Barry Maher may be the only horror novelist who’s ever appeared in the pages of Funeral Service Insider. In his misspent youth, his articles were featured in perhaps a hundred different publications and, in order to eat, he held nearly that many different jobs. Sometimes he lived on the beach. Not in a house on the beach. On the beach with the sand and the seagulls.

After a sentence with a Fortune 100 company, he started speaking professionally. He told stories to audiences across the country and around the world: his client list a Who’s Who of multi-national corporations. You may have seen Barry on The Today Show, CNN, CBS or CNBC, or read his Slightly Off-Kilter syndicated newspaper column.

On the downside, he’s actually been incarcerated twice. Once for not making a left hand turn out of a left hand turn lane, and once for aiding and abetting a loiterer. He’s deeply repentant.

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Dr James R. Gregory, a renowned business author and entrepreneur, co-founded a highly successful global brand management consulting firm in New York City alongside his wife, Evelyn Clyburne. Their 40-year journey in business culminated in the sale of their company in 2013. Post-retirement, Dr. Gregory’s unquenchable thirst for knowledge led him to earn a doctorate from the Muma College of Business at the University of South Florida.

Transitioning from business to literature, Dr. Gregory began writing a series of captivating novellas under the collection ‘Small Fortunes,’ which earned a place on Amazon’s bestseller charts. He followed this with his debut novel, Zephyr’s War, then Killer App, and now Ghost Town. Dr. Gregory is also a seasoned business author of several influential books on corporate branding, including Marketing Corporate Image, Leveraging the Corporate Brand, Branding Across Borders, The Best of Branding, and his most recent international bestseller, Powerhouse – The Secrets of Corporate Branding.

Residing in Bradenton, Florida, with his wife, Dr. Gregory is also a devoted family man. He enjoys spending quality time with his two grown children, Becky and Will, and pursuing hobbies like biking, playing tennis, and painting with his beloved grandchildren, Charlotte and Maxwell.

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Aubrey McGowan is a writer, speaker, musician, and pastor from Nashville, Tennessee. He is passionate about helping people encounter Jesus in authentic and transformational ways through words, music, and gospel-centered teaching. He wrote his most recent book, Filter the Noise: How To Hear God's Voice In A Culture of Chaos, to equip Christ-followers to reclaim the sacred and quiet spaces in their lives. Aubrey is the founder of WHETSTONE a transformational coaching program for Christian men. He is married to his soulmate, Jen, and he is a dad of five amazing kids who fill him with joy and eat all the groceries. Most days, you can find him in over his head in D.I.Y. projects, writing songs, or adventuring with his family. You can follow him online at www.aubreymcgowan.com and www.whetstoneway.com .

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Jack Stewart grew up in Seattle, Washington and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy before serving twenty-three years as a fighter pilot. During that time, he flew combat missions from three different aircraft carriers and deployed to Afghanistan as a member of an Air Force Tactical Air Control Party. His last deployment was with a joint special operations counter-terrorism task force in Africa.

Jack is a graduate of the U.S. Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOPGUN) and holds a Master of Science in Global Leadership from the University of San Diego. He is an airline pilot and has appeared as a military and commercial aviation expert on international cable news. He lives in Dallas, Texas with his wife and three children.

W. E. B. Griffin was the author of seven bestselling series: The Corps, Brotherhood of War, Badge of Honor, Men at War, Honor Bound, Presidential Agent, and Clandestine Operations. He passed away in February 2019.

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Chester (Chet) L. Richards, retired aerospace engineer, and inventor (19 patents), views life as a series of adventures. After narrowly escaping serious injury from The Great Potato, on a lark, he co-authored a spec script for Star Trek with friend Judy Burns when they were college students. The story, "The Tholian Web," became one of the series’ most popular episodes. Veteran writer Bob Duncan advised the young man, “You should write….Write your passions.” But I have nothing to say, Chet thought. He decided the real message was to fill his life with adventures. And he did — adventures in surfing, learning and performing music, travel to exotic places for river rafting, the work as a rocket scientist. Along the way, he’s always met fascinating characters. He did write — essays (over 50 have been published so far). But it was the loss of Sarah, the love of his life, that caused Chet to write his first book of stories. At the house in Thousand Oaks they once shared, the hair-raising adventures Sarah loved continue to occur, though as the author says, he no longer has much hair....

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Neale Donald Walsch is the author of over 40 books on contemporary spirituality including his latest book Letters to a Young Seeker: Departing Thoughts from an Elder. Neale is best known as the NY Times bestselling author of the internationally acclaimed Conversations with God series, translated into 37 languages.

His wife Em Claire is an award-winning poet and the author of Silent Sacred Holy Deepening Heart and Home Remembers Me.

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Bill Hulseman is a ritual designer and wedding officiant. Previously a teacher, campus minister, program director, and middle school principal in independent schools, he holds a BA in religious studies from Fairfield University, an MTS in the comparative study of religion from Harvard Divinity School, and an EdM in education leadership from the Klingenstein Center at Teachers College, Columbia University. He lives in Seattle with his husband, Jonathon. Six to carry the casket and one to say the mass is his first book.

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Award-winning memoirist Sue Silverman explores the tender chaos of love, longing, and identity in her newest essay collection. She’s a fantastic guest for deep, authentic talks about storytelling, healing, and how truth transforms pain into power. Award-winning author 7 books and 2 poetry collections.

In addition to the AWP Award, Sue has won several Foreword Review INDIE Book of the Year Awards, an IPPY Award, and the Clara Johnson Award for Women’s Literature.

Be on the lookout for Sue's forthcoming book of flash essays, "Selected Misdemeanors: Essays at the Mercy of the Reader," in September 2025 with the University of Nebraska Press.

As a professional speaker, Sue has appeared on such television programs as The View, Anderson Cooper-360, CNN-Headline News, and PBS-Books. She is co-chair of the low-residency MFA in Writing program at the Vermont College of Fine Arts.

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