2024 Participating Authors
Becca Seymour
Becca Seymour is the #1 gay romance best seller of the True-Blue series. Known for “steamy and endearing” and “emotionally profound love stories” (InD’tale Magazine) her books have been nominated for multiple RONE Awards.
Beck Grey
Beck Grey is a non-binary writer of sweet, sexy, LGBTQ happily ever afters. Why? Because everyone deserves all the happy! They live in the Northeastern United States with their two adorable dogs. Weekdays are spent working their day job, but nights and weekends are devoted to writing stories involving hot characters, favorite tropes, and happy endings. Any additional time includes reading, laughing with friends, drinking red wine, and playing D&D. If there’s cake involved at any point, it’s a win!
Bix Barrow
Bix Barrow writes steamy and humorous contemporary MM/MMM romance with light suspense and cute animals. Accompanying her on her writing exploits are her two dogs and six cats. An avid traveler, Bix has started to view her expeditions as interviews for her future home. Born and raised in Texas, she is eager to move somewhere with fewer politicians, hurricanes and flooding.
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Chantal Mer
Chantal Mer never set out to write books. Yet here she is, and she’s having a blast. Happily ever afters for everyone makes her heart sing.
When she’s not writing, Chantal can be found walking her adorable dog, going to musical theater with her daughter, observing the night sky with her husband and his telescope, and learning about the latest advances in video games with her son. Give her a book and a glass of wine and she’s in her happy place. Chantal lives outside of Philadelphia with her husband, two teens, her sweet pup, Miss Toffee and her big orange tabby, Simba.
D.K. Sutton
D.K. Sutton is a full-time writer and part-time social worker. She uses these superpowers to create flawed characters you can’t help but love. As an introvert, she has always been a little awkward (and a lot geeky). Turns out, those are handy traits for an author. She writes low angst that simmers with a slow burn and a lot of humor thrown in. Her series include: Not So University, The Sloan Brothers, and Trials of Love. Her Christmas books are mostly standalones full of heart and humor. She also writes YA LGBTQ+ romance under the pen name Addison Lloyd. All her books have a HEA.
Finn Dixon
Finn Dixon made a childhood dream come true and has worked in the zoological field since 2006. He’s taken care of everything from alligators to zebras, but his favorites will always be rhinos. Thus far, his MM romances have focused on contemporary stories that include jocks (and jockstraps), but fantasy, paranormal, and historical have been observed in the crystal ball of Finn’s future.
In his spare time, he likes watching gay films and shows with happy endings (giggity), playing Disney Dreamlight Valley, re-watching Jurassic Park and Clue, and traveling when he can afford it. If you’d like to keep up with the latest Finn Dixon has to offer, check him out on Instagram or FinnDixonWriting.com. You can also join the beasties in his private Facebook group, Finn Dixon’s MMenagerie.
Lee Blair
Lee is a queer M/M author and screenwriter from Oregon. She’s constantly amused by the antics of her two ginger cats, considers daydreaming about future trips to Scotland a part-time job, and is obsessed with Schitt’s Creek to an alarming degree. She also hosts a podcast called the Low Angst Library—a show for lovers of low angst queer romance.
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’Nathan Burgoine
’Nathan Burgoine’s previous holiday-themed novellas include “Handmade Holidays,” “Faux Ho Ho,” “Village Fool,” and “Felix Navidad,” and he’s pleased to be adding Valentine’s Day alongside Christmas and April Fools’ Day. Hallowe’en is likely to be next, so feel free to pick out a costume.
A former bookseller, sheet-metal worker, and queer outreach coordinator, ’Nathan managed to fall in love and marry Daniel. Their own pet journey ended with Husky rescues, which are definitely “furever.” They live in Ottawa, Canada, where socialized health care and gay marriage have yet to cause the sky to cave in.
Nic Starr
Nic Starr lives in Australia where she tries to squeeze as much into her busy life as possible. Balancing the demands of a corporate career with raising a family and writing can be challenging but she wouldn’t give it up for the world.
Always a reader, the lure of m/m romance was strong and she devoured hundreds of wonderful m/m romance books before eventually realising she had some stories of her own that needed to be told!
When not writing or reading, she loves to spend time with her family–an understanding husband and two beautiful daughters–and is often found indulging in her love of cooking and planning her dream home in the country.
Rain Carrington
A writer of love, sexiness and often kink, Rain enjoys creating inclusive worlds filled with found families. Whether it’s paranormal or contemporary, Rain is a sucker for happy endings, though getting to them is sometimes fraught with challenges.
She lives in Colorado, where a lot of her books take place, embracing her love of mountains and of mountain men. She has adult kids, fur babies and even critters she cares for like the squirrels and birds that flock to her backdoor feeders.
Find her book on her website, raincarrington.com and at most booksellers!
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Riley Long
Riley Long is a spouse and parent living a quiet life in Virginia, with their husband, son, and one goofy pit bull. They pass their evenings writing, reading, and watching bad television (or not so bad television). For fun, Riley participates in NaNoWriMo, GISH, and reads with their book club, the BAMFs. They like things with silly acronyms. The craziest thing Riley has ever done involves whipped cream and hugs. Riley writes sweet and sexy romance, with a special place in their heart for bi awakenings.
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Stella Rainbow
Stella Rainbow lives in a small town in India with her family and her six-year-old cat. Living with a chronic illness, Stella grew up with books as her best friends, and now she writes hoping to give others like her a reprieve from the real world.
Stella’s books are low on the angst, high on the sweetness, with a doze of found family, and some absolutely adorable fur—and sometimes scale—babies.
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Susan Scott Shelley
USA TODAYbestselling author Susan Scott Shelley writes romance with heat and heart that celebrates love without limits. Enormous mugs of coffee and tea make her happy, as does reading romance novels and binging episodes of her favorite British TV shows. Susan also works as a professional voiceover artist, and while she’s definitely a city girl, she likes being out in nature as often as possible. A fan of mythology, word games, and hockey, she lives in Philadelphia with her husband and has yet to meet a plant she hasn’t wanted to take home.
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Toby Wise
Toby Wise is a stay at home parent who hails from a tiny town in Wisconsin. Contrary to popular Wisconsin stereotypes, he’s not a cheese-head who enjoys beer but rather an introvert who spends all his time on the internet, drinking coffee, spending time with his kid, and cooing about his adorable cat, Pikachu.
In April of 2019, A Collection of Strays was born after the world of fanfiction drew him back into his love of writing. Now he’s writing all things omegaverse and paranormal as long as it includes silly moments and found family.
Victoria Gillilan
Victoria Gillilan has been writing for years but only recently felt ready to share her workwhere love wins all of the races and Happily Ever After is the goal.As a relatively new author, she looks forward to sharing her men with the world.When she’s not writing or driving her twin crazy, she spends time with her family.
