Ruth Santos — Illustrator


RUTH SANTOS — grew up in the beautiful Pacific Northwest in Vancouver, Washington.  She studied Illustration and Fine Art at Brigham Young University-Idaho and has always been exposed to and influenced by art. She loves to make colorful, fun digital art that all ages can enjoy.  Some of Ruth’s other interests are hiking with her […]

Jon Robert Howe– Author


Jon Robert Howe is first last, and always a seeker of truth who is happy to share — an educator experienced in multimedia ways to make learning memorable. He has been in turns a newspaper photographer, radio news broadcaster, professional Santa Claus, actor, video producer, musical playwright, graphic and Internet designer, marketing executive, innovative blogger […]

L. T. Downing — Author


L.T. Downing loves to frighten children. She resides in Heath, Texas with her family and keeps an attic full of the kind of creepy things that make her house a hit every Halloween. An award-winning author, Downing received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brigham Young University and a Master of Arts degree from Texas […]

Pat Bagley — Author and Illustrator


Patrick “Pat” Bagley (born 1956) is an American editorial cartoonist and journalist for The Salt Lake Tribune in Salt Lake City, Utah, and an author and illustrator of several books. Bagley was born in Salt Lake City and raised in Oceanside, California, where his father was mayor and his mother was a school teacher. Always […]

Shirlee H. Shields — Author


Shirlee H. Shields is the recipient of a B.S. Speech, a M.F.A., Theatre, U of U, and a Ph.D., Theatre, Speech and Cinema, BYU. She has given speech communication seminars to thousands of participants. Private students include political candidates, professionals, business executives, church and community leaders. She also is a playwright, director, and choreographer. She […]

James F. Oshust — Author


A native Ohioan, Jim Oshust is a forty-five year veteran of major sports and entertainment facility management. He has had operational management roles for two Olympic Games, the 1994 World Cup Soccer Championship, the 1998 New York based Goodwill Games and consultant on two other Olympic Games. An executive in the early professional soccer league […]

Robert Kirby — Author


Robert Kirby was born into a military family. After completing high school he served a two-year mission in Uruguay for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Upon his return he pursued a career in law enforcement with the Grantsville, Utah Police Department in 1978 and then the Springville, Utah police department in 1979. […]

Stephen Carter — Author


Stephen Carter has been a member of Readaholics Anonymous since age four when Mister M with the Munchy Mouth first entered his life. In an attempt to make his addiction to words profitable, Stephen worked as a full-time journalist for a few years before running off to Alaska to earn an MFA in creative writing […]