David Martin is the creator of Crittertude, a full-color photo webcomic series starring a ginger cat with time-travel problems, two mischievous ferrets, a flock of finches, and one very patient dog. Originally published online from 2009 to 2011, Crittertude captured a devoted fan base for its mix of humor, chaos, and heart. Now available in five collected volumes, the series continues to delight readers who love funny animal comics, graphic novels, and stories that celebrate the quirks of everyday pets.

Zaneta Varnado Johns, aka Zan Johns, is a Pushcart Prize nominee and 4-time bestselling author. After her 2020 debut book, Poetic Forecast topped Amazon's Bestseller List at #1 in six categories, she embraced her passion of creative expression and has not slowed down or looked back. She followed with two additional poetry collections: After the Rainbow (2022) and Encore (2023). Johns published the What Matters Journal, a Hot New Release on Amazon in July 2023.

Johns is a contributing author in the Women Speakers Association’s #1 international bestsellers Voices of the 21st Century: Resilient Women Who Rise and Make a Difference (2021), Voices of the 21st Century: Conscious Caring Women Who Make a Difference (2022), Voices of the 21st Century: Women Transforming the World (2023), and Voices of the 21st Century: Women Empowered Through Passion and Purpose (2024). Her poems are featured as the Dedication page in these collaborative books.

Believing that every word shared is an opportunity to love, Zan's writing offers hope as she stirs the reader’s consciousness about life and living. She is a truth-telling vessel of grace and light. She co-edited the Social Justice Inks and Dear Heart anthologies with publisher and poet Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld. She serves as an editor with the Fine Lines Literary Journal and administrator for the Passion of Poetry, a global online platform for emerging and esteemed poets. Johns contributes to numerous anthologies and international literary publications.

Johns left her hometown of Hammond, Louisiana to attend the University of Colorado where she also spent her twenty-nine-year administrative career. Johns was the lead human resources officer when she retired in 2007 after being named one of the University of Colorado's Women Who Make a Difference. Zaneta Johns resides in Westminster, Colorado, USA.

Jill Sharon Kimmelman who is a Pushcart Prize nominee in poetry & has been nominated for the Best Of the Net 2018. Her critically acclaimed poems & recitations of other poets’ work have garnered accolades, awards, & recognitions.

By earning her place in the global poetry community, Jill has been honored to receive select invitations to celebrated poetry events.

In October 2021 Jill was a participant in a United Nations sanctioned celebration of International Non Violence Day, an annual gathering of poets on the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi.

Individual poetic contributions on the shared theme of peace were compiled into an anthology, Songs of Peace. This will be available by the end of 2021.

Publication credits include:

Vita Brevis Press, Spillwords Press, Fine Lines, Love of Food magazine, Poetic Musings Ezine, Yasou! A Celebration Of Life Ezine, The Poet Magazine, ILA, The New York Parrot, Passion of Poetry, Patch Community News, Delaware Boots on the Ground.

Jill has contributed poems and editing skills to multiple anthologies since 2018. She regularly gifts cover texts for collections of poetry. She has her own playlist on YouTube where archived are her Sparrow Productions poetry videos. The poems, Let Peace In & The Stars I’m Wishing On became the lyrics for two original songs.

Jill’s passions include reading aloud with her husband Tim Little, a chosen pleasure they continue, despite their frequent, forced, health related separations. She enjoys live theatre, book discussions, & photography of food & flowers. She loves cooking from the heart & is never happier than when she has a “student” in the kitchen & her imagination soars.

Her love of cooking is evident throughout her poetry & in conversations.

She lives in Delaware, USA with her husband Tim, & is a proud mother of her son Jordan.