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Kit Falbo
Kit Falbo, Born in 1980. Top 10 litRPG author according to some, fabulous friend according to others. 2021 SPSFC contender.
Sean Fletcher
Sean Fletcher was born in the broiling, arid state some people lovingly refer to as Texas. He is the Amazon bestselling author of YA fantasy, including the Heir of Dragons, Mage's Apprentice, Darkness Within, Paranormal Outcasts, and Legacy of Dragons series, in addition to other forthcoming books whose characters will not give him a moment's peace until they get their turn in the spotlight. He is also the award-winning author of middle grade fantasy. When not making things up and putting them on paper, he can be found hiking, biking, or traveling, sometimes all at the same time.
Gary Furlong
Gary is the friendly, guy-next-door sound used by Disney and Raising Cane’s...
He is an accent and dialect master with fluency in, Irish, British RP, and Scottish. He is known for authentic characters in animation and video games as well as dynamic audiobook narration.
Recent clients include Disney, Raising Cane’s and Ortho!
Gary has over 280 books on Audible.com and is the recipient of an Audie, a SOVAS and 4 X Audiofile Earphones awards.
He recently became part of the Star Wars Extended Universe with his narration of “Star Wars: Padawan” by Kiersten White for Disney Lucasfilm Press.
Gary works out of his broadcast quality home studio in Denton, Texas. When not working, he enjoys playing guitar, Karaoke, painting Bob Ross style landscapes, cleaning up paint, and cooking!
Dimitrios Gkirgkiris
The three things Dimitrios would grab in case of a fire, would be his Lord of the Rings book collection, his Chrono Trigger SNES game, and his dog, Poko.
July 2020 marked the beginning of his author career with the release of the Mana Trilogy, an epic fantasy saga focusing on world and civilization-building.
Dimitrios was born in Thessaloniki, Greece and is now living in Berlin with his partner and his doggo.
JD Glasscock
J.D. Glasscock started as a slam poet on national teams in 1990. Six years later, he moved onto being the singer/songwriter/front man of a blues rock band called Sofa King, which lasted ten years.
Though he still writes both lyrics and poetry, in 2005, he moved onto studying film writing and directing with a special emphasis on lighting, specifically, noir lighting. He moved to Los Angeles in 2010 to finally pursue those aspirations. He is the Alan Bailey Award winner for Excellence in the Craft of Filmmaking - Noir, at the Action on Film Festival 2015. He currently has 16 short films to his name and has won numerous awards as a filmmaker at large festivals.
In addition to his filmmaking, he has 17 self-published books. Those books include poetics, lyrics, and film. His current goals include his two TV series, Celestial Moon, and The Mysfits, as well as his first feature, A God Among Sheep -- The Rise of Maria Salvatore.
He has four other feature film scripts written in different genres -- Western, Sci Fi, Post-Apocalyptic and Suspense Thriller. He and his company Stormcrow Productions also has an Adult Visual Novel Video Game – A Crown of Thorns – based on the IP of his feature film script Blade n Blood coming out on Steam soon. He has been hired four times to write other people's film scripts. He moved to Denton, Texas five years ago to be near and help his family, and to bring his style of film to North Texas. He currently just finished his first LitRPG Novel -- The Bones of our Fathers -- Book One of Blood Brothers. It will be landing on Amazon in the next few weeks and he is about to begin working on Book 2 -- The Moon & The Night.
E.C. Godhand
E.C. Godhand is a LitRPG author by profession and nurse by trade. She writes about badass women, runs a community garden, and fosters orphaned kittens. She’s always mained healer, whether in video games or real life, and loves game design, wordplay, and psychology.
All proceeds from book sales will go directly to supporting her habit of living so she can keep writing for you. She’s been rumored to eat up to three times a day even. At the very least, the kittens need to be fed.
Don't buy the books for her though. Do it for fun LitRPG stories about drunken priests, weird dream worlds, fast action with faster women, bad puns, and characters' assured descent into madness.
Most importantly, do it for the kittens.
Stuart Grosse
Stuart Grosse has been writing since 2015, when he started his first book, Frozen Soul, as a webnovel on Royal Road. A veteran Tabletop RPG player and long-time WoW player, the Gamelit/LitRPG genre caught his attention when it was still in its infancy as .hack//Sign and Sword Art Online brought the concept of a story being in a game world with game mechanics to the mainstream, causing him to write his first Gamelit story, Rules-Free VRMMO Life. This story, published first as a webnovel, and then on Amazon, started what would be Stuart's twin calling cards in the genre: the use of Villains as Protagonists, and the use of episodic serial novellas, rather than full-length novels. Since he first started publishing on Amazon in 2017, his work has exploded to include over 170 titles in the Amazon marketplace, and he has garnered a great deal of success as an independent, self-published author. Forgoing the more kid-friendly feel of the majority of the genre, Stuart's villainous protagonists often require warning labels on his books: "If you have triggers, this is your warning, because I'm probably getting to you." However, his serial novella format and price structure have led him to great success, despite (or sometimes because of) the NSFW content, allowing him to write full-time.
K.T. Hanna
KT Hanna has such a love for words, a single one can spark entire worlds.
Born in Australia, she met her husband in a computer game, moved to the U.S.A. and went into culture shock. Bonus? Not as many creatures specifically designed to kill you.
KT creates science-fiction, fantasy, and LitRPG like it’s going out of style, with a dash of horror for fun! Her series include Somnia Online, Last Chance, The Domino Project, and System Apocalypse Australia - co-written with Tao Wong. Her hobbies include gaming and reading like there's no tomorrow.
No, she doesn’t sleep. She is entirely powered by caffeine, Chipotle, and sarcasm.
Damien Hanson aka Dames Handsome
Coauthor of BuyMort: The Shopacolypse series and a writer of children’s LitRPG, Damien Hanson aka Dames Handsome also manages to teach at the local university as well as his own private academy. His favorite classes to teach are creative writing, and after piloting a publishing project with his son he has taken in local children interested in writing their own novels in a more recent project to get their stories published to Amazon.
Michael Head
Michael Head is the author of the Threads of Fate series. He was severely injured while serving in the military, and used his time recovering to rediscover his love for books. After medically retiring, Michael went back to college to finish his degree and become a professor. When the coronavirus shut down his school, his wife encouraged him to finally take the leap and try writing his own books. He found his experience in combat allowed him to write detailed and realistic fight scenes. Those battles, combined with his attention to detail and ability to plan vast, elaborate, and comprehensive worlds, make for fast-paced and thrilling books. With, of course, the occasional touches of humor and sarcasm thrown in the mix.
He currently lives in Texas where his wife, who is still currently serving in the military, is stationed. His days are filled with hiding from their three daughters, two dogs, and three cats. He is also losing an ongoing war with the neighborhood squirrels, but he will continue to fight until the bitter end.
Neil Hellegers
Neil Hellegers is an actor and award-winning audiobook narrator who lives in Brooklyn, NYC. With over 350 narrations, Neil has a focus in GameLit narration, with ample forays into Non Fiction, Thrillers, and Paranormal Fiction, and deep dives into Classic Lit. Neil can also be seem on-screen playing a variety of bearded professionals/dads.
Dean Henegar
Working from his home in the mountains of East Tennessee, Dean is the author of the Amazon bestselling Limitless Lands, Derelict, and Cat Core series. After a training accident in the Army Reserves left him unable to continue his civilian job, Dean reignited his passion for writing. As a lifelong fan of Fantasy, Science Fiction, and gaming, it isn’t too surprising that Dean chose the GameLit (LitRPG) genre to start his journey as an author.
Whether it’s a grizzled soldier at the end of his life, a living starship, or an elderly cat lady defending her dungeon with a slew of kittens, Dean’s characters, and the worlds they live in, are waiting for you to explore and enjoy.
Theo Hodges
Theo Hodges has been broke and stranded in far-out places, from South Korea to New Zealand and more. Now that he's safe in the heartland (see: old), he's eager to create adventures from his keyboard. His passion for Fantasy began with Dragonlance and old-school Final Fantasy. In writing his Badges of Dorkdom series, he strived to create a wise townbuilding wizard from the rags of a soon-to-be college dropout to the potential riches of a hero for the ages. To stay up to date on new releases, you can join his newsletter group: https://sendfox.com/lp/1vy0gz. It's all the rage a back-crippled wonder wizard could throw from his bag full of tricks and flying scorpions.
K.E.L. Hotansika “Guillotine-Chan”
Kel aka Guillotine-Chan started out as a litrpg writer right as the pandemic began. She has dabbled with various projects ever since completing that first initial work called Interstellar Warlock. Since then she has started working in earnest on two other novels, The Sovereign Swarm and Galatea. As far as focus goes she has attempted to use her background as a nonbinary person and as someone who has struggled with mental health issues to flavor their works. As a goal for her authorship it is not just to make (hopefully) decent books, but to also help diversify the genre.
Aaron “A.R.” Holloway
A. R. Holloway (AKA: Aaron) has loved writing since he was a little kid reading his first fantasy books by the likes of C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Brandon Sanderson, and Terry Goodkind (who wrote the first novel he ever read, the Sword of Truth). These gifted him a love of fantasy, science fiction, and storytelling. Grand vistas, dark lords, wondrous adventures, personal growth, and interesting cultures are just some of the things he loves reading about in his own time from the masters of the genres.
Currently living in the shadows of mountainous rural Utah, where deep snow and brutal summers regularly coincide, Aaron lives with family scribbling his words and hoping people will buy, read, and more importantly enjoy them.
James Hunter
James Hunter is a full-time ink slinger, a member of SFWA, and the bestselling author of Vigil Bound, Rogue Dungeon, Shadowcroft Academy, Bibliomancer (The Completionist Chronicles Expanded Universe), and the litRPG epic Viridian Gate Online! In addition to writing, James also runs a non-traditional publishing company, Shadow Alley Press, with his wife, Jeanette (who is an amazing business partner and an even better wife).
James is a former Marine Corps Sergeant, combat veteran, and pirate hunter (seriously). He’s also a member of The Royal Order of the Shellback—’cause that’s totally a real thing. And a spaceship captain, can’t forget that. Okay … the last one probably isn’t true. When not writing or spending time with family, James occasionally finds time to eat and sleep.
J.D. Jorissen
J. D. Jorissen writes science fiction and fantasy stories. He is the author of the Omega Online series, as well as To-Do List: A Zombie Comedy. He also has a series called Dungeon Mercenary, which is currently available on RoyalRoad. He possesses a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a master’s degree in Emergency Management, which might explain why he spends so much of his time daydreaming about how he would fare in various end of the world scenarios. He currently resides in Colorado with his wife, daughter, cat, and dog.