Alesha Brown
Presentation: How to Stop Doing It All: The 3T Framework for Sustainable Success
Alesha Brown is the Founder & CEO of Fruition Publishing Concierge Services®, a hybrid publisher devoted to helping authors find their voice, monetize their expertise, and create profitable author platforms. Alesha’s work led to her receiving the 2019 Inside Business’ Entrepreneurial Excellence award and 2023 Women in Business Achievement award. Her expertise has been featured in Publishers Weekly, Authority Magazine, Huffington Post, Thrive Global, and iHeartRadio, just to name a few.
Brown has served as a celebrity interviewer and Managing Editor for various podcasts and magazines before creating her own, Published! Magazine™, devoted to current and aspiring authors, book lovers, and the companies that promote them. She founded Alesha Brown Productions™ in late 2022, which provides a comprehensive suite of services from pre-production to post-production, including scriptwriting, casting, filming, and editing tailored to clients’ needs.
Alesha is a renowned speaker at numerous author forums and publishing conferences in addition to being a best-selling author, copywriter, and magazine editor-in-chief. She currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), its Editorial Advisory Group, and as one of its member roundtable facilitators.
Alessandra Torre
NYT Bestselling Author & Inkers Con Co-Founder
Alessandra Torre is an Edgar-nominated New York Times bestselling author of over thirty novels. Her New York Times bestseller Hollywood Dirt was produced as a full-length movie in 2017 and five more of her books have been optioned for film and TV. Her books have been translated into twenty different languages, in over thirty countries.
Alessandra has signed multiple six-figure publishing deals with industry giants Amazon, Hachette, and Harlequin, yet grew her success with self-publishing, hitting the New York Times list seven times, all with self-published novels. Alessandra is a popular public speaker and presents frequently to universities, conventions, and author groups.
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris
Presentation: Across All Platforms: Online and Offline Tactics That Sell Books
Alyssa Reynoso-Morris is a queer Afro-Latine/x Dominican and Puerto Rican award-winning storyteller, author, and motivational speaker. She is also a mother and community organizer. During the day, she works with community members, non-profit organizations, and government officials to make the world a better place. Then she puts on her writer’s hat to craft heartfelt stories.
Alyssa was born and raised in The Bronx, New York, and currently lives in Philadelphia, PA, with her family. She is the author of Plátanos Are Love & Los plátanos son amor (a NCTE Charlotte Huck Recommended Read); The Bronx Is My Home; Gloriana Presente: A First Day of School Book & Gloriana Presente: De la República Dominicana al Bronx; Bold, Brilliant and Latine: Meet 52 Latine and Hispanic Heroes from Past and Present; and Pieces of Home. She hopes you enjoy her stories.
Ana Ashley
Presentation: Scaling to Six Figures with Foreign Translations
Meet Ana Ashley, your friendly neighborhood romance author!
Ana has been lost in the pages of books for as long as she can remember, taking a few amusing missteps with her childhood writing attempts. But everything changed when she discovered the magical world of LGBTQ+ romance—cue the confetti!
Ana's books offer sweet and sexy romance with a charming mix of humor and heart. Getting her guys together wouldn't be the same without the meddling but well-intentioned cast of secondary characters, who always insist on having their own story.
When she’s not crafting heartfelt tales, you can find her indulging in her favorite pastime of baking delicious treats, enjoying quality time with friends, or staying up late immersed in the pages of a good book.
Bianca Sloane
Presentation: The Seven Essentials Every Story Needs: A Guide to Story Structure
Bianca Sloane is the author of the suspense novels What You Don’t Know, Sweet Little Lies, Every Breath You Take, And When I Die, and Killing Me Softly (previously published as Live and Let Die), chosen as “Thriller of the Month” (May 2013) by e-thriller.com and a “2013 Top Read” by OOSA Online Book Club. She is a member of Sisters in Crime and Crime Writers of Color. When she’s not writing, she’s watching Bravo TV, Investigation Discovery, reading, or cooking. Sloane resides in Chicago.
Bonnie Paulson
Fix Your Funnel: Diagnose the Real Reason Your Ads Aren’t Converting
Meta Ads Made Simple: Build Profitable Campaigns Without the Overwhelm
Bonnie Paulson is a USA Today Bestselling Author and marketing strategist dedicated to helping indie authors grow their success. Since launching her ad management services in 2021, her clients’ net income has climbed from $250K to over $2.5 million using proven ad and marketing strategies refined through monthly planning sessions.
With 14 pen names and more than 200 titles under her publishing umbrella, Bonnie blends real-world author experience with data-driven marketing insight. She’s passionate about helping others define—and reach—their version of success.
There’s nothing quite like finding your indie. Reach out and see how we can help you find yours.
Golden Angel
Money Mistakes Authors Make
Golden Angel is a USA Today Bestselling Author of heart and bottom warming romance. She's also known for her Just the Tip series on TikTok and Substack, which contains author tips for authors. The Vice President of the Maryland Romance Writers, Golden frequently speaks for other writers' groups as well, and in the past has presented for the RWA, Regency Fiction Writers, and Inkers Con. When she's not in front of her computer or behind a book, she can be found wandering the Maryland Renaissance Fairgrounds.
J Rose
Crafting Real Characters: Writing Mental Health and Disability with Authenticity
J Rose is an independent dark romance author from the United Kingdom. She writes challenging, plot-driven stories that champion own-voices mental health representation and are packed full of angst, heartbreak and broken characters fighting for their happily ever afters.
She’s an introverted bookworm at heart with a caffeine addiction, penchant for cursing and an unhealthy attachment to fictional characters.
Jeff Wheeler
Kickstarter for Authors: Fund Your Books & Expand Your Fanbase
Jeff Wheeler is the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of over forty epic fantasy novels and has sold over 6 million books. Jeff lives in the Rocky Mountains and is a husband, father of five, and devout member of his church.
Melanie Harlow
Fix Your First Five Pages: Turn Browsers into Buyers
USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling author Melanie Harlow writes sweet, sexy, feel-good small town romance. If she's not reading, she's probably at the dance studio or being a show choir mom. She lifts her glass to readers from her home outside Detroit.
Melissa Bourbon
Pinterest Power: Grow Your Sales While You Sleep
Melissa Bourbon is the national bestselling author of more than thirty novels, including the Book Magic Novels, Magical Dressmaking Mysteries, and Bread Shop Mysteries (as Winnie Archer). Writing as Ivy Cassidy, she blends women’s fiction with magical realism in books like The Bibliomancer’s Daughter and the upcoming House of Spells and Secrets.
Beyond fiction, Melissa is the founder of WriterSpark Academy, where she teaches writing craft and marketing to authors. She also designs custom book covers at WriterSpark Book Covers.
Miranda Darrow
From First Line to Hook: Crafting Openings Agents and Readers Love
Miranda Darrow is an author, freelance fiction editor, and #RevPit online revision contest board member and contributing editor. Miranda’s Concise Fiction Academy series of writing craft books and courses combines her experience as a freelance editor and a corporate attorney into an executive summary of complex writing topics with an overview, key recommendations, and sources for more information, all with a dash of humor. Miranda lives in Minnesota with her husband, teen boys, and two bossy little dogs.
Misty Beller
Six-Figure Success Under the Radar (and With Little Social Media)
Misty M. Beller is a USA Today bestselling author of inspirational romantic mountain stories set on the 1800s frontier. With over 30 novels published, she writes as both an indie author and for Bethany House Publishers, and is owner of Wild Heart Books, a traditional publisher specializing in Christian Historical Romance novels.
After thirteen years working in professional project management and marketing, Misty left the corporate world in 2015 to write full-time and has been making 6 figures ever since. She loves to test new strategies to develop best practices in her writing and book marketing efforts, and it’s her passion to help other authors on this journey.
Rebecca Jenshak
Author Emails Made Simple: Grow, Engage & Sell Through Your Newsletter
Rebecca Jenshak is a USA Today bestselling author of adult and young adult romance. When she isn't writing, you can find her cheering on local sports teams, hanging out with friends and family, or curled up with a good book.
Reece Barden
Six-Figure Success Under the Radar (and With Little Social Media)
Reece is the author of steamy, untamed romances, including her bestselling series, the Shifters of Grey Ridge. Her favourite stories to write are about sexy alphas, from morally grey bad boys to swoon-worthy cinnamon roll heroes, and the women who love to drive them wild.
Siera London
Beyond Goal, Motivation & Conflict: Writing Dynamic Scenes and Sequels
USA Today Bestselling & Award-winning author Siera London pens contemporary and paranormal romance, romantic suspense, and crime fiction. She crafts stories of diverse characters navigating their journeys to love with intelligence, wit, and heart-gripping emotion. When away from the literary scene, Siera travels the world with Mr. Awesome and a color patch tabby named Frie. Lasheera Lee, SBR Media, represents Siera.
Tex Thompson
How to Edit Like a Pro: Big-Picture Fixes and Line-Level Brilliance
Arianne "Tex" Thompson is a literary locksmith, egregiously enthusiastic educator, and professional ruckus-raiser. She is the author of Children of the Drought, an internationally-published epic fantasy Western series from Solaris - and an endlessly energetic, catastrophically cheerful one-woman stampede.
Theodora Taylor
How to Write “Butter” Blurbs That Sell
Theodora Taylor is an Amazon Top 10 bestselling indie author celebrated for her influential book, 7 FIGURE FICTION: How to Use Universal Fantasy to SELL Your Books to ANYONE, which debuted as a #1 non-fiction bestseller in Amazon’s Writing category and has become a treasured resource for writers worldwide. Despite writing in a niche genre and never staying in one lane, Theodora has built a devoted fanbase through the power of Universal Fantasy. As a teacher, she continues to reshape how authors think about emotional resonance and reader connection.
Regardless of industry trends, her Universal Fantasy concept remains a trusted framework, helping creative voices from every genre connect with readers on a deeper, lasting level—with plenty of Butter.