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.

Brian Van Norman

BRIAN VAN NORMANFrom the theatre stage to the open sea, my life has been an exploration of the human spirit. My writing examines the friction between who we are and the systems we build: past, present...

Andrew Hixson

Andrew Hixson was born in Barnet in 1958 and spent his formative years in North Finchley, where he attended school. After his education, Andrew embarked on a career working at the renowned Smith...

Oscar Starr

Oscar J. Starr III is a visionary entrepreneur, author, and thought leader dedicated to helping individuals and organizations redefine success on their own terms. As the founder and CEO of The GameCha...

Janus Nowak

Janus Nowak is an author and journalistic blogger with more than three decades of political experience. For many years, he was politically active at municipal, regional, and state level in Germany, in...

Carmen Janean

Carmen Janean is a trauma-informed guide, writer, and healer devoted to helping people reconnect with themselves after abuse, loss, and long seasons of survival. Her work weaves together nervous syste...

Chris Farmer

CHRIS FARMER is an international author. His last novel, Passing GO, was published in 2024 in Serbia and has sold all around the world.He was born and brought up in Iowa (US) and has lived in Saudi Ar...

Stephen Douglass

Born and raised in Canada, Stephen spent the first half of his career working for the two largest oil companies in the world: Exxon and royal Dutch Shell. He spent the second half working for one of t...

Tom Lane

Born and raised in a working-class neighborhood in Stockton, California, in the 1950s and 60s, T.B. spent four years in the US Navy during the Vietnam War aboard the aircraft carriers U.S.S. Oriskany ...

richard butcher

Richard Butcher has spent a lifetime in the fields of maritime logistics, and technology, having workedacross many regions of the world, it has allowed him a unique insight into different cultures and...

Peter Denison

Peter Denison was commissioned from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, into the Duke of Edinburgh's Royal Regiment. He resigned his commission in the rank of Captain in order to commence training ...

Wayne (W,Wm.Mee) pen name

I'm a retired English Literature / History teacher who has always loved a good story,Reading and writing them. I white in a number of genres: speculative , science and historical fiction, childr...

Jay Beacham

Books about geology, environmental health problems, poetry, learning languages, singing, adventure, and a re-useable coloring book.Dvd and cd recordings of original songs by myself and others and one ...

P.S. Winn

I sat down in 2013 to try to write one book. My crazy mind, combined with the characters speaking with me, instead had me writing 100 books in 13 years. I am from a place in northwest Montana, where t...

IG OLIVER

I.G. Oliver is a chef lecturer, hospitality educator, and award-winning author-illustrator of the magical fantasy series It’s a Kind of Maragic. With a career that spans royal kitchens, global class...

Ken Farmer

Ken Farmer named to the Hall of Fame for Western Writers Ken has written and released 54 novels to date. Has multiple Best-Sellers and has won ten top awards so far, including: Two Laramie Award...

John Turiano

John has published four novels, and a light camping guide base on his personal adventures. He just released the paranormal thriller, DARK PRESENCE, where a young woman is dealing with strange happenin...

Rich Agnello

Author of: Going to Williamsport (2023 Sports category Finalist--American Fiction Awards) Our Marian Pulpit: From a Lector's Soul HouseJojay and the Joy of Anyway (Quarterfinalist--2025 Scre...

John Rutherford

Watch RM Hive RecordingIt has always been a passion of mine to write. This is the right time in my life to sit down and pick up the pen. After years of traveling like a gypsy around this beautiful pla...

Debra Parmley

Debra Parmley is an adventurous, multi-genre author and world traveler who, after living for 23 years just outside Memphis, in Bartlett, suggested to her husband that they not wait for his retirement ...

Darnella Thomas

Hello, and welcome to my world of mystery and intrigue. I was raised in Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York. During my high school years, I developed a keen interest in writing poetry and short storie...