Voice Of Vashon

Zoe Hana Mikuta currently attends the University of Washington in Seattle, studying English with a creative writing focus. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where she developed a deep love of Muay Thai kickboxing and nurtured a slow and steady infatuation for fictional worlds. When she is not writing, Zoe can be found embroidering runes onto […]

Akshaya Raman fell in love with writing when she wrote her first story at the age of ten. Though she graduated from UC Davis with a degree in biology, she gave up pursuing a career in science to write books. She is a co-founder and contributor to Writer’s Block Party, a group blog about writing and […]

Carmelina Marchetta Author of Looking for Alibrandi, Saving Francesca, The Piper’s Son, Finnikin of the Rock, On the Jellicoe Road, Tell the Truth, Shame the Devil and more. Carmelina reminds me of S. E. Hinton, the author of The Outsiders, in that “much of her work draws from real life, including her adolescent experiences and observations of students.” […]

Shea Ernshaw is a NYT bestselling author and winner of the Oregon Book Award. Her books have been published in over twelve countries/languages, and her novels The Wicked Deep and Winterwood were Indie Next Picks. Her debut adult fiction novel A History of Wild Places will release in December of 2021. She lives in a small mountain town in Oregon, and […]

All of my interviews are amazing. That’s just the truth of it and very much why I have devoted myself to Prose, Poetry & Purpose for over seven years. Even my website was designed and paid for with the express goal of helping people in the world connect with my PP&P Guest Authors.  This interview, […]

Author of Gilded, The Lunar Chronicles, Heartless, Instant Karma & more In our far-flung world of internet crafted communities, it can sometimes be a surprise and a delight to find we are neighbors! Join me on Prose, Poetry & Purpose at 1pm on Tuesday to hear all about Marissa Meyer’s life, family and passions…as she […]

Samantha Cook is a fantasy author of dark and twisty adventures for young adults. Her books contain a slice of magic and a questionable serving of humour, so bear that in mind before taking a bite. She’s also a freelance developmental editor, a book reviewer, and an editorial assistant for medical professional titles. If she’s […]

Connor Akio Jordan, Chief of Staff of Project Regeneration Connor is the Chief of Staff of Project Regeneration, noted environmentalist Paul Hawken’s new nonprofit. He helped research and write Paul’s new book, Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation, and manages the organization supporting the mission of the book. Before joining Project Regeneration, Connor was a social […]

Melissa Welliver writes speculative fiction about how the End Of The World is never really the end of the world. After studying MA Creative Writing under Jeanette Winterson at the University of Manchester, she went on to complete Curtis Brown Creative’s Writing for Children course. Her work has listed in Bath Novel Award, Mslexia, the […]

  Carynn Bohley is the young adult author of YA fantasy Darkness Rise (published by Darkstroke Books) and several self-published works, her most recent publication being her NA time travel romance titled Out of Time. You can find more about her books at  https://carynnbohleyauthorsite.wordpress.com, and check out some of her comedic writing-related videos on her YouTube channel,  Inklings.  […]