Michele Drier is a fifth generation Californian. During her career in journalism at daily newspapers in California, including the San Jose Mercury-News, she won awards for investigative series. She is the past president of Capitol Crimes, a Sisters in Crime chapter; the Guppies chapter of Sisters in Crime; current president of NorCal Sisters in Crime, and co-chaired  Bouchercon 2020, the world’s oldest and largest convention for mystery fans and authors.

Her Amy Hobbes Newspaper Mysteries are Edited for Death, (called “Riveting and much recommended” by the Midwest Book Review), Labeled for Death and Delta for Death. A stand-alone, Ashes of Memories was published May 2017.

Her paranormal romance series, SNAP: The Kandesky Vampire Chronicles, named the best paranormal vampire series of 2014 by PRG are: SNAP: The World Unfolds, SNAP: New Talent, PLAGUE: A Love Story, DANUBE: A Tale of Murder, SNAP: Love for Blood, (Best paranormal book 2013, PRG reviewers); SNAP: Happily Ever After?, SNAP: White Nights, SNAP; All That Jazz ( best paranormal vampire book of 2014), SNAP: I, Vampire, SNAP: Red Bear Rising and SNAP: Pandemic Games.

Her new series is the Stained Glass Mysteries, Stain on the Soul and Tapestry of Tears, and she’s working on the third, Resurrection of the Roses.

She lives in Sacramento.

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Sigrid Bathen is a Sacramento journalist who was a staff writer for the Sacramento Bee for 13 years and has written for numerous publications, including the California Journal, an award-winning magazine about politics and government, where she was senior editor. Her work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Capitol Weekly, California Lawyer, the American Lawyer Newspapers, California Medicine, California Republic, the Sacramento Business Journal, Comstock’s Magazine, the Sacramento (and Chico) News & Review and Sacramento Magazine, where she was co-managing editor and senior writer. She is a contributing writer for online health-care media published by the California Health Care Foundation. She was an adjunct professor of journalism and communications at California State University, Sacramento, for 32 years.

Chris Hennessy is an independent filmmaker, author, and speaker who serves on the board of directors of California Writers Club, Sacramento.

Chris produced, wrote, and directed four national award-winning films in 2021 and 2022. Since 2019, his cable TV show, Yolo YoYo’s, has been featured on four broadcasts of CBS’s GoodDay Sacramento, and he’s written and had six articles published in local Northern California newspapers.  

Chris is currently writing a memoir, Touched by Hannah, ‘A man with cancer (Hennessy). His one-pound newborn, Hannah. And their fight for life.’  Hennessy’s book will be completed in mid-2024.

Hennessy’s Yolo YoYo’s won Best New TV Cable Series 2019, Sacramento Access TV. The twelve episodes reached 125,000 fans on Facebook. (TV stats not available)

Yolo YoYo’s season 2 premiere episode, Miracles on College Street,’ a promotional/trailer film for ‘Touched by Hannah,’ took the ‘Film Heals’ award at the 2022 Manhattan Film Festival, New York City. Heals is awarded to filmmakers who use the power of film to promote peace, humanity, and inspiration. Miracles was also a top-five finalist documentary at Manhattan.

Yolo YoYo’s season 2 finale episode, ‘The Stage; Following our Wildest Dreams!’ won, ‘Best Narrative Episode West Coast,’ at the 2022 ACM Western Region WAVE Cable TV Awards.

Hennessy has battled Prostate cancer since 2009. In June 2020, a scan revealed that the cancer moved into his lungs. 

“Instead of sitting around worrying, I’m achieving my best work. Undoubtedly, God and the universe are pushing me to my potential. I’m not afraid, and I’m having a blast.”

Rebecca Inch-Partridge is a freelance editor, who specializes in speculative fiction, mysteries, and memoirs. She teaches “Write that Book” in 10 Week workshops through the OLLI program at Sierra College. Her first novel-a young adult science fiction-Escaping the Dashia came out in March 2023. On Halloween 2023, Abby’s Fire, the paranormal mystery she coauthored with her aunt was published. She invites you to read a sneak peek at www.ripartridge.com