Our Authors

- Hope Andersen
- Allison Andrews
- Allison Ione Andrews
- Avie Banks
- Janet Barnes
- Dr. Debra Blaine
- Peter Boettger
- Carol Moxham Boot
- Dr. Frank Bowen
- Conni Branscom
- Kenneth Brown
- Kenneth Brown, Jr.
- Jan and Howard Burnette
- Bee Jay Caldwell
- Dawn Calisto
- Samuel Carter
- Ashley Cason
- Lauren Chelec Cafritz
- Tracy Crow
- Rocke Crowe
- Barbara Collins
- Christopher Covert
- Mark Covert
- Amy Denman
- Kimberly Dixon
- Dixon Douglas
- Shimah Easter
- Jessica Stevens-Eddy
- John Fish
- Ellen Gelerman
​- Emily Golden
- Jameliah Young Gooden
- Joe Howard Griffin
- Don Harris
- Dr. Felecia Harris
- Ken Harris
- Kat Harrison
-Elizabeth Haynes
- Mable Ann Hemphill
- Jennifer Hurvitz
- Frank Johns
- Carmen Jimenez
- Jemayne L. King
- Daniel S. Kirschenbaum, Ph.D., ABPP
- Jane Korn
- Mary Ann LaPorte
- Susan LaSerna
- Ivory Latta
- Rebecca Lile
- Suzanne Jacobs Lipshaw
- Curt Locklear

- Kathleen MacCoughtry
- Betsy Mack
- Jill MacDonald
- Dr. James Macomson
- Alessandra Macaluso
- Daniel Mattox
- Jessica McEachern
- Myndie McFarland
- Michelle Minor
- Steve Mellynchuk
- Brooke Musterman
- Larry O. Nichols
- Alexandra Ruffato-Perry
- Harold (HP) Phipps
- Danielle Price
- Kyndra Ray
- Rupen Rao
- Lori Roberts
- Rob Robertson
- Paul Rosen
- Cheryl Sain
- Emily Scofield
- Leonard M. Scruggs
- Cheryl Klein Slebioda
- Susan Amond Todd
- Bill Thompson
- Jayme Trainor
- Debbie Violette
- Jarrett Whitlow

Author Appearances

Our authors have appeared on the following television and radio shows:
QC Morning
QC Live
​Big Woo Radio
​Bounce TV
Good Day Charlotte
Charlotte Today
The Charlie Rose Show
Dr. Drew radio show
Morningstar TV
The Trinity Network
Good Morning, San Diego
Good Morning, Phoenix
The Barbara Walters Special
The Travel Channel
Larry Kane, Voice of Reason
Blog Talk Radio
...and many more!

Book Awards and Distinctions (see specific book genre pages for more!)

Eat, Prey, Blood by Elizabeth Russell - 2018 Gold Moonbeam Children's Book Award for best YA novel.

Bathtime Dance by Candace Smith - 2018 Gold Moonbeam Children's Book Award for best Preschool Picture book.

The Adventures of Lovey Series by Dixon Douglas - 2018 Bronze Moonbeam Children's Book Award for best series, children's picture book category.

Why Not by Amanda Huneke - 2018 Independent Book Publishers Association Gold Award for best preschool book.

Miss Bunny's First Flight by Dixon Douglas - 2017 Bronze Moonbeam Children's Book Award for preschool children's picture book category.

What Kyle Can Do by Conni Branscom and Brooke Luckadoo Hicks - 2017 Silver Moonbeam Children's Book Award for preschool children's picture book category.

Stinky and the Night Mare by Skip Marsden - 2014 New England Book Festival Honorable Mention.

Room 277 by Laura Dzubay-  Silver Key Award, American Voices Award. 

Illuminated by J. Tilmon Maund- Poetry Honorable Mention for the San Francisco Book Festival.

Mystery for Maeda by Carol Moxham Boot- Pinnacle Award Winner and NABE Best Book in for Young Adult.

The Girlfriend Book by Jo Ann Darby- IPPY Award for women' s issues

Much Girlfriend Love by Jo Ann Darby- IPPY Award winner for women's issues

Inspired by Loss by Joy Johnson, Featured review in Midwest Book Review (Inspirational)

Naturvore Power by Dr. Charles Harpe- Featured review in Midwest Book Review (Health and Wellness)

June Bug on a String by Ed Conley- Best History books of the year, North Carolina Society of Historians, Willie Parker Peace Award

They Dared to Roar by Kathy Neil Herran- Best History books of the year, North Carolina Society of Historians, Willie Parker Peace Award

Grace Trumps Guilt by Donna Cole- Honorable Mention for Inspirational book, Paris Book Award

Mosaic Me by Rebecca Macri- Pinnacle Award for Children's Literature

Bramble Bee by Joy Whitman- Honorable Mention New England Book Award