Williams

Sabrina Williams

Sabrina is a proofreader, writer, and lifelong bookworm. With a background as a bookseller, she’s been able to share her love of storytelling with many others. She especially loves science fiction, historical fiction, and mysteries. When...

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Mary Morris

Mary Morris

Mary Morris holds an MFA in creative writing from Southern Illinois University—Carbondale and taught English and literature for more than a decade. Today, she ghostwrites nonfiction in addition to her work as a line editor, copy editor, and...

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Rashida Breen

Rashida Breen

Rashida Breen has been a lover of words since she was old enough to pick up a book. As a full-time writer and editor, she has experience working with both traditionally and independently published authors. She enjoys reading most genres, but...

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Darlene Gardner

Darlene Gardner

Darlene Gardner has a degree in journalism from Penn State and worked at daily newspapers as a feature writer, sportswriter, and copy editor before becoming a novelist. She has written more than forty books, most of them romances published with...

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Taylor Anhalt

Taylor Anhalt

Taylor Anhalt graduated from Albion College with a bachelor’s degree in English Creative Writing. She discovered a passion for editing in college and has interned at multiple small presses. Currently, she’s working toward her master’s in English...

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Angie Lovell

Angie Lovell

Angie Lovell has an MA in English from Eastern Illinois University and works as a full-time writer and editor. She currently lives in Georgia with her husband and their two daughters. Angie has a long history of working with small presses and...

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Libybet Rueda Gynn

Libybet Rueda Gynn

Libybet Rueda Gynn is a longtime lover of novels and short-story fiction and a perfectionist since birth, which lends to her passion for copyediting and proofreading anything from books to her lifestyle blog to friends’ Facebook posts. She has a...

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Erica Dean

Erica Dean

Erica Dean has several years experience in publicity, first working with executive clients on speech writing and publicity before becoming a business banker, where she aided clients with their marketing strategies and banking needs. She now...

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Amanda Kruse

Amanda Kruse

Amanda Kruse graduated magna cum laude with a BA in creative writing at the University of Colorado at Boulder and has a graduate level publishing certificate from the University of Denver. She has worked with individual and small presses as an...

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Kelly Reed

Kelly Reed

Lawrence Kelvin Reed (Kelly to you) has a B.A. and an M.A. in English literature. He was a copy editor at Pacific Press Publishing Association in Nampa, ID for more than two years and has taught English classes at La Sierra University in...

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Stefanie Spangler Buswell

Stefanie Spangler Buswell

Stefanie Spangler Buswell has a Bachelor of Arts from Western Illinois University, and she tried out a few other careers before settling down to read books for a living. Books and reading have always been her passion. She was always that weird...

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