Gaithersburg Book Festival (2018) -- Stoni Alexander, Denny S. Bryce, Tracey Livesay, Kelly Maher, Alisha Rai:
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Fiction
Contemporary Romance
On the day of the royal wedding, join our panel of contemporary romance authors as they discuss crafting princely heroes and happily ever afters.
Moderated by Denny S. Bryce.
Stoni Alexander
Stoni Alexander writes romance novels about tortured alpha males and independent, strong-willed females. Her passion is creating love stories where the hero and heroine help each other through a crisis so that, in the end, they’re equal partners in more ways than love alone. Her most recent book is “The Loving Touch: Book Three of The Touch Series.”
In a previous life, she appeared in numerous television, film and stage productions before transitioning to a successful career in business. Stoni spent her childhood moving around like a gypsy and appreciates her deep-seated roots in the Washington, D.C., metro area. She’s married to the love of her life, is an überproud football mom, and dreams of the day when her muse will inspire her at will.
Denny S. Bryce
Denny Bryce writes historical fiction, romantic suspense, and paranormal romance. She is a regular contributor to USA Today‘s Happy Ever After blog with a monthly column on fan fiction, book boyfriends and girlfriends, too, and recaps “Outlander” on STARZ. Denny was a 2016 RWA Golden Heart finalist in historical romance and a 2014 Golden Heart] winner in romantic suspense.
Denny is member of the Romance Writers of America (RWA), Washington Romance Writers (WRW-DC), Maryland Romance Writers (MRW), RWA Kiss of Death (KOD) and CIMRWA. She is the 2018-19 PRO Advisor to the RWA Board of Directors.
Tracey Livesay
Tracey Livesay’s latest release is “Love Will Always Remember” (Avon/HarperCollins). She writes smart, sexy and emotional contemporary romances where strong, successful heroines find love with powerful, passionate heroes. She’s been featured in Entertainment Weekly, The Washington Post and on CBS This Morning. A former criminal defense attorney, she finds crafting believable happily ever afters slightly more challenging than protecting our constitutional rights, but she’s never regretted following her heart instead of her law degree. Tracey lives in Virginia with her husband-who she met on the very first day of law school–and their three children.
Kelly Maher
Kelly Maher is the author of the hot contemporary romance series “Capital Kisses,” of which “The Bridesmaid and the Hurricane” is the latest novel. She also is a contributor to the “Rogue” series of anthologies. When she’s not writing or playing on social media, she works as a librarian at a federal library in Washington, D.C. She has used her librarian alter ego’s skills with matching readers to their next favorite story to write a book for authors on improving their marketing techniques.
Alisha Rai
Alisha Rai pens award-winning sexy contemporary romances and is the first author to have an indie-published book appear on The Washington Post’s annual Best Books list. Her books have also been named Best Books of the Year by NPR, Vulture, Entertainment Weekly, Amazon, Kirkus, Bustle and Cosmopolitan Magazine and her novels have won the RT Reviewer’s Choice Award.
She spends most of her time dreaming up sexy heroes and heroines, traveling and tweeting.
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