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Award-winning poet Michele Bombardier is the author of two books of poetry, Don't Ask Me How I Know and What We Do, and has published hundreds of poems in literary journals and anthologies. She served as the inaugural Poet Laureate of Bainbridge Island and is the founder of Fishplate Poetry, leading poetry workshops and retreats to raise money for humanitarian aid.

Susan Wiggs is the author of more than fifty novels, including the beloved Lakeshore Chronicles series and the recent New York Times bestsellers The Lost and Found Bookshop, The Oysterville Sewing Circle, and Family Tree. Her award-winning books have been translated into two dozen languages.

USA Today and Publisher’s Weekly best-selling author Sheila Roberts has almost fifty books to her credit. Her novel “On Strike for Christmas” was a Lifetime Network movie, and her novel “The Nine Lives of Christmas” was made into a movie for the Hallmark channel.

Jennifer Bardsley believes in friendship, true love, and the everlasting power of books. She also writes young adult paranormal romance under the pen name Louise Cypress.

Julie Farley loves writing books filled with big families. When not writing, you'll find her volunteering or doing pilates.