The Funk Soul Cafe

Elizabeth Forkey is an author and artist. She is the wife of one great man and the mother of two very different girls. She loves God and His people, and she writes to glorify Him and encourage her brothers and sisters in the Lord. She collects 1980's Strawberry Shortcake dolls and aspires to become a chainsaw carver.  Her Young-Adult, Post-Apocalyptic Series, INFEC†IOUS, is available on Amazon and through Barnes and Nobles.

R. Scott Williams is the author of “An Odd Book, How the First Modern Pop Culture Reporter Conquered New York,” available April 1 on Amazon.com. Williams is the chief operating officer and senior vice president of sales and marketing at the Newseum in Washington, D.C. Williams earned his degree in journalism from the University of Memphis. He then held positions at several advertising agencies and organizations, including Elvis Presley Enterprises, Inc.

Grace Allison a Modern Mystic who has assisted hundreds to discover their spiritual power in order to meet their everyday challenges. She ?is a motivational self-help speaker, successful award winning author, wellness consultant, business development advisor, marketing coach and talk show host.

Author, and founder of Something or other Publishing (SOOP), Wade Fransson, will be our exciting guest. He will discuss his book, 'The People of the Sign'.  http://www.wadefransson. com/

Author Jason Hershey is our special guest. He will discuss his latest book, 'To Die To Live'.

Author Shannon Baker is our exciting guest. She will discuss her new novel, 'Stripped Bare'.

Maxwell Ivey will be our special guest.

Todd Smith will be our exciting guest. He will discuss his dynamic book, 'Designing Destiny: Five Simple Steps to Achieving the Life of Your Dreams'.

A. Gavazzoni the Brazilian author of the newly released novel "Behind The Door," a sensual romance. She is a lawyer by day and former professor of law; she writes (novels and legal books), but she is also a voracious reader and a writer by night and currently has a law book about international contracts published in Brazil. https://www.amazon.com/A.-Gavazzoni/e/B01IAEII24/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0

Pamela Jackson will be our exciting guest. Author of CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE PSYCHIC (The Wild Rose Press, 2010), which was a 2011 Epic Ebook Contest finalist. A sequel, TEENAGE PSYCHIC ON CAMPUS, will be released this spring by The Wild Rose Press. My YA novel GENIUS SUMMER was released in November, 2014, by Vinspire Publishing. It was a finalist in the 2013 San Francisco Writers Contest, received high marks in the 2013 Pacific Northwest Writers Contest, and was awarded the Literary Classics Seal of Approval in 2015. My contemporary romance CERTAINLY SENSIBLE, released December 2, 2015 by The Wild Rose Press, was a Gold Medal winner in the 2016 Literary Classics Award Contest.

Debut novelist, A.K. Smith will be our special guest. She will discuss her first novel, 'A Deep Thing'.

John E. Stith is the author of eight novels, including REDSHIFT RENDEZVOUS, a Nebula Award nominee, and MANHATTAN TRANSFER, a Hugo Award Honorable Mention. Several of his works with Ace Books and Tor Books have been bought by the Science Fiction Book Club and optioned for film.

Mark Covington was born and raised in Ruther Glen, Virginia. He currently lives in Richmond Virginia's Museum District with his Australian Shepherd, Journey, where he writes novels exploring the cosmically comical nature of the universe.  http://www.vmarkcovington.com

Vision-impaired Christian author, speaker and educator, Amy Bovaird, is our exciting guest. www.http://amybovaird.com/

Prolific author and publisher, Rachel Carrington is our esteemed guest. www.rachelcarrington.com

Raynetta Manees is the best-selling author of seven digital novels and six print novels. Her landmark first-person novel, All For Love: The Superstar's Lady, first released in 1996, is now considered a Black romance classic.

Author Robert Wideman who recently released his memoir Unexpected Prisoner: Memoir of a Vietnam POW, will be our special guest.

Author Linda D. Wattley is our exciting guest. She will discuss her groundbreaking book, 'Soldier with a Backpack: Living and Dying Simultaneously'.

The dynamic author of the Josie Tucker mysteries and Rise of the Masks fantasy series, E. M. Kaplan, will be our special guest.

Author K.L. Byles will be our guest. She will discuss her exciting novel, 'Rising Crow'.

Author Shaan Hess is our special guest. She will discuss her debut novel, 'A Minor Happy Ending: An Ever After Novel'.

Lisa Manterfield is the creator of LifeWithoutBaby.com, the online community that provides resources, community, compassion, and support to women facing a life without children. She is the author of Life Without Baby: Surviving and Thriving When Motherhood Doesn’t Happen. Her non-fiction writing has been featured in a broad range of publications, including Huffington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Psychology Today. Her short stories have appeared in The Saturday Evening Post and Zetetic. Visit her at LisaManterfield.com

A dire disease, fallen kingdoms and a mysterious being known as “the Arrow Bringer.” That’s the world that newly minted author Lisa Mayer has crafted in her first book, “The Aletheian Journeys: The Arrow Bringer.”

Born into a family ravaged by genetic disease, Darcy Leech shares a coming of age story as much about beginnings as endings in exploring the life lessons learned in losing her brother and mother to myotonic muscular dystrophy. From My Mother is the honest story of finding joy through loss, living fully within limitations, and the universal struggle of grappling for identity against the device of innate genetic code through invested love and personal choice.  http://darcyleech.com/

Marylee MacDonald grew up in Redwood City, California and her short stories have won the Jeanne Leiby Chapbook Award, the Barry Hannah Prize, the Ron Rash Award, the Matt Clark Prize, and the ALR Fiction Award.

Author and survivor, Patricia Scholes will discuss her latest book, 'Her Darkest Beauty'. http://www.patriciascholes.com/

Lorraine Devon Wilke – writer, photographer, singer, songwriter, will be our esteemed guest. http://www.lorrainedevonwilke.com

Founder of Kate Tilton’s Author Services, LLC--Since 2010, she has assisted authors in reaching readers and helped readers connect with authors (and each other). The publishing world is a community of those who love reading. Authors need readers like readers need authors and Kate has made it her mission to connect the two. Find her at www.katetilton.com