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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.
Jack Fields
Jack Fields is an Irish author. His upcoming novel Scarlet Citadel is the first in a trilogy published by The Legion Publishers. He has written, directed, and performed in award-winning theatrical productions and worked as a writer on a AAA videogame.
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 on to be the singer/songwriter/frontman of a blues rock band called Sofa King, which lasted ten years. Though he still writes both lyrics and poetry, in 2005, he moved on to 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. His current goal as far as film is securing funding for his 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 have 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 is currently focused on his burgeoning career as a LitRPG Novelist. His GrimDark LitRPG series Blood Brothers is now out with its first five books. A new series is also out, a science fiction post apocalyptic GrimDark LitRPG called The Dream. He is currently writing book 2 of the Dream and next up is Book 1 of a Superhero LitRPG called Embers & Ash.
Abby Goldsmith
Abby Goldsmith is the author of the Torth series, with 600,000+ reads on Royal Road. She’s an alumni of the Odyssey Writing Workshop, and her short works are published in Escape Pod, Fantasy Magazine, and Writer’s Digest Books. She works in Texas as a video editor and game artist.
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.
Sean Hall
Sean lives in Texas with his wife and 4 kids. He originally started in the LitRPG genre like most others as a reader. With an eye for detail he swiftly became a beta reader for multiple authors and publishers. But he always had a dream to write and got his chance with his first short in Legendary Litrpg and publishing his first book Goblin Apocalypse.
Craig Hamilton
Craig Hamilton spends most of his day as a technical sales engineer, translating specifications and talking about IT infrastructure. While writing has been taking up most of his free time lately, Craig also appreciates playing tabletop RPGs or board games with friends. When his inner introvert demands a break from polite company, Craig can be found sprawled on a couch with a book or e-reader.
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
Damien Hanson was born in Merrill, Wisconsin where he rushed off to the Army, then college, then Korea, where he settled down with his lovely wife. He writes novels, works remotely, and teaches at his academy while simultaneously finding time to school his son at the latest and great in video RPG and 4X game offerings.
Check out his website at https://damienleehanson.substack.com/
Mark Harris
Mark has been a student of ancient Greek, a software engineer, a creative technologist, and an experience designer. Now Mark writes audio dramas, plays, and novels. He is also an accomplished voice actor. In October, 2023, Mark is opening a Stanza Books in the Hudson Valley.
Jeff Hays
Jeff Hays is a voice actor with tremendous range, a producer and narrator of more than 200 audiobooks — including the beloved Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman — a musician and composer, and Founding CEO of Soundbooth Theater. Jeff has always loved the arts. He grew up immersed in media – from novels, film, and music to tabletop RPGs and videogames. His natural creativity coupled with unrelenting ambition led him to launch Soundbooth Theater right at the crossroad of all these mediums.
Initially inspired by his passion for music, Jeff was in his mid-twenties when he found his true calling: using his voice to tell stories. He strives to make his characters memorable and believable; and his excellent comedic timing along with his ability to speak directly to the listener – rather than merely reading aloud – immediately set him apart as a creative force in the industry. With more time and higher-profile projects, Jeff was able to begin to experiment with and incorporate his other talents, blending illustrative sound effects and evocative music into his productions.
It was discovering the opportunity to design a deeper experience with sound that led him to start this company, and to hold SBT’s audiobooks to the highest possible standards. Immersion is the primary design goal behind his audiobooks, and he encourages his whole team to adopt this philosophy.
Michael Head
Michael Head is the author of the Threads of Fate and Wandering Warrior series. He was severely injured while serving in the military, and used his time recovering to rediscover his love for books. After medically retiring from fifteen years of service, Michael went back to college to finish his degree in order to become a professor. His love of learning and ability to speak several languages made it an obvious transition, but life had other plans. 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 experiences 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 Kansas with his wife, who is also retired from the military, and their three daughters. Michael is also losing an ongoing war with the neighborhood squirrels that invade his attic, but he will continue to fight until the bitter end against the implacable enemy of mankind.
You can connect with Michael on:
Website: www.michaelheadauthor.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/author.michael.head
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/michael_head
Newsletter: https://sendfox.com/author-michael-head
Neil Hellegers
Neil Hellegers is an actor and award-winning audiobook narrator who lives in Brooklyn, NYC. With over 400 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.
L.M. Hughes
Aoife writes under the pen name L. M. Hughes and hails from a long line of Irish storytellers, baptized in the sacred spring of Celtic lore and legends. Ever since she was a child she loved reading and writing fantasy filled with arse-kicking action and mythical creatures. Now she lives with her husband, three amazing kiddos and a super dog who gets up to all sorts of shenanigans when he thinks they are not looking.
James Hunter
James Hunter is a full-time Inkslinger 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 Shadow Alley Press, a publishing company that specializes in LitRPG, Gamelit, and Progression Fantasy.