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.

Kemma MarShall

Author of the acclaimed Hymns of Blue Hollow series, an epic 1940s Southern historical romance, Kemma Marshall calls North Carolina home. With family roots in the Appalachian hills, the stories of her...

Maryam Tabibzadeh

Maryam Tabibzadeh is an Iranian-American author known for her novels, poetry, and cultural writings. Her work often explores Persian history, romance, and social themes, including women’s rights. Al...

Tom Gormley

Born in northeastern Ohio, Tom grew up tossing newspapers, mowing the city park and cemetery and camping with his family in a tent trailer. Tooting a sax, banging a bass drum and running student counc...

Elena Dorothy Boulos Bowman

I am an author who writes in several genres including: futuristic science fiction, and mystery romance novels that have a touch of the paranormal running through them. I started writing fiction seriou...

Burton Venaas

I currently live in Tennessee and write stories like I like my nights; quiet, electric, and a very haunted around the edges. My work wanders the strange border country between beauty, dread, and insan...

John Steel

John Steel is a UK-based novelist whose debut thriller, Migrant Crisis, explores the collision between politics, human ambition, and the struggle for survival in a rapidly changing world.After a long ...

Michele van Rensburg

Michele van Rensburg was born and raised in Apartheid South Africa. She developed her social conscience through voluntary work in disadvantaged communities. She later moved to the United K...

Diane Ward

DG Ward is a retired creative who decided that “free time” should be filled with color, stories, and puzzles. Under the name The Things Needed, she creates children’s storybooks, Head Start lear...

Ronald Schulz

Teenage Runaway! One boy. One backpack. One shot at freedom. &n...

Brianna Snider

Brianna Snider has been on, in, or around the water her entire life. From the moment she was born she lived on a sailboat with her parents. Her passion is teaching kids about the ocean and how we can ...

Sally Austin

Skye Arden writes domestic psychological thrillers that crawl under your skin and stay there. Known for twisting plots, unreliable narrators, and haunting settings that feel like characters in their o...

Rev Dr Lawrence Boudreau

Rev Dr Lawrence Boudreau is the author of 18 books, Thank You for Your Service Now Die and Do You Really Know God and so much more. In addition to writing, I enjoy spending time with my church family ...

Birdman 313

Author of 14 poetry books and 4 poetry chap books. Poems of nature, inspirational, uplifting, and encouraging. Most of my poems are on videos from my travels on the west coast Youtube.com/AuthorPoetBi...

Glenn Smith

Glenn E. Smith was born in Bar Harbor, Maine, and raised in Malvern, Pennsylvania. He served in the United States Army Military Police in Korea and the continental United States, and with the United S...

Tina Boyd

Welcome to my story! My name is Tina Boyd, and as a mum, my journey has been anything but ordinary. In May 2025, I finally began writing the book I’d dreamed about for years—despite all the challe...

John Seegers

Born in New Jersey, John Seegers moved to Orlando, Florida, at age 20, driven by an adventurous spirit to start a new life. He found his calling in the hospitality industry, serving central Florida’...

Shirley Fedorak

Shirley Bear Fedorak has always been passionate about storytelling and began writing when she was a little girl growing up on a farm in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. She has traveled extensively and ...

Mel Drop

Mel Drop has been writing—and laughing—not necessarily in that order—since the day they were born. Although Mel loved creating stories from an early age, staying focused was a different challeng...

Michael O'Toole

I'm a freelance writer and editor, an author, and a digital nomad. As a writer, I have produced content and product descriptions for many clients over the years. I write blog posts on lifestyle and tr...

Nicole Gauder

Nicole is a spiritual alignment specialist and author of the Mental Health Series. She has authored a series of books designed to empower individuals with the tools and support they need to navigate t...