Meet Our Authors

Amy spent many years ignoring the Whispers of her Soul, until one day she was forced to listen. Since then, Amy has been on a Spiritual journey to know and live as her most
authentic self. Amy’s path has led her to become a Reiki Master Teacher, International Best-Selling Author...

Pam McAnulty has been a public-school educator for more than 13 years. Prior to teaching, she
worked as a journalist and public relations specialist for several Philadelphia-based financial and healthcare organizations..

Dr. Yolanda Stanton is a licensed psychologist who holds a PhD in counseling psychology from Temple University and a certification in school psychology from Immaculata University. She has worked extensively with children, parents, and teachers in a variety of clinical and...

Lauren Mosback is a mental health therapist and children’s book author. In both her private practice and children’s books, she helps empower kids with social and emotional skills that help them cope with challenging emotions and situations, overcome obstacles and grow confidence!

Amber L. Werner loves to write about magic, monsters, and mythical creatures. She lives in Norristown, PA with her husband and two children. The Palisade Trilogy is her debut series. 

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Telling stories has been a passion of mine for my entire life. From middle school all the way into my mid-twenties my friends and I would write scripts and act them out on camera.
I got serious about writing during Covid, looking to...

When Lydia Cohn was a little girl, her mother wrote stories in verse for her and her siblings. Lydia kept some of those stories for nearly six decades, often dreaming of one day getting her mother’s work published. Early in 2019, Lydia’s daughter, Jessica, came to her with the idea to...

Mercy Mize has taught elementary school for 21 years and has been an animal lover her entire life. In April of 2015, Mercy and her husband Brian adopted Samson from the DAWGS Prison Program and there began her passion for dog adoption and training. Since then, she and her...

Nancy Braitman, a Special Educator residing in Lafayette Hill, PA, finds joy in captivating children's imaginations through her writing. Inspired by her family, work experience, and beloved pet Milo, she embarked on a journey into children's literature. Her debut book,"Milo Loves the Park,"...

Darlene Versak lives in Plymouth Meeting, PA where she finds laughter at the most inappropriate time and in all things, especially herself. She works as an Accountant by day, a Life Coach in the evenings and in the mornings she writes.

Linda M. Romanowski returned to Rosemont College (Class of 1975) to obtain an MFA in Creative Writing, Non-Fiction in 2021. Final Touchstones was published by Brown Posey Press, an imprint of Sunbury Press in January 2023. Additional non-fiction and poetry publications include The...

Amy Jane Cohen spent twenty years as a middle and high school social studies teacher. In 2013, she became the Director of Education at the film company History Making Productions, where she developed educational materials to accompany documentaries, mostly about the history...

Dr. Avis R McGhee is a mother, grandmother, a great grandmother, and a published author of The Bad Seed Produces Good Fruit.

She loves to travel, read, cook...

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Ree has always loved to read. It wasn’t until she started reading stories to her children that she discovered a love of writing. Quiet things inspire her: a word, a child’s dream, a tug in her heart. She pens her stories in Eastern Pennsylvania at her kitchen table with a sleepy greyhound by her side.

Theresa Cocci is an author, educator, and instructor. Her passion for storytelling and music led her to
create children’s picture books that inspire a love for literacy. With over thirty years of experience, she has
worked as a classroom teacher, music education specialist.. 

An award-winning educator, Yona has a background as a teacher of Deaf students and special education administrator. She is also an artist, passionate about telling and illustrating meaningful stories for children.

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Cheryl Cantafio is a poetry and children's book writer from Norristown, Pennsylvania. When she's not writing, she works in information technology, co-hosts a podcast (You Only Go Once), reads gothic horror or thriller novels, or binge-watches movies and television series. Her book My...

As a lifelong learner and teacher in numerous capacities, Katie’s passion has always been education. Since 2008, Katie has worked as a master’s trained Health Educator providing well-being coaching for individuals and groups. In 2017, she became a trauma-informed yoga teacher...

Dara Lovitz is a passionate activist and working mother of twin daughters who cares deeply about making the world a kinder place. She’s an author, professor, presenter, and a co-founder of a nonprofit organization dedicated to veganism, animal rights, environmentalism, and social justice...

Nicole M. Wolverton is a fear enthusiast who grew up in the rural hinterlands of northeast Pennsylvania, wondering what lurked in the cornfields outside her bedroom window. Her curiosity about what terrible things might lay in wait in the dark only deepened after moving to Philadelphia...

Suhaiba Neill is an author, speaker, consultant, and certified behavioral assessment specialist. Her book, Like A Girl: 22 Leadership Lessons for Women on the Rise is based on her own experience of growing up with all brothers and working in all male-dominated industries for over twenty-five years...

Jennifer has worked as a school counselor for over a decade.  Through this experience she developed a love for bibliotherapy and writes social and emotional learning books to help children and preteens through challenging times.  The award-winning books teach children... 

Ayanna Patterson is a lover of Jesus, a devoted wife to her husband, MarKeith, and the mother of Elijah and Eliana She holds both a Bachelor's and Master's in Chemical Engineering and has worked in Quality Assurance supporting manufacturing for over a decade...