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Anthony Eddolls and his wife, Chris, by the ocean at sunset

Anthony Eddolls on His FBI Thriller Series and Where Agent David Stilley Goes Next

Darie Nani··1 min read

The Maui-based crime novelist, who publishes through his own company, Robert Anthony Books, also talks about finding readers as an independent author and the scams aimed at new writers.

Maureen Hughes, true crime author

True Crime Author Maureen Hughes on Spotting a Rehearsed Answer and Staying Safe While Investigating the Mob

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

The former police officer and bodyguard has written about organized crime for 26 years, from a newspaper heiress's ties to Johnny Roselli to a 1956 Cairo case ruled a suicide.

Tom LeNoble seated on a sofa in a dark, studded interior, hands clasped

Tom LeNoble, Who Joined Facebook at 50, on How to Reinvent Yourself

Darie Nani··1 min read

The former head of customer service at MCI, Walmart.com and Palm now advises founders and executives on changes of direction, and his memoir has won seven book awards, including a 2026 NYC Big Book Award.

Thomas LeBrun, close protection specialist and author of Aurora Rift

Thomas LeBrun's Aurora Rift, a Time Travel Book for Outlander Readers, Named an NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite

Darie Nani··1 min read

A bodyguard for more than 40 years to clients including Bill Gates and Elton John, LeBrun sends a martial artist and scientist from Stone Age Norway to Kublai Khan's court in his first science fiction novel.

Michael Hodgdon, founder of Elite SEO Consulting and author of Quickest Path to ROI SEO

Is SEO Worth It for a Small Business? Michael Hodgdon Says Fix the Service Pages Before Writing More Blog Posts

Darie Nani··1 min read

The Colorado Springs consultant's book, Quickest Path to ROI SEO, reached No. 1 on Amazon's Search Engines bestseller list and uses client figures to show when search work starts paying for itself.

Ask voice in Omphalis answering a spoken question about Emerson's The American Scholar, with numbered sources beside the text

Reading App Omphalis Lets Readers Use AI to Understand a Research Paper by Asking Questions Out Loud

Darie Nani··1 min read

Founder Stanly Thomas, who has more than 20 years of engineering experience, including roles at Microsoft, Oracle and Schneider Electric, designed the voice feature to ground each spoken answer in the reader's selected sources, with the passages it used on screen.

Author Rick Tabor in his study, in front of bookshelves

Rick Tabor's Sci-Fi Political Thriller The Blink of Humanity Explores the Dire Cost of Political Corruption

Darie Nani··1 min read

The Blink of Humanity follows a bioengineer with epilepsy and her robot companion as they set out to bring a corrupt US president to justice after a nuclear attack on Chicago.

Chris Scharff, author of Memories: My Life Story

Hanns Scharff's Son Chris Scharff Traces His Family's Path From Wartime Germany to Africa and America in WWII Memoir

Darie Nani··1 min read

Born in Greiz in 1936, the Carlsbad author spent 20 years in South Africa and Rhodesia before joining his father in Los Angeles, and in retirement met one of the American pilots his father had interrogated.

Elizabeth M. Lykins, author and spiritual coach

Physician Associate and Spiritual Coach Elizabeth M. Lykins Says Lasting Change Begins in Stillness

Darie Nani··1 min read

An urgent care provider since 1996, Elizabeth wrote Reflections on Transcendence, which features 59 paintings by her lifelong friend, the late expressionist Steven D. Lyons, who selected each painting to match the text.

Joseph Howse (second from left) on the literary fiction panel at the 2026 Kingsmead Book Fair in Johannesburg with Michiel Heyns, Sven Axelrad and Shakti Pillay

Joseph Howse's Soviet-Era Novel The Circus and the Atom Wins World Literature and Audiobook Fiction at the 2026 NYC Big Book Award

Darie Nani··1 min read

The Nova Scotia author's second book, set in Kiev over the New Year of 1988 into 1989, also took a Distinguished Favorite for its cover, while his debut The Girl in the Water was honoured for its audiobook. The Next Year's Snow series has now sold to more than 80 public library systems in seven countries.

Cover of By Any Other Name by Neva Rose against a blurred autumn woodland background

Neva Rose's Debut Novel By Any Other Name Traces Family Secrets Back to a Crossed-Out Surname

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

After 40 years in nursing, the Houston author retired in 2021 and turned years of late-night notes and family stories into the story of Rachel, whose mother wrote a different name on her birth certificate.

Older man in glasses reading a letter at a desk in a book-lined study, typewriter and open books beside him

Authors Are Opening Their Anthropic Settlement Notices and Finding Smaller Payments Than They Counted On

Dr Marina Nani··1 min read

Much of the shortfall traces to a split with publishers and to old disputes over who holds the rights, and the Authors Guild says most of it can still be corrected.