Hugh McCracken

Hugh was born in Glasgow, Scotland but moved to Canada in 1967 with his wife, Lyn and first son David. His second son Lain was born here. Hugh and Lyn now live in Ottawa. It's been more than a decade that Hugh became a freelance writer and editor, although he started writing much before taking it up as a full-time freelancer. He is also the Senior Editor for BeWrite Books, Bristol, UK. You can find some of his short stories and poems at www.bewrite.net

• Genres: Young Adult; Mystery; Poetry; and Action-adventure
• Personal Website: http://members.rogers.com/hmccra0339

Biff Mitchell

Biff first two published novels: the world’s first laundromance is titled Heavy Load, and his second which is a spoof on the IT industry is titled Team Player. His third novel, which is a set around 200 years in the future, is a satirical novel on the corporate world and the Internet. His fourth is set in Saint John, New Brunswick 75 years in the future. This one is another spoof and it's on the fast food industry. Biff's book of short stories, Clearings is available for free download on his website.

• Genre: Humour
• Personal website: http://www.biffmitchell.com

Robin Matheson

Originally from Toronto, Robin has a love for traveling. She and her family have also lived in South Africa and South-East Asia. Robin has taught Business Writing and Marketing. Overseas she has also taught English in colleges as a Second Language and also teaches writing courses online. She is a member of several writers groups.

• Genre: Romantic Suspense
• Personal website: http://www.robinmatheson.com

Rene Natan (aka Irene Gargantini)

Rene Natan is the pen name of Irene Gargantini. She lives in Strathroy, Ontario with her husband, Martin. During her childhood, she spent countless hours listening to stories from her grandmother. Now she takes her readers into the amazing world of fiction. Her notable works in romantic suspense genre include Mountains of Dawn (1999), Cross of Sapphires (2002), and The Collage (2003). She has also written a suspense short story for teenagers, Killing on Mount Yula (2003). A pair of Wings for Christmas (2003) is a sci-fi short story.

• Genre:fiction, romantic suspense
• Personal website: http://www.vermeil.biz/

Mary Dober

Mary is formerly from Newfoundland but she currently lives in Sudbury with her husband Steve and their 5-year old son, Stephen.

Mary had always been passionate about writing but started writing only in June of 2002. Her self-published work includes about eighty poems and short stories at Lovestories.com. One of her short stories is published by Tintota.com.

• Genre: Romance and children's poetry, paranormal short stories
• Personal website: http://thinkers.net/poet/bigblues.html