Authors in Focus

Step into a curated space where select authors come into clear view. Authors in Focus highlights writers whose stories draw steady attention across ReadVana. Their books move through the discovery flow with purpose, gathering interest and shaping conversations among readers.

Just as a beam of light breaks through the forest canopy, these authors stand out for their engaging storytelling, creative vision, and growing presence. Explore their work, follow their journeys, and discover books that stay with you long after the last page.

Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy is a lifelong resident of Massachusetts with a distinguished career as in investigator in both the public and private sector. And while he does use all that he’s learned about the hum...

Tola Lone

Fantasy, mystery, sci-fi and speculative fiction author. Also has fun designing own book covers and other digital art.

James Becher

Born in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, I was an avid reader in his youth, especially interested in other time periods. In Jr. College, I won second prize in a contest with the Biblical short story, Be...

Anthony James Lyons

Anthony James Lyons is the author of the Legacy Series, a sweeping exploration of Britain's history through the eyes of those who arrived, stayed, resisted, loved, and built—wave after wave of...

Hugh C.N. Miller

Hugh C.N. Miller is a contemporary South African science fiction author, graphic designer, and web developer based in Johannesburg. He is best known for his work exploring themes of artificial intelli...

Dr.Amrita Basu

Doctor,Author,Blogger,Artist

LaTasha Vines

LaTasha D. Vines is a nurse practitioner, author, and wellness advocate whose work blends storytelling, healing, and empowerment. Drawing from her professional background in healthcare and her persona...

Geraldine Anderson

Friends call me Geri, (or Dove, due to my inherent passion for doves).I grew up in Southern California where I experienced city lifestyles from San Diego to Santa Barbara, the serene whispering ...

Larry Wasion

Larry Wasion is the author of the critically acclaimed five-book Jump Gate Series. He has been published in assorted magazines and featured in the recently published Amazing Robots!! Anthology. A life...

ann birdgenaw

Aurora Award nominee for Best Young Adult Novel - Ka'Azula, (2023) and retired librarian. Ann always wanted to write a book of her own. She was inspired to write this story by a strange beeping coming...

Kim Lee

Kim Lee, CEO of HealthcAIre, is a former Chief Marketing & Digital Officer, Executive Creative Director. A recipient of 30+ global marketing and advertising awards, she wrote her first book - a me...

Owen Clough

Leaving school at the age of fourteen, Owen travelled around New Zealand on a working holiday. Then, at the age of seventeen, he joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force, where he served for eleven year...

James Parker

Every now and then James has a vision. And, when he does, he see's people and places off in the misty distance. Sometimes these visions are futuristic and filled with danger. Most often they are mysti...

Kevin Frank

Kevin is a Chief People & Culture Officer with over 20 years of progressive, humanistic, and impactful leadership experience, bringing his own flavor of the Human Resources discipline (an outdated...

Alex Pearl

Alex is the author of four novels, two works of non-fiction, and has contributed to three anthologies. His first novel, Sleeping with the Blackbirds, a darkly humorous urban fantasy, written for ...

HAMID LEGHLID

Former electronics & computer scientist (from the 80s) whose career. is eventful (information system, electronic maintenance, network maintenance, trainer, psychopedagog ,etc.) and evolved by a mu...

doug oudin

Doug Oudin is a former Harbormaster on Catalina Island, California. Having lived on the Island for 32 years, he wrote 2 books, one his memoir from the Island, 'Between Two Harbors', the other a ...

Christopher Hudson

As on-and-off denizen of cubeville, I have written and produced many corporate videos and marketing projects. As an author, I have two published books, NORTHERN CROSS and HEADWIND, and a couple...

Jim DeFilippi

Jim DeFilippi (The Mules of Monte Cassino, Duck Alley, Blood Sugar) is a prolific and eccentric American author with forty-five books and over two and a half million words still in print. www.ji...

Oriano Galvanini

In the 1960s, I spent several years sailing on steamships as a radio officer. Later, due to other activities, I spent much of my life abroad. When I decided to permanently moor myself on shore, I reti...