Vicki Vass

Vicki Vass traded in her reporter's notebook to write the near-real adventures of her two best friends in the Antique Hunters Mystery series. The first book in the series, Murder for Sale, was a finalist in the Mystery and Mayhem contest.

As a journalist, Vicki wrote more than 1,500 articles for the Chicago Tribune and has contributed regularly to business trade publications, healthcare and university websites. She developed the entertainment and telecommunications channel for the two-time Webby-award winning website, HowStuffWorks.com. Two years ago, she fled the snow to move to Greenville. Her first screenplay, Christmas at the Grey Horse Inn, is currently in production, scheduled for a November 2021 release.

When not writing, she can be found reading on her back porch which overlooks Glassy Mountain in the beautiful Upstate.

Juliet Peay

Juliet is a freelance writer and Greenville native. From journaling as a kid to getting her degree in Journalism, she's always found a story to write about. For her corporate clients she writes websites, sales pages, emails, blogs, and articles - some that landed in Forbes. When she isn't writing, you can find her networking in Greenville, enjoying the outdoors, and going to book club. Juliet can be found at yeahthatwriter.com.

Evan P. Smith

Evan Peter Smith is a reporter and writer from Ohio specializing in longform narrative nonfiction. He currently works as a staff writer for Greenville Journal and Upstate Business Journal. His writing has appeared in Forbes, the Claremont Review of Books, USA Today, and is upcoming in TOWN Magazine. He has just completed his first nonfiction book, I Buried My Love in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Laura L. Mariani

Laura L. Mariani worked as a writer, editor and corporate communications professional at three top companies in the San Francisco Bay Area: Intel, Visa, and Intuit. With nearly 20 years of experience writing and editing corporate, technical and marketing content, Laura has crafted materials ranging from leader messaging, press releases and employee communications to white papers, e-books, blogs and other marketing documents. Her specialties include transforming existing content into fresh, new collateral; reviving stale content to reflect current corporate goals and branding; communicating complex concepts in plain and understandable language. Now a part-time freelancer in Greenville, SC, Laura earned a bachelor's degree in English from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in California.