4-6 PM
Hilton Garden Inn
Hamilton, NJ
Keynote Presenter
Christine Gunderson
Amazon Bestselling Author
Christine Gunderson grew up on a fourth-generation family farm in rural North Dakota where she read Laura Ingalls Wilder books in her very own little house on the prairie.
She’s a former television anchor and reporter and former Capitol Hill press secretary. She currently lives in the Washington D.C. suburbs with her three children, Star the Wonder Dog, and a very patient husband.
When not writing, she’s sailing the Chesapeake Bay with her family, playing Star Wars monopoly, re-reading Jane Austen novels in the school pick up line or unloading the dishwasher.
Her debut novel, Friends with Secrets was selected as an Amazon First Reads pick. Readers call it “a timeless, beautiful, relevant, laugh-out-loud, funny homage to motherhood.”
Additional Book Fair Participants
| Name | Bio |
|---|---|
| Paula Chaffee Scardamalia | Paula Chaffee Scardamalia is a book coach, dream and tarot intuitive and the author of Enchanting Creativity: How Fairy Tales, Dreams, Rituals & Journaling Can Awaken Your Creative Self. She also wrote the award-winning Weaving a Woman’s Life: Spiritual Lessons from the Loom, as well as Tarot for the Fiction Writer, and her novel, In the Land of the Vultures. For more than 20 years, Paula's presented workshops across the country for national and regional Romance Writers of America and other writing groups’ events, both online and in person. She publishes Divine Muse-ings, a weekly e-newsletter on writing, creativity, dreams, and tarot. She lives with her husband in the foothills of the Catskills in an 1840s Greek Revival farmhouse, constantly in need of TLC. |
| Mickey Flagg | Mickey Flagg writes paranormal tales of passion with a twist of fate. Her mystical warriors, witches, and not-so-normal creatures of the night speak to the heart. She is a contributor in a book on urban music education and has published a piece in Still Standing, a web-magazine about loss and healing. M. Flagg is a life-long New Jersey resident, a member of Liberty States Fiction Writers, NJ Author’s Network, and NJRW. Visit https://www.mflagg-author.com for more about M. Flagg’s novels. |
| Katrina G. | Katrina is a published author of Krave. She is passionate about helping others in love and relationship with open dialog. Having conversation about Krave. Do you see yourself in Krave? In her spare time, she loves watching Law and Order. You can find her on IG at bksweetsnight. |
| Roz Lee | USA Today Best-Selling author Roz Lee is the author of over thirty romances. The first, The Lust Boat, was born of an idea acquired while on a Caribbean cruise with her family, and soon blossomed into a five-book series originally published by Red Sage. Following her love of baseball, Roz turned her attention to sexy athletes in tight pants, writing the critically acclaimed Mustangs Baseball series. Roz has been married to her best friend, and high school sweetheart, for over four decades. They have two daughters and are the proud grandparents of three adorable grandkids. Roz and her husband live in the wilds of New Jersey with their Labrador Retriever, Bud which is code for Big Unruly Dog. Even though Roz has lived on both coasts, her heart lies in between, in Texas. A Texan by birth, she can trace her family back to the Republic of Texas. With roots that deep, she says, “You can’t ever really leave.” When Roz isn’t writing, she’s reading or traipsing around the country on one adventure or another. No trip is too small, no tourist trap too cheesy, and no road unworthy of travel. |
| Elena Markem | From her garage office in Massachusetts, Elena Markem writes emotionally rich contemporary romances about dreams, love, and taking a chance on both. Her stories reflect her belief that life is about the passions we pursue, the people who support us along the way, and never giving up on what we want. Join her on her ongoing quest for the perfect planner, the best diner breakfasts, and the gooiest chocolate chip cookies. She hopes you'll enjoy spending time in her sexy books where you’ll find strong heroines, heroes who find them irresistible, and at least one scene involving comfort food. |
| Linda J. Parisi Parisi | As a major in Biochemistry with a minor in English literature, Linda always tried to mesh her love of science with her love of the written word. Once a clinical research scientist, now a NJRW Golden Leaf, N.N. Light’s Book Heaven, 2021 Best Paranormal Romance Award winner, and 2022 HOLT Medallion Winner for Speculative Fiction, she creates unforgettable characters and puts them in untenable situations, much to their dismay. Choices always matter and love conquers all, so a happy-ever-after is a must. Linda is the current President of Liberty States Fiction Writers. She has served on the boards of other writing organizations, as a Mentor for RWA, and loves to teach the craft of writing at workshops and conferences. She recently signed a contract with Harlequin, and her book Reunion with The Single Mom is scheduled to release May 2025. She loves to travel, tries to bake, and lives in New Jersey with her son Chris, daughter-in-law Sara, and Audi and Archer, a pair of pooches who had her at woof! |
| Caridad Pineiro | Caridad Pineiro is a transplanted Long Island girl who has fallen in love with the Jersey Shore. When Caridad isn’t taking long strolls along the boardwalk, she’s also a NY Times and USA Today bestselling author with over a million romance novels sold worldwide. Caridad is passionate about writing and helping others explore and develop their skills as writers. She is a founding member of the Liberty States Fiction Writers and has presented workshops at the RT Book Club Convention, Romance Writers of America National Conference as well as various writing organizations throughout the country. You can connect with Caridad at www.caridad.com. |
| Blue Saffire | Blue Saffire,award-winning, bestselling author of over seventy contemporary and PNR romance novelsand novellas since 2015, writes with the intention to touch the heart and the mind. Bluehooks, weaves, and loops multiple series, keeping you engaged in her worlds.Blue writes for her own publishing company Perceptive Illusions as Blue Saffireas well as Royal Blue. Blue and herhusband live in a house filled with laughter and creativity, in Long Island,NY. Both working hard to build the Blue brand and cultivate their love for thearts. Creativity is their family affair. Blue holds anMBA in Marketing and Project Management, as well as an MED in InstructionalTechnology and Curriculum Design. She is also an NLP Master Practitioner. |
| Stacey Wilk | From an early age, best-selling and award-winning author, Stacey Wilk, told tales as a way to escape. At six she wrote short stories in composition notebooks, at twelve she wrote a novel on a typewriter, in high school biology she wrote rock star romances in her binder instead of paying attention. But it wasn’t until many years later, inspired by her children and a looming birthday, that she finally took her story-telling seriously. And published her first novel in 2013. Since then, she’s gone on to publish twenty-seven more so women everywhere can indulge in books that hook them heart and soul. She isn’t done telling stories. Not by a long shot. If you want to read her emotional and honest books about family, romance, and second chances, visit her at www.staceywilk.com To see what she writes next, follow her Facebook group for her amazing readers – Stacey’s Novel Family https://bit.ly/2FK8Lae Or join her newsletter - https://bit.ly/2A0jEFk |
| J.J Winters | J.J is a writer of fantasy, romance, and all things magical. She loves writing soft and cozy stories about characters finding themselves and those who understand them, but also loves some good, brutal power structures and court politics that those characters have to fight against. She has been known to speak about her characters as though they’re real people. She is the author of the A Dream of Gods series--check out her website at jjwintersbooks.com! |
More book fair participants coming soon!