A deep and unsettling desire to see the world from a more fairer, compassionate and cooperating lens than the current competitive, exploitative and self-boasting lens that seems drive a lot of public policy, social welfare and personal philosophy schools.

My latest book, titled "Silver Lining of the Ninth Cloud" is the story of an ambitious and brilliant software engineer, Praneeta Upadhyay, whose life is upended after she lands her dream job and the inciting series of incidents stems from a toxic work culture at her new workplace which quite sooner, snowballs into an existential crisis for her. The rest of it is the story of how she chooses to confront and deal with the crisis and how does she emerge out of it, if at all she does.

I have always been drawn to stories that explore the things people hide, the experiences that shape them and the possibility that there may be more to our world than we understand. My background in journalism and public-sector communications has brought me into contact with complex social issues and real human experiences, which often inspire the emotional themes in my fiction. Writing allows me to explore those themes through mystery and the supernatural, creating stories that entertain readers while also leaving them with something deeper to think about.

My latest book, Ghosted, is a supernatural mystery built around a very modern experience: being suddenly abandoned by someone you have met online. It follows a divorced man trying to rebuild his life through dating apps. When women he has been talking to begin disappearing without explanation, he initially assumes he has simply been ghosted. Gradually, however, he discovers that the truth is far stranger than rejection: the women contacting him are dead. What begins as a story about loneliness, dating and emotional disconnection develops into something much more supernatural. As he learns why these women have reached out to him, he is forced to decide whether he will retreat from life again or help them find the answers they were denied. At its heart, Ghosted is about people who disappear, the damage they leave behind and the importance of choosing not to disappear from the lives of those who still need us.

Starting at a young age, as I read books, I always imagined different variations, different stories, different ideas. Reading, in other words, made me envision telling stories myself, which of course led to a desire to write stories of my own. Through the years, that has evolved from simply wanting to tell stories to wanting to explore ideas and eventually into sharing experiences and knowledge. My inspiration to write was never one thing - it has been a constantly growing and expanding process of understanding that I strive to discover words to share with others.

The latest book I am working on continues the saga of the Godslayer Cycle. Unlike the first three books in the series though, the fourth book is an Interlude - a break in the series devoted to devoping the backstory of the series characters. The Godslayer Cycle was always designed to be a trilogy of trilogies, separated by a two interludes. This book, Bracken, is the first of the two planned interludes, calling upon the outcast dwarf to return to his roots, and along the way better understand his true purpose in his own history.

I was fond of reading many good authors. I suppose that after my retirement from service, the hidden inspiration to write welled up.

It is a drama. My first drama! It was inspired by the last chapter of my own first novel, Jestus.

I was in the closet for 35 years and I needed an outlet so I wrote LGBTQ Books.

It's about a detective from the south wales Valleys who travels to west Virginia to investigate a case concerning werewolves and torn apart dead bodies.

I started creative writing in high school, and by college, my English professors were telling me that if I didn't pursue a career in writing, that I'd be missing my true calling. Well, I didn't listen, even though I love writing, and I had to pursue the almighty dollar first.

The Maisie Farnborough series is about a girl who is trafficked from the age of five. What nobody knows, is exactly how smart she is! She's secretly dumpster-diving at night any time she's left alone, finding textbooks at the high school, and all kinds of books and magazines from other people's trash. She learns chemistry, algebra, physics - and her favorite - neopolitan magazines of the rich and famous, travel, food, and botanics. She never seems to forget anything she learns. She will use her smarts, her furious determination, and her amazing will to love those around her, to escape the evil monsters that have held her under lock and key. It's a wild ride!!

My father had been in the printing industry all his life, and he was my biggest inspiration for becoming a writer. He instilled in me and my siblings the habit of keeping a daily journal, and two of my earlier books were inspired by chapters I had already written in my journals. What began in 2018 with my first book, which was largely based on my journals, has now grown into a journey of 15 books across a variety of genres.

Camera on His Shoulder is neo-noir detective odyssey set in 1980s India, where perception bleeds into betrayal. As Detective Shah unravels a labyrinth of forgeries, smuggling rings, and false identities trailing a missing woman's cryptic path, the watcher's gaze proves pivotal in piercing the mystery.

I started very late. I am fast approaching retirement here in Spain.

I have a type of neurodivergence that has caused me problems all my working life. Now, finally I am free of all the distractions and mental health problems that plagued me so much. My mind is clear, and I have time for artistic pursuits, including writing. Not long ago I had an idea for a book and just started typing.

I’ve always loved writing and making up stories, probably since I learned to write. Of course, back then, I never seemed to stick to the same subject long enough to actually finish anything.

My latest book is still in the works. I’ve had an idea for a while that was inspired by Stephen King’s Needful Things. It started out that way anyway. And somehow it now includes a shapeshifter. I’ll be honest. I’ve kind of hit a wall with it when it comes to numerous plot points and elements. I love the shapeshifter idea and several of the scenes, but it doesn’t really fit with the theme that I started out following.

Writing came as naturally to me as breathing. From as early as I can remember, my parents introduced me to books. They recited poetry and read me stories and plays; not just any story, but great literary pieces like the works of Longfellow, Wadsworth, Shakespeare, and Dickens. So as soon as I could read and write for myself, I began trying to write poems like the ones I had heard. At six years old, one of my poems was published in my Primary School's Christmas magazine. I have been writing ever since.

My latest book is my most personal piece of work yet. It is a memoir about my family's struggle with the ugly reality of Dementia. For five decades, members of my family, beginning with my grandmother, have been affected, and I talk about the experiences and what it has been like for other family members who have served as caregivers and me.