Lara Gibson is a Valencia-based journalist and writer. Her work has taken her to Egypt’s deadliest road and the Arab world’s largest and most secret camel race.

NYT, USA Today, Washington Post and international #1 bestselling thriller author with 2M books sold. Ex-police. Writing course provider. www.caroline-writes.com

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Rebecca Anne Nguyen is the author of The 23rd Hero, a 2025 Audie Award finalist and 2024 Readers’ Choice Award winner.

Slow runner, fast walker. I have dreamed in different languages. I read a lot. Yes, my curls are real.

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Gypsy lady, chocolate fiend. Forever dizzy at Kierkegaard's abyss. I should be editing my novel but I’m procrastinating here instead.

Author and educator, specializing in speculative fiction, personal essays, and poetry blending the mystical and ecological. Poetry chapbook Ego Killers on Lulu