Lovers' Lies

Darren Holland is a new upcoming author to break into the scene with a dazzling array of children's adventure books. They are charming and creative and will keep children entertained for hours.

Jessica Lott is the author of The Rest of Us and Osin, which won Low Fidelity Press’s Novella Award. She has an MA in creative writing from Boston University and an MA in English literature from Washington University in St. Louis. She writes for Art21, and her art reviews have appeared in Frieze and New York Arts. She lives in New York City.

Michael McLaughlin, Oracle ACE, is a professor at BYU - Idaho in the Computer Information Technology Department of the Business and Communication School. He teaches courses on IT management, databases, and systems analysis and design. Michael is the author of Oracle Database 11g PL/SQL Programming, Oracle Database 10g Express Edition PHP Web Programming, and Oracle Database 11g & MySQL 5.6 Developer Handbook. He is the co-author of Oracle Database 11g PL/SQL Programming Workbook, Oracle Database 10g PL/SQL Programming, Expert Oracle PL/SQL, and Oracle Database AJAX & PHP Web Application Development. Michael worked at Oracle Corporation for more than eight years, most recently as the senior applications upgrade manger in E-Business Suite Release Engineering.

Rebecca Ruth Gould is the author of numerous works at the intersection of aesthetics and politics, including Writers and Rebels (2016) and The Persian Prison Poem (2021). With Malaka Shwaikh, she is the author of Prison Hunger Strikes in Palestine (2023). She has written for the general public in the London Review of Books, the Global & Mail, and World Policy Journal and her writing has been translated into eleven languages.

Richard Smyth is a Yorkshire-based author and freelance writer. He has written several nonfiction books and written features, reviews, and comment pieces for publications including The Guardian, Times LiterarySupplement, New Statesman, and BirdWatching. He is also a compiler of crosswords for New Scientist, History Today, BBC Wildlife, History Revealed, and a question setter for BBC Mastermind.

Tania Hershman is a former science journalist and is now a short story writer, poet, and novelist specializing in hybrid and cross-genre writing. She has written and edited many books, including an anthology of stories inspired by Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, and has a PhD in creative writing inspired by particle physics.