Chatting with Sherri

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning author F. J. Bergmann!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning author F. J. Bergmann!
F. J. Bergmann edits poetry for Mobius: The Journal of Social Change (mobiusmagazine.com), is the former editor of Star*Line, the journal of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association (sfpoetry.com), and imagines tragedies on or near exoplanets. She has competed at National Poetry Slam as a member of the Urban Spoken Word team. Her work appears irregularly in speculative markets that don’t pay enough to be pro, and literary journals that should have known better.
F.J. Bergmann. She is a winner of the international contest, The Writers of the Future and was honored at the awards event on October 22nd at The Taglyan Complex in Hollywood. 
F.J.'s winning story, "A Prize in Every Box," is published in the anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36 which has been on the bestsellers list in recent years!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award winning author; Jillian Cantor!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award winning author; Jillian Cantor!
Beautiful Little Fools; On a sultry August day in 1922, Jay Gatsby is shot dead in his West Egg swimming pool. To the police, it appears to be an open-and-shut case of murder/suicide when the body of George Wilson, a local mechanic, is found in the woods nearby. Then a diamond hairpin is discovered in the bushes by the pool, and three women fall under suspicion. Each holds a key that can unlock the truth to the mysterious life and death of this enigmatic millionaire.
Daisy Buchanan once thought she might marry Gatsby—before her family was torn apart by an unspeakable tragedy that sent her into the arms of the philandering Tom Buchanan.
Jordan Baker, Daisy’s best friend, guards a secret that derailed her promising golf career and threatens to ruin her friendship with Daisy as well.
Catherine McCoy, a suffragette, fights for women’s freedom and independence, and especially for her sister, Myrtle Wilson, who’s trapped in a terrible marriage.
Jillian Cantor has a BA in English from Penn State University and an MFA from the University of Arizona. She is the author of award-winning and bestselling novels for teens and adults, including The Hours Count, Margot, The Lost Letter, In Another Time, and Half Life. Born and raised in a suburb of Philadelphia, Cantor currently lives in Arizona with her husband and two sons.
 
 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes illustrator and designer Phoebe Rothfeld!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award-winning illustrator and designer Phoebe Rothfeld!
Phoebe, was honored the awards event at the Taglyan Complex on October 22nd was a black-tie gala honoring all the winners of Volume 36 and Volume 37 as well as announcing the grand prize writer and illustrator winner from each volume.  
Phoebe Rothfeld is an illustrator and designer who grew up in the beautiful, tree-filled town of Chico, California and spent her childhood making up elaborate games with her siblings.
Very early she found joy in drawing from life as a way to illustrate stories with a sense of seriousness, a devotion to detail and all things miniature, as well as an intense love for fantasy narratives. To this day she always has a sketchbook on her person.
Phoebe attended the University of California, Santa Cruz and received her BA in Art and Theater Arts. While she works across a wide range of mediums that include ink, watercolor, gouache, and digital, her projects all come from the same goal—to inspire imagination and empathy through visual stories. She has completed her studies at the Savannah College of Art and Design earning her an MFA and is working toward a career in publishing.
Phoebe’s ultimate goals involve writing and illustrating her own stories that are slightly dark, slightly fantastical, and entirely hopeful.
Phoebe Rothfeld, won and was awarded at the L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards Event in Hollywood as a winner in the Illustrators of the Future Contest and her art is published in the international bestselling anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36.
 

We welcome fantasy illustrator & best-selling poster artist; Tom Wood!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes fantasy art illustrator and best-selling poster artist; Tom Wood!
Tom Wood is a fantasy art illustrator who is among the best-selling poster artists in the US and Canada. The “Tom Wood Fantasy Art” brand has sold millions of products since 2005. Tom’s creations of dragons and medieval, death-defying warriors have become iconic images of fantasy culture across America, Europe, and Asia. In addition as a commercial artist, Tom’s clients have included well-known companies: Warner Brothers, Disney, NBA, NFL, NASCAR, MLS, Reebok, Gatorade, and the NCAA.
His formal education began at the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville), where he was accepted on a full academic scholarship. His first professional work was in the screen-printing industry, art directing many sports designs. His early career launched and grew during the desktop revolution of the 1990s, where he quickly mastered his digital skills to become an art director and illustrator. This propelled his extensive freelance career that he maintains today, with his company Meridian Design Works Corp and Tom Wood Fantasy Art.
Tom’s painstaking attention to detail is the hallmark of his life-like images—images that do not simply tell a story, they transport one to entirely new fantastical realms. His compassion and enthusiasm for the visual arts make him sought after as a speaker. He spends much of his time outside the studio mentoring students, as well as appearing at comic cons across the country.
 
Tom has been an Illustrators of the Future judge since 2021.  
“The road to becoming a professional artist is not for the meek. It is the responsibility of artists, who have been fortunate enough to see that dream realized, to help guide and foster the next generation of talented youth.
 
 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author Shireen Magedin!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author Shireen Magedin!
Lifelines; The world is changing, but not fast enough for Tanya Kareem. Her promotion to police inspector sends her to Nawabshah where she will have to prove herself and take a leading role in a man’s world. Sarah Shahzad Shah’s passion for learning and compassion for her patients make her a brilliant doctor in training. But she possesses psychic abilities that she doesn't know how to master... yet. Those gifts will come in handy when she handles some of her more puzzling cases that lead her to Inspector Tanya Kareem.
 
Dr. Shireen Magedin is a practicing pediatrician who has studied in Pakistan, England, and Ireland. She has always had psychic abilities, and in the beginning they scared her, until she received guidance from trainers and connected with people who had similar abilities, thus knowing she wasn’t alone. Connecting psychically and intuitively with her patients has helped her hone her medical skills. She lives with her cat Pompi (aka Madam Pompadour) and enjoys visits from her daughter Sharmeen, son Nadir, and daughter in law Mariam.
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Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award-winning author Andy Dibble!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award-winning author Andy Dibble!
Andy Dibble lives in Madison, Wisconsin and works as a healthcare IT consultant. He has supported the electronic medical record of large healthcare systems in six countries. He has a long history of volunteering as a programming language instructor and a less fulfilling history in software development. While not writing, he spends his free time reading, running, and eating sushi.
Andy came to writing fiction by way of academia. While an undergraduate, he completed four majors—computer science, religious studies, philosophy, and Asian studies—and published a paper on two of India’s great epics, the Mahābhārata and the Bhāgavata Purāṇa. In pursuit of a career as a professor of South Asian religion, he completed a master’s of theological studies at Harvard Divinity School. Along the way, he realized writing about abstruse Sanskrit texts for a living wasn’t for him. Unfortunately, giving up on academia also meant giving up on many opportunities to publish. Fortunately, writing speculative fiction brings new publishing opportunities.
Andy's winning story, "A Word That Means Everything," is published in the anthology, L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36 which has been on the bestsellers list in recent years!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award winning author Leah Ning!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award-winning author; Leah Ning!
Leah lives in northern Virginia with her husband and their five animals: two cats, a dog, and two sugar gliders, all of whom are exactly as cute as they sound. Despite her years of residency here, both past and yet to come, her heart lies in the cold, snowy north, and she hopes to get back there someday. She works full time as a programmer and spends her spare non-writing time drawing, playing video games, and learning to make delicious new foods. “Yellow and Pink” is her first writing sale. Leah Ning's winning storie is in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 36 which is officially released on April 7th.
 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back Jeff Sturgeon and Steven L Sears!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back Jeff Sturgeon and Steven L Sears!
Jeff Sturgeon a long time illustrator\game artist and designer. He is an avid outdoors-man and spend as much time in the mountains or on the coast and in the woods as much possible especially near my home in the foothills of the Cascades with his wife Leslie and twin sons Corwin and Duncan. He is an avid reader and collector of books and art. 
He is joined by the always entertaining, fan favorite; Steven L Sears who is a Producer, screenwriter and author.  He produced/wrote TV shows; such as Xena and Sheena! He is also an author and he wrote stories for Last Cities of Earth .
WordFire Inc & WordFire Press NioScvemtb7er8a 2u2g, re20i2c319 · Praise for Jeff Sturgeon's Last Cities of Earth, coming January 11 from WordFire Press! "World building aficionados will be eager for additional creative works set in this fascinating future."—Booklist "Every entry is top-notch, managing to balance creative imaginings with moments of true humanity. There are enough riches here to justify further explorations of this same future."
 
 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes multi award winning author; Stella Claire ter Hart

Chatting With Sherri welcomes; Stella Claire ter Hart is a well known composer, educator, adjudicator, accompanist and who is now semi-retired from her many musical endeavors.  She is a direct descendent from the Italian composer, Tomaso Vitali, and has many other musical family members and ancestors.  Stella is poignantly inspired by her rich European background which includes French Huguenot ancestors on her father’s side fleeing to the Netherlands in the 15th century to avoid persecution, and the loss of her maternal grandmother’s entire Jewish family (over 1,200 family members) in World War II concentration camps, among them her 79 year old great grandfather and the little 7 year old girl also called Stella.  
 "Discovering Twins" by Stella ter Hart (Winner of the BookView Review Gold Award and the Literary Titan Good Book Award) 
“My mother carried secrets and covered them with lies. She didn’t want to—they were forced upon her. Little by little her secrets gradually unraveled and became part of my existence. My mother was terrified her secrets would be discovered, and this terror dominated her life. My first glimpse came in 1978 when I traveled with my mother to Holland, the country of her birth and my ancestors. I was introduced to relatives I never knew existed—on both sides of the family.  Picking up on clues, I realized that my mother’s background was Jewish, Dutch Jewish, Holocaust Jewish.  She was unable to speak of it and I was forbidden to bring it up. After my mother died, I felt a freedom and obligation to discover more. What I uncovered was staggering and shocking.”
 
 
 
 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award winning composer back David Raiklen!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award winning composer back David Raiklen!
David Raiklen is an American composer best known for the science fiction series Space Command and for the Emmy winning Mia, A Dancer’s Journey.
David was mentored by Oscar winner John Williams and Pulitzer Prize winner Mel Powel. Dr. Raiklen studied at USC, UCLA, and CalArts and later taught at those universities. He has worked for the major studios including Sony, Fox, Disney, Sprint, Mattel, Warner Bros and PBS, plus many independent productions. His projects have starred Elliott Gould, Doug Jones, Blythe Danner, and Martin Sheen. David made the New York Film Critics Top Ten with the documentary Heist, the short list for an Academy Award® for Worth, and Mia, A Dancer's Journey won the Emmy. An oratorio for the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial titled Discovery, a mixed reality giant projection event for the Center Theater Group’s 50th anniversary, episodes of Star Trek Continues, and a violin concerto for festival darling Worth.
David Raiklen compositions have been performed at the Hollywood Bowl and Disney Hall. He was also host of a successful radio series, Classical Fan Club, where guests include Yo-Yo Ma and John Williams; and was host and leader of The Academy of Scoring Arts seminars, and he serves on the Board of the National Association of Composers. David is currently producing and composing for Space Command, a series of epic adventures set in a hopeful future, and producing Augmented Reality experiences. And his latest project is the soundtrack album to Space Command, recorded with symphony orchestra, choir, and cool electronics - available everywhere SOON!