Mark Stevens - From Reading Books to Writing Thrillers

Courtney Psak From Communication and Journalism to Mystery Thriller Writer

Courtney Psak is a mystery thriller writer whose novel The Tutor will release August 7th, 2025, with Hodder and Stoughton, with whom she’s signed a three-book deal. The follow-up thrillers are expected for release in 2026. Courtney graduated with a degree in Communications and Journalism from Monmouth University, followed with a master’s degree in Publishing from Pace University. She started her career writing for magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Self and Modern Bride. In 2015 she wrote her first novel, Thirty Days to Thirty, and sold thousands of copies while working as a project manager for Viacom in New York. Courtney currently lives in Palm Beach, Florida with her husband and two sons. She is a member of the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, the National Writers Association and the Mystery Writers of America. Connect with Courtney Official Website: CourtneyPsak.com Facebook: /Courtney.psak Instagram: @courtneypsak_ Grab a copy of The Hostess here- https://a.co/d/07lUGAqt [https://a.co/d/07lUGAqt]

Mark Stevens - From Reading Books to Writing Thrillers

The son of two librarians, Mark Stevens is the author of the Flynn Martin Thrillers Raised in Lincoln, Massachusetts, and has worked as a reporter, as a national television news producer and in public relations. The Fireballer (Lake Union, 2023) was named Best Baseball Novel by Twin Bill Literary Magazine and named one of Best Baseball Books of the Year by Spitball Magazine. His mystery novel Antler Dust was a Denver Post bestseller in 2007 and 2009. Buried by the Roan, Trapline, and Lake of Fire were all finalists for the Colorado Book Award (2012, 2015, and 2016, respectively). Trapline won the Colorado Book Award in 2016 and also received the best genre fiction award from Colorado Authors League. Stevens has had short stories published by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Mystery Tribune, and in Denver Noir (Akashic Books, 2022). In September 2016, Stevens was named Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers’ Writer of the Year, and again in 2023. Stevens hosts a regular podcast for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers and has served as president of the Rocky Mountain chapter for Mystery Writers of America. Stevens is also an avid reader and regularly shares his reviews. Today, Stevens lives in Mancos, Colorado. Grab a copy of Two Truths and a Lie- https://a.co/d/07PwbIDK [https://a.co/d/07PwbIDK]

Dr Adam Barsouk - Outsmarting Cancer

ADAM BARSOUK, MD is a resident-physician at the University of Pennsylvania. His articles about science, medicine, and policy have been featured in Forbes, Newsweek, Fox News, and Business Insider. Offering real-world, evidence-based strategies to reduce cancer risk, Outsmarting Cancer challenges us to think about how we can lessen its burden before it even begins. Grab a copy of Outsmarting Cancer here- https://a.co/d/07qHCdXD [https://a.co/d/07qHCdXD]

Marina Barones - True Luxury is Defined by Intention and How People are Made to Feel

Marina Baronas is a hospitality executive, mentor, and author whose life and work have unfolded across borders, kitchens, and dining rooms. With more than twenty-seven years of leadership experience in luxury food and beverage operations across the United States and Europe, she currently serves as Complex Director of Food and Beverage for The Don CeSar and Beach House Suites in Tampa Bay, Florida. Born in Germany and shaped by the cultural layers of Lithuania, Russia, and Azerbaijan, Marina immigrated to the United States in search of belonging, not as a destination, but as a practice. That search, for home, for identity, for meaning, became the foundation of both her leadership and her writing. She is the author of A New Life, A New Menu: An Almanac of Belonging, a lyrical memoir that explores food, exile, identity, and the invisible labor of service. Rooted in kitchens and dining rooms both remembered and real, the book reflects her belief that hospitality is not simply what we do for others, but how we choose to see them. Marina leads with empathy, rigor, and presence, advocating for people first leadership in environments where standards are high and care must be constant. Whether guiding future leaders or reflecting at her kitchen table, she believes true luxury is defined not by excess, but by intention, consistency, and how people are made to feel, both at work and in life. Grab a copy of A New Life, A New Menu: An Almanac of Belonging- https://a.co/d/01Po8jJr [https://a.co/d/01Po8jJr]

Darls Centola - Intersection of Celebrity, Religious Drama, and the Clinical Path to Reclaiming One’s Voice

Trauma therapist Darls Centola has written a unique, never-before-told story of young Michael Jackson and the relationship that changed both their lives, in FINDING TRUTH WITH MICHAEL: A Memoir of Friendship, Faith, and First Love. Grab a copy here- https://a.co/d/0geOjyf8 [https://a.co/d/0geOjyf8]