Learn more about our authors!

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Castell, Maureen

Genre(s): Viking time travel romance, Fantasy
RWA Membership Level: PAN (Published Author Network)

Find me:
https://MaureenCastell.com
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100083216836346#

Maureen’s first book, “The Viking Who Fell Through Time”, won the 2024 Diamond Heart Award for speculative romance (as well as the award for best first book). Other books in the series include “The Viking’s Shadow Lady” and “A Viking in Atlantis”, and all can be ordered from your favourite bookstore in print or digital for Kindle, Kobo, or Nook. Look for the final book in the series, “The Viking Who Saved the Future”, in late 2025. Maureen lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Dickson, S.L.

Genre(s): Romantic Suspense, Contemporary Romance
RWA Membership Level: PPAN (Provisional Published Author Network)

Find me:
https://sldickson.com
https://www.amazon.com/S-L-Dickson/e/B07F2WQZHR

S.L. Dickson writes romantic suspense, mystery and contemporary romance. She focuses her stories in small towns and rural settings, although some of her characters are city dwellers. She is passionate about her writing with the support of her husband, Bill, family members, beloved friends, and all her writer friends.

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Feldberg, Lorraine (Lori)

Genre(s): Paranormal, fantasy and contemporary romance
RWA Membership Level: PPAN (Provisional Published Author Network)
Find me:
https://LoriFeldberg.com
https://RaineHughes.com
Lorraine (Lori) Feldberg writes under the pen name of Raine Hughes for her romances. Hughes writes down-to-earth romance from her home in Central Alberta. Of course, so does Feldberg with other genres, and like here, humor just keeps popping up. As do animals, since she grew up on a farm with numerous personable characters (oh, yeah, so were the humans, too). She can be seen at various Farmer’s Markets, mostly in the later part of the year.

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Gale, Lynn

Genre(s): sweet contemporary romance. Coming soon: sweet romance paired with cozy mystery, Amish romance
RWA Membership Level: PPAN (Provisional Published Author Network)
Find me:
https://lynngalewriter.com
https://www.facebook.com/LynnGaleWriter
https://www.instagram.com/lynngalewriter
https://www.bookbub.com/profile/lynn-gale

Lynn Gale (pen name Joanie Wilde) writes sweet contemporary romance, romantic cozy mystery, and Amish romance. Her stories are set in charming small towns, usually in Alberta. She also writes children’s picture books (with Alberta illustrator Jenn Anderson) and poetry. She was part of the CaRWA mentoring program, paired with author Katie O’Connor and credits the program for starting off her publishing successes. She spends her time between Spruce Grove, Alberta and Vancouver Island. She believes in love everlasting, magic, moon magic, and stillness.

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Kassian, Shelley

Genre(s): Fantasy, Romance, Romantasy
RWA Membership Level: PPAN (Provisional Published Author Network)
Find me:
https://shelleykassian.com
http://www.facebook.com/ShelleyKassianAuthor
https://www.instagram.com/shelleykassian/

The author of The Scarlett Mark and The Ebony Queen, Shelley Kassian appreciates the corridors of medieval history and in particular the Tudor period. She has visited the United Kingdom, touring many castles in her pursuit of story. When asked, Shelley assists novice writers in building fictional worlds and enjoys crafting her own stories into novel-length fiction. Shelley shares her life with her husband, adores her adult children, and lives in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

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Mackie, Lawna

Genre(s): Contemporary Romance, Paranormal, Fantasy, Erotica
RWA Membership Level: PPAN (Provisional Published Author Network)

Find me:
http://www.lawnamackie.com
https://www.facebook.com/lawnamackie
https://twitter.com/Lawnamackie

I’m a small town girl with big world dreams. I was born in Jasper, Alberta, and my parents were outdoor enthusiasts. My dad was an avid fisherman and I’m certain my mother was Mother Nature.

The love of my life is my husband. He, along with my animals are my inspiration for everything I write.

I live for romance, and truly believe true love conquers all. From an early age you could always find me with my nose buried in a romance novel—that hasn’t changed. I write various forms of romance from contemporary, paranormal and fantasy to erotica.

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O’Connor, Katie

Genre(s): Contemporary Romance: all heat levels but mostly sweetish. Romantic Suspense. Erotica. Erotic Romance. Coming soon: Cozy mystery
RWA Membership Level: PPAN (Provisional Published Author Network)

Find me:
https://katieohwrites.com
https://www.facebook.com/katieohwrites
https://www.bookbub.com/profile/katie-o-connor

Katie’s career path has been long and twisted, with most of her life devoted to her family. She’s been a waitress, chambermaid, cashier, store manager, as well as a lab and x-ray technician. She is an avid quilter and crafter.

She’s dabbled in writing since high school because something drives her to create stories. She swears that it’s impossible for her NOT to write. Unsatisfied with one genre, Katie writes in many. Recently, she’s crafted her first cozy mystery with the intention of publishing a paranormal cozy mystery series.

She believes in all things magical; including dragons, fairies, UFOs, ghosts, and house pixies. But most of all she believes in love, romance and hope.

Katie likes to make it up as she goes along and dreams of publishing a mixed genre novel. It is going to be an erotic, shape shifter, vampire, steampunk, sci-fi, murder mystery, adventure, romantic, western, historical, thriller. It will be her biography.

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O’Hara, Jan

Genre(s): contemporary romance, romantic comedy, and romantic women’s fiction
RWA Membership Level: PPAN (Provisional Published Author Network)

Find me:
http://janohara.net/
https://www.facebook.com/janohara.author
http://twitter.com/jan_ohara

A family-physician-turned writer, these days Jan O’Hara confines her healing tendencies to paper—after her characters first undergo a period of delicious torture, naturally. She lives in Alberta, Canada and is a columnist for the popular blog Writer Unboxed.

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Stengl, Suzanne

Genre(s): Sweet Contemporary Romance and Coming of Age
RWA Membership Level: PAN (Published Author Network)

Find me:
https://SuzanneStengl.com
https://www.facebook.com/SuzanneStenglAuthor

Suzanne Stengl writes a blend of sweet romance and coming of age. When she isn’t at her keyboard, she enjoys the quiet meditation of yoga, and skiing and hiking in the Rockies. She’s also a pretty good line dancer . . . and a very poor euchre player.

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Westerling, A. M.

Genre(s): Historical Romance
RWA Membership Level: PAN (Published Author Network)
Find me:
http://www.amwesterling.com/
http://www.facebook.com/A.M.Westerling
http://www.twitter.com/AMWesterling

“From vikings to viscounts, join the adventure, live the romance.”

A.M.Westerling started writing historical romance because she couldn’t find the kinds of fun stories she enjoyed. A former engineer, she is a member of the Romance Writers of America and active in her local chapter. As well as writing, she enjoys cooking, gardening, camping, yoga, and watching pro sports. She lives in Calgary, Canada.