Charlene Edge's most recent book is From the Porch to the Page: A Guidebook for the Writing Life-a delightful multi-genre collection with something for every reader and writer.Charlene Edge is also the author of the award-winning memoir, Undertow: My Escape from the Fundamentalism and Cult Control of The Way International.Charlene grew up on the Eastern Shore of Maryland in a Roman Catholic family. In college, students recruited her into The Way International, a Bible-based cult; she gave it the next seventeen years of her life. After escaping The Way in 1987, she earned a BA in English Literature from Rollins College, graduating summa cum laude, and worked for more than a decade as a technical writer and proposal writer in the software industry.She is a published short-short story writer, an award-winning poet, and a member of the Florida Writers Association, The Authors Guild, and the International Cultic Studies Association.Charlene lives in Florida with her husband, Dr. Hoyt L. Edge, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Rollins College. On her website, she blogs about their world travels, the writing life, fundamentalism, cults, and whatever catches her imagination. She loves to walk, swim, and read as many books as she can. Visit her at https: //charleneedge.com.
Alice Peck has more than twenty years of experience working with authors, and has guided dozens of first-time novelists and nonfiction writers at every stage-concept, proposal, first draft, publisher's revisions, or final draft-to completed and submission-ready manuscripts. These authors have been published by Atria, Avon, Ballantine, Berkeley, Broadway Books, Citadel, Crown, Da Capo, HarperCollins, Hyperion, MIT, McGraw-Hill, NAL, NYU, Permanent Press, Praeger, and Random House, as well as numerous small presses and independent publishers.Alice Peck is an editor for the transformational website RewireMe.com, where she focuses on books, psychology, and spirituality. She is also the author and editor of two anthologies published by SkyLight Paths. Before focusing exclusively on publishing, Alice acquired books and developed scripts for film and television, including A Few Good Men by Aaron Sorkin (TriStar), Dune by Frank Herbert (SciFi Channel), A Season in Purgatory by Dominick Dunne (CBS), and JFK: Reckless Youth by Nigel Hamilton (ABC). She also story-produced documentary and reality series for AMC, Bravo, and MTV.
Duane Stapp has more than two decades of experience in book and magazine publishing, both as Art Director and Design Production Manager. His typographic skills were honed with years of work at Martha Stewart Omnimedia, perfecting type in magazines and books. He was Art Director at two publishing companies, Walker & Company, and Facts On File. He is also an exhibiting fine artist and has written art criticism.