Steve Berry

Steve lives on the Georgia coast, where he still practices law after 27 years. He's also active in local politics, having served on the Camden County Board of Education and, currently, he's one of five members of the Camden County Board of Commissioners. And, of course, he writes. Quite a busy man. Click here for more

Maggie Carder-de Vries

Born in Charleston, South Carolina, second oldest in a family of six children she traveled extensively as an army brat and later on as an adult. An entrepreneur in the true sense owning numerous businesses until 2006 the idea of working seventy hours per week no longer appealed as the life style she and her husband Dutch desired. Now an almost perfect balance of writing, working part-time, spending quality and quantity time with grandson, Andrew and the rest of the family is what make her world a perfect place. She is presently working on a sequel to Amelia’s Secrets, is Group leader of the Florida Writers Association, Amelia Island Chapter and volunteer for the Amelia Island Book Island Festival. Click here for more

Annette Myers

Annette was born and raised in Fernandina Beach, Florida. She is a retired educator and community activist. Her career has included teaching school, high school guidance counselor, grant writing, consulting, and journalism. "The Shrinking Sands of an African American Beach" is her first published book.

Jan Johannes

In the early 1970's, he began work on a picture history of Nassau County, Florida.   That was his first venture into serious years of historic photo reproduction and research.  The book's title was Yesterday's Reflections, going on to five revised editions over the years. 

Roger Moore

Roger and his wife Edie retired to Amelia Island in 1990, where he has since enthusiastically photographed the abundance of natural beauty to be found on the island. His work is exhibited with other artists at the Island Art Association.

Ron Kurtz

Ron moved in 1994 from Lancaster, Pennsylvania to Amelia Island, where he served as a volunteer docent and member of the Board of Trustees of the Amelia Island Museum of History.

John Oberheu

John and his wife now reside in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. He has authored a large number of scientific articles, written and edited newsletters, and served as a Public Affairs Officer. As a freelance writer, he sold magazine and newspaper articles, wrote guest columnist articles, and published a 441-page memoir entitled Pour Salt on It's Tail.

G. H. Reynolds, III

Dr. G. W. Reynolds has been an educator for over 30 years. He has served as a teacher, coach and administrator. His doctoral research at the University of North Florida and his experiences with the pre-natal drug exposed children prompted him to write his novel, Sin City. Click here for more

Cara Curtin

Cara Curtin got her B.A. in English and promptly found a job as a copywriter at an advertising agency in Norfolk, Virginia. It took her three years of writing billable copy to discover that she was starving to death. She joined the Navy when the recruiter promised her a living wage.  When she completed Officer Training School, the Navy first sent her to Public Affairs School in Indianapolis and then to Pensacola, Florida, as a public affairs officer. Click here for more

Chuck Barrett

Chuck Barrett grew up in Panama City, Florida. After high school, he moved to Alabama for six years, which included attending Auburn University where he graduated with a degree in Aviation Management. He then took a job in Mississippi for three years flying charter, air ambulance, and flight instructing. He now resides in Northeast Florida where he has spent the last twenty-five years as an air traffic controller. Click here for more

Jane Marie Malcolm

Amelia Island, Florida's Jane Marie is the most gracious person on the Internet. She touches lives with her short stories, articles, and The Goodbye Lie historic series, all available on her 800 plus page website, www.GraciousJaneMarie.com.
Jane Marie is a proud member of the American Legion Auxiliary, Florida Writers Association, Inc., the Amelia Island Museum of History, and the General Duncan Lamont Clinch Historical Society of Amelia Island. She has played handbells for 20 years. Click here for more

Carlla Cato

As a child in rural Georgia, Carlla loved nature, especially birds. Thus, she majored in biology and taught at Jeff Davis High School in Hazlehurst. She and her husband, Paul, along with their three children lived in this environmentally rich region of Georgia. Click here for more

Ron Miller

Ron Miller grew up in Lake City, Florida not far from the fabled Suwannee River. There, in the valley of the Suwannee, he explored, with his friends, the pine forest and gum swamps where he experienced many exciting adventures.

When he had children of his own Ron amused them with tales of his many exploits. That is what inspired him to write it all down. As a result, his first book, Horse Bones: 12 Tales of Secrets, Ghosts and Legends was born. Today he lives in Yulee, Fl with his wife Linda. Together they enjoy a “Brady bunch” family of nine children and nighteen grandchildren.click here for more

Nola Perez

Nola Perez grew up on Amelia Island, Florida, then lived for twenty years in Atlanta, Georgia, where she was a member of Walter Griffin's Poet Studio. She has been awarded a grant from the Georgia Council of the Arts and two grants from the City of Atlanta, Bureau of Cultural Affairs. She was a finalist in 1993 for the National Poetry Series and in 1998 the runner-up in the Anhinga Press Florida Poetry Series. In 1997 She won the Robert Pen Warren First Poetry prize (Vermont).Click here for more

Hal Mather

Hal Mather retired to Amelia Island after 25 years flying around the world, consulting and lecturing to a huge variety of manufacturing companies. He now spends his time on leisure pursuits, such as gardening and making radio control model ships, and volunteering, by tutoring teenagers in the mysteries of algebra and geometry.