Jon Michaelsen writes Gay Mystery and Suspense/Thriller fiction. Born in southwest Georgia, USA, he moved with his family to the Atlanta area at ten years old, where he remains today. After a very successful 25-year career in Corporate Travel & Global Account Management, the last 18 years with American Express TRS, Jon retired in 2009. He spends most of his time writing, reading, and enjoying the outdoors.

His debut novel, Pretty Boy Dead, is the first novel in the Kendall Parker Mystery series and recognized by Lambda Literary as a Finalist for best Gay Mystery in Lammys LGBTQ Book Awards. The second novel in the series, The Deadwood Murders, recently released to widespread acclaim, and both novels were recently been released in Italian. Jon is currently hard at work on the third Kendall Parker mystery, Murder on Peachtree, set for release in 2021.

Jon lives with his husband of 34 years, and two monstrous terriers!

Contact him at michaelsen.jon@gmail.com

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Andrea Speed may or may not be the cloned remnant of an adventurer lost in a time tunnel disguised as a Herfy's in downtown Twisp. Seattle born and currently Tacoma based, she thanks you for reading this, as it is incredibly awkward to write a biography in this tone of voice. It helps if you imagine Peter Graves saying this. If you enjoy her jackassery, make sure to check out andreaspeed.com . Know that each reader is loved and appreciated, and gets a free online hug. (Note: Not redeemable in person, or Tennessee, where they don't go for that girly stuff.) Oh, and Infected: Freefall won a 2012 Rainbow Award. Woohoo!

Because Charlie Cochrane couldn't be trusted to do anything grown up, she writes cosy mysteries. These include the Edwardian era Cambridge Fellows series, the contemporary Lindenshaw Mysteries and her 1950s Alasdair and Toby series where two actors play Holmes and Watson both onscreen and off. Multi-published, she has titles with Carina, Riptide, Lume, and Williams and Whiting.

Charlie is a member of the Crime Writers’ Association, Mystery People and International Thriller Writers Inc, and has regularly appeared at literary festivals, reader conventions and author conferences.

"Novelist&Poet. Translator&Blogger. Photographer&PhotoModel. DigitalArtist&CatLover. Lara Biyuts the Silver Thread Spinner." "Live & Learn. I learn what I need and share what I know for certain." A voracious reader in the past, she is author of 8 books of fiction. Too selective to her native literature and pop-culture, she loves books by some great and not so great writers--Chekhov, Nabokov, Oscar Wilde, Ronald Firbank, Evelyn Waugh, W. Somerset Maugham, Plato, Petronius, Martial, John Dickson Carr, Rex Stout--feeling thankful to 2 books: "Memoirs of Hadrian" by Marguerite Yourcenar and "Beloved and God: The Story of Hadrian and Antinous" by Royston Lambert. Her blog Revue Blanche is about the joy of creativity, beauty of originality, power of curiosity, wonder of diversity, and the delight of imagination, limited by the small circle of her interests. See the list of all self-published books at Lara's portfolio on SmashWords. Note: Lara's given name derivatives and diminutives permitted to use other pen-names in the past.

Joel Savage is a freelance journalist, author and writer, who enjoys the challenges of creativity and adventure. His work is considered to be pure genre of creative nonfiction of human touch, with appeal to a broad general audience.

Joel was born at Cape Coast, in the Central Region of Ghana, on January I9, 1957. The son of a veteran journalist and documentary film producer, Joel follows his father's footsteps. He studied at Ebenezer Secondary School and Accra High School.

He did journalism at Ghana Institute of Journalism in Accra. Joel naturalized as Sierra Leonean in 1985 and of Belgian in 2008. The writer lives in Antwerp, Belgium, and writes for both local and international online newspapers. He has since published eight books and working on other new projects.

A strong animal lover, Joel campaigns against animal cruelty, child abuse and crime. He loves sports, especially cycling and loves working domestically, doing cleaning and cooking for his family – his wife and three boys.

Living in clean, green New Zealand, Pelaam is a best-selling, multi-published author of M/M romance and erotica across time and space.

When not writing she can be found indulging in her other passions of cookery and wine appreciation.

Susan writes steamy, sexy, often dark and occasionally witty contemporary romance books. She’s dabbled in varied genres, both MF and MM, and has written paranormal, urban fantasy and romantic suspense stories.

Whether you’re looking for a heart-pounding romantic suspense or a deeply emotional love story, Susan’s portfolio has something for everyone.

Screenplay Success and Hidden Talents

Susan doesn’t just stop at novels. She’s an award-winning screenplay writer, with several scripts based on her published works. Her screenplay ‘Sight Unseen’ has garnered no less than ten awards, and her TV pilot ‘Reel Life,’ based on her debut novel ‘Cassandra by Starlight,’ was a winner at the Oaxaca Film Fest. Talent and passion together have propelled her into the spotlight of multiple creative fields.

Personal Touch: Fun Facts About Susan

Beyond her professional accomplishments, Susan is a person of diverse interests and experiences. She loves attending live music concerts, especially if her man-crushes Adam Lambert or Sam Smith is performing. Her leisure activities include lazing with a good book, enjoying a fine gin and tonic, and watching reruns of ‘Silent Witness.’

Her colourful past includes being chased by a rhino in Kenya, mistaken for a prostitute in Johannesburg, and being kicked out of a youth club for encouraging free thinking. With such a vibrant background, it’s no wonder her stories are packed with excitement and life.

Patrick Wendling-Markwell has been writing since he was a child and has written many newspaper and magazine articles as well as poetry and short stories. It was only recently though that he decided to write books full time, leaving behind a career in EMS. As an author he has decided to try his hand in many genres from fantasy, thrillers, horror, mysteries and more. He has won many awards over the years for his articles and you can even find several of his poems at the International Library of Congress where he won the Editor's Choice Award three years in a row.

He has a love for books of all types and was even diagnosed by a psychiatrist as a Bibliophile and Bibliophage. On any given day Patrick can be found reading, even while doing other things at the same time. His flair for words has continually allowed people from around the world to access the vivid imaginings of his own mind which he enjoys putting down on paper for all to see and helps them access a world of fantasy and crazed imagination never before accessed.

He is also lucky enough to be married to a wonderful man that wants him to write full time, concentrating fully on it so he can fulfill his dream.

Currently Patrick is continuing to read and write daily and is happily legally married to his husband Rondal D. Markwell. They share their lives with two fat and lazy beagles, Archie and Nero. (Archie has since passed away on March 9, 2013 in Las Vegas, Nevada.) He is also the Co-Owner and one of the founders of Lazy Beagle Entertainment.

C. J. Baty lives in southwest Ohio. Her heart however, lives in the mountains of Tennessee where she hopes to retire some day. The mountains have always provided her with inspiration and a soothing balm to the stresses of everyday life.

The dream of writing her own stories started in high school but was left on the back burner of life until her son introduced her to fan fiction and encouraged her to give it a try. She found that her passion for telling a story was still there and writing them down to share with others was much more thrilling than she had ever expected.

She has a loving and supportive family who doesn't mind fixing their own meals when she is in the middle of a story. And a network of friends, who have encouraged and cheered her on in her quest of being an author.

One thing she has learned from life and she is often heard to say is: “You are never too old to follow your dream!”

Lazy Beagle Charity projects are brought to you by Lazy Beagle Entertainment and the gracious authors of Lazy Beagle that donate their works for charity. Founded by Patrick Wendling-Markwell and husband Rondal Markwell Lazy Beagle has one goal, and that is to promote authors and their work, and the charity book projects are a way for authors to give. All proceeds go to the charities named in the book, there are no administrative fees or other fees. Many of the authors donate time in editing, money in artwork and cover designs, so that all the proceeds can go to charity.

Contributing authors:

PATRICK WENDLING-MARKWELL, RONDAL D. MARKWELL, JEFF ADKINS, CJ BATY, LARA BIYUTS, ANDREA S. BOYDE, CHARLIE COCHRANE, AYLA L.A. COLEMAN (DRAGONSOUL), TENA COLEMAN-DUPREE, JENNIFER DANTE, MATT DRABBLE MR, MATTHEW W. DUPREE, K L ELIX-KINSEY, HARPER FOX, SARA E. B. GAULDIN, CASSANDRA L. GIOVANNI, ROBERTA GOODMAN, HEATHER GREENIS, J.A. HARMON, PHOENIX HELL, DAVID HUGHES, PATRICIA LOGAN, KL MABBS, SUSAN MAC NICOLS, THERESA MARKWELL, ANGEL MARTINEZ, JON MICHAELSEN, JOHN L. MONK, EVA MORÁVEK, JASON NICHOLS, SIMON OLIVER, ARIANNA PAIGE, PELAAM, JOHANNA RAE, CAITLIN RICCI, JOEL SAVAGE, ANDREA SPEED, R.T. STEORY (RAY TULLET), ROBERT W. WALKER, MELANIE WHITLOCK, KARL WIGGINS

Southern ginger who loves to write in multiple genres, that range from M/M erotica to Horror. Married to a crazy truck driver.