Chatting with Sherri

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author and WOTF winner; Galen Westlake!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes author and WOTF winner; Galen Westlake!
Galen practices law in Toronto and spends his days talking a great deal to a great many people. His family of four, however, confidently assures him the less he says the better. To this end, he more quietly expresses himself by writing stories during his daily commute on the train. When the stranger sitting next to him stops reading over his shoulder, he knows his tale needs a little something extra. 
Galen’s fiction has appeared in Galaxy’s Edge and Unidentified Funny Objects. He is forever indebted to the Writers of the Future forum and to his beloved writer’s group: the One Ring. But right now, he needs to go chase some kids off his lawn.  Galen's story, "The Imagalisk," is published in the recently released L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40.                          
 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award winning novelist; R.W.R. McDonald!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back award winning novelist;R.W.R. McDonald !
R.W.R. McDonald is an award-winning author, a kiwi living in Melbourne with his two daughters and one HarryCat.
Happy Millionth Birthday-Jack Wolf wants what EVERY child wants! More birthdays and even MORE presents! Find out what happens when Jack's wish comes true, and he celebrates a birthday every single day! Jack Wolf and his wacky friends will surprise you until the final page.
An Ambush of Widows-New York Times  bestselling author Jeff Abbott’s latest novel of riveting psychological suspense, an uneasy alliance forms as two widows delve into their husbands’ deadly and dangerous secrets—as they try to protect their own.
His debut novel, The Nancys, won Best First Novel in 2020 Ngaio Marsh Awards, as well as a finalist in the Best Novel category, and it was shortlisted for Best First Novel in 2020 Ned Kelly Awards.
His second novel, Nancy Business, a sequel to The Nancys was published in June 21, and was a finalist in 2022 Ngaio Marsh Awards for Best Novel.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes Country artist and songwriter Anthony Bonnette!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes Country artist and songwriter Anthony Bonnette!
 
Country artist and songwriter Anthony Bonnette releases his next single, "Lion Tamer," on March 22, 2024. He is best known for his song "Funny Man," published by Bluewater Music, produced by Merle Haggard and Toby Keith, and covered by Rodney Carrington for Capitol Records Nashville. His latest  single “Lion Tamer!” 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award winning artist and illustrator; Pedro N!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes award winning artist and illustrator; Pedro N!
Born in Porto in 1986, Pedro N. is a Portuguese self taught artist who started to draw at a very young age, inspired by the works of the great masters of illustration.
He carries out his work using traditional means of painting, with special emphasis on oil painting.
Despite being versatile, he finds his comfort zone in fantasy and sci-fi, themes that he frequently addresses in his works.
Believer of hard work, he aspires to reach the same level of excellence of the masters who inspired him to embark on his journey and leave his mark on the art world.
See more of Pedro's art here,... 
https://pedronart.wixsite.com/pedronart
 
His art for the story, "Son, Spirit, Snake" by Writers of the Future winner, Jack Nash of Arlington, Virginia, United States, is published in L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume 40  which has been on bestseller lists numerous times in recentyears.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back author Barbara Lund!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back author Barbara Lund!
 
Barbara Lund was the grand prize winner of the Writers and Illustrators of the Future contest for 2021 (Volume 37) on Oct. 22nd, 2021 at the L. Ron Hubbard Achievement Awards Event at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood, California earning her The Golden Pen Award trophy and a cash prize of $5,000.  Barbara was paired with artist and Illustrators of the Future winner, Mr. Will Knight of Los Angeles, California and this is the illustration Will created for Barbara's story, "Sixers".
Award-winning speculative fiction author Barbara Lund has several indie-published novels, dozens of short stories, and has been traditionally published in Daily Science Fiction. She is currently (and always) working on another novel and a couple short stories.
 
 

We welcome back illustrator & game artist Jeff Sturgeon & author Peter Wacks!

Chatting With Sherri Welcomes back illustrator & game artist Jeff Sturgeon & author Peter Wacks!
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.
Peter Wacks is a bestselling cross-genre writer who has worked in various capacities across the creative fields in gaming, television, film, comics, and most recently, when not busy editing, he spends his time writing novels.
Praise for Jeff Sturgeon's Last Cities of Earth; 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." Coming soon; Jeff Sturgeon's LLast Cities of Earth. 

We welcome back Agatha Christie expert & author; Dr Mark Aldridge!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes back Agatha Christie expert and author; Dr Mark Aldridge!
Agatha Christie's Marple; Expert on Wickedness- A new investigation from Dr Mark Aldridge, exploring a lifetime of Agatha Christie’s Miss Jane Marple. In Agatha Christie’s Expert on Wickedness,‘Agathologist’ Dr Mark Aldridge looks at nearly a century of St Mary Mead’s most famous resident and uses his own detective skills to uncover new information about Miss Jane Marple’s appearances on page, stage, screen and beyond.
The Swinging Christies podcast- Sex. Drugs. Rock 'n' Roll. Agatha Christie?? Agatha Christie may not be the first person you think of when you think of the Swinging Sixties, but her writing has much to say about the big topics of the day. Join Dr Mark Aldridge and Gray Robert Brown on a rad journey through time with the Queen of Crime.
Dr Mark Aldridge is a senior lecturer in Film and Television at Southampton Solent University, UK, specialising in film and television history.
 
          
 

Chatting With Sherri welcomes collector of vintage paperbacks; Jules Burt!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes expert on, as well as a collector of vintage paperbacks; Jules Burt!
Jules Burt has been a collector of vintage paperbacks, amongst other things, for over forty years. In his lifetime, he has owned and run a comic, book and record store, Purple Haze, been a book shop manager and book buyer for a national UK chain as well as, when time allows, doing a bit of acting, including an appearance in Doctor Who!
He has written for many magazines and books in that time but now concentrates his efforts on YouTube where he shares his many passions and collections with a wider audience. 
His videos have just surpassed 4.5 million views with a 26,000 subscriber base.
 
On YouTube check out ‘Jules Burt’’, on Twitter @julesburt and on Instagram @penguinbookaday

Chatting With Sherri welcomes; author and WOTF winner, Mr. Lazarus Black!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes; author and Writers of the Future winner, Mr. Lazarus Black!
Lazarus Black is an American author of genre fiction living under the shadow of a Pacific Northwest volcano with three Goddesses, his wife and two daughters. “Psychic Poker” is Lazarus’s first sale, but hardly his last. It juxtaposes poker, the synthesis of probability and human behavior, with psychic powers, the solution to both probability and the chaos of free will. What if every player is psychic? What if no player has an advantage? What if their lives are at stake? But the strength of the story is in the reluctant main character: Tyson Young, a middle-aged Aussie with an acute wit.

Chatting With Sherri welcomes Director of the WOTF Contest; Joni Labaqui!

Chatting With Sherri welcomes Director of the  Writers of the Future Contest; Joni Labaqui!
Joni Labaqui has been the Director of the Writers of the Future Contest since 1995 and is also proud to have been present at Author Services when L. Ron Hubbard launched the Contest in the early 1980s, working with every Coordinating Judge - of both Contests ever since.