On Book: Emerald City Romance

NWTheatre August 16, 2024August 22, 2024

Coinciding with Bookstore Romance Day (August 17), Seattle’s first annual Emerald City Romance Author & Reader Event brings dozens of romance authors together in one place.

It’s a space designed to celebrate the romance genre, where fans can chat with the authors, find new favorites at the book fair, design some on-theme tattoo art, and more; hosted by Emerald City Romance Writers. Read on for author and vendor bios below.

At South Seattle College (West Seattle); see event info and get tickets here.

Read about other Romance Day festivities and great romance picks here.

Authors Scheduled to Attend

Annabeth Albert

Annabeth Albert is a multi-published Pacific Northwest romance writer. Emotionally complex, sexy, and funny stories are her favorites both to read and to write. Fans of quirky, Oregon-set books as well as those who enjoy military heroes will want to check out her many series. Her critically acclaimed and fan-favorite LGBTQ romances include the True Colors, A-List Security, Safe Harbor, Out of Uniform, and other series along with several stand-alone titles. Her fan group, Annabeth’s Angels, on Facebook is a great place for bonus content and exclusive contests.

Anna Alkire

Anna Alkire has been a long-term college student, a business owner, and a world traveler. Now “settled” — with a sigh and a cup of decaf — Anna lives in Washington state, where she splits her time between a husband who thinks the North Pole would be a great place to live, chasing her hurricane of a son, learning new handicrafts, and creating worlds full of the kind of romance and fun she most wants to read.

Jennifer Bardsley

Jennifer Bardsley believes in friendship, true love, and the everlasting power of books. A graduate of Stanford University, she lives in Edmonds, Washington, with her husband and two children. Bardsley’s column, I Brake for Moms, appeared in the Everett Herald for eleven years. She also writes young adult paranormal romance under the pen name Louise Cypress. When Bardsley is not writing books or experimenting with her latest kitchen appliance, you can find her walking from her house to the beach every chance she gets.

Mindi Briar

Mindi Briar is the author of the Halcyon Universe sci-fi romance series. She lives in the Seattle area with her husband and three cats, two of whom are named after punctuation marks. She will be your friend if you offer tea, or if you want to talk about Star Wars.

Stephanie K. Clemens

Stephanie K. Clemens is known for many things: an author, photographer, dog mom, instagrammer, adventurer, teacher, lawyer, and more. When she’s not sitting behind her laptop she can be found on some adventure. Most of the time it’s a road trip with her two doggos, but recently it has been in the pages of a book.

Jill Corddry

Jill Corddry started telling stories at an early age and hasn’t stopped since. These days, Jill writes in between taking care of twin boys and dodging rain in the Pacific Northwest. She has three books published (so far!) and her short stories have appeared in numerous anthologies. She’s a member of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association and the California Writers Club.

Calliope Daniels

Calli is a world traveler, total emo nerd, and baker of all the sweet things. Writing is her second love, after pastries and lattes, of course. She is a former Washingtonian, having lived in the Tri-Cities and Kitsap County, but she currently resides in Southeast Alaska.

Irene Davis

Irene Davis was raised in the wilds of Alaska, where she spent winter nights huddled in bed reading fairy tales. She has since lived on three different continents and read many, many more fairy tales while also collecting a surprising amount of knowledge about salmon, Soviet animation, and improvised self defense weapons. Currently, she can be found in a Seattle coffee shop, where she works on novels in between research rabbit holes and conversations with strangers about how handsome her dog is.

Patricia D. Eddy

Patricia D. Eddy is a USA Today bestselling author who writes romance for the beautifully broken. Fueled by coffee, wine, and Doctor Who episodes on repeat, she brings damaged heroes and heroines together to find their happy ever afters in many different worlds. From military to paranormal to BDSM, her characters are unstoppable forces colliding with such heat, sparks always fly. Patricia makes her home in Seattle with her husband and very spoiled cats, and when she’s not writing, she loves working on home improvement projects, especially if they involve power tools. Her award-winning Away From Keyboard series will always be her first love, because that’s where she realized the characters in her head were telling their own stories — and she was just writing them down.

Kristine Endsley

Kristine Endsley lives across the water from Seattle with her husband and two boys. She has two lazy old dogs and two crazy kitties. She occasionally drags her family on a ferry for a Seattle Sounders game, unless her sister is available. Kristine graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor’s of Science in environmental science.

Tori Fields

Tori Fields is the pen name for when Brianna Malotke writes sweet and steamy romance stories. Under her real name she has numerous poems, drabbles, and short stories in over fifteen anthologies. In 2022 her poetry collection, Don’t Cry on Cashmere, was published by Ravens Quoth Press. During October 2023 she was a “Writer in Residence” at the Chateau d’Orquevaux in France. Her romance series, Sugar & Steam, is published with Last Chapter Press. Her latest novella, Pampered in Paris, was released in July 2024. Her upcoming series, Ink & Love, will have its first book out this coming November.

Tessa Floreano

Tessa Floreano writes tales about the history of Italians, both real and imagined, set in Europe, the Pacific Northwest, and points in between. Her debut novella, Slain Over Spumoni, won First Place in the Short Story contest at Chanticleer International Book Awards. Her first nonfiction book, Italians in the Pacific Northwest, won First Place Nellie Bly Award in the Journalistic Nonfiction category at Chanticleer. Her novel, Matrimony and Murder in the Castello, is an Edwardian-era romantic mystery set in a northern Italian castle in 1899 and will be released Fall 2024.

Mason Frost

Mason Frost grew up in a small town in the PNW and Alaska. He grew up reading Fantasy and Greek Mythology. Mason and one of his close friends in Alaska joined together to write multiple stories during High School. Since high school, Mason has continued writing while living in Mexico and the West Coast. Mason finally took the leap into writing to publish when the pandemic started. At the beginning of the pandemic, Mason Frost fell in love with the Romance Book World by listening to multiple books by some of his favorite authors in the Romance world.

R.L. Geer-Robbins

Author of The Raven Society, R.L. Geer-Robbins, is a reader, veteran, blogger, and self-proclaimed coffee connoisseur. Over the course of her 20+ years serving in the U.S. Army, she had the privilege of visiting distant locations that were once only a speck on a map. It was during these journeys that she uncovered the influence of myths, folk tales, and oral histories. This ignited her passion for history and preservation, prompting her to pursue further education in the field. Now, she writes to rekindle and unveil stories and truths that have long been forgotten by the pages of time.

Laurel Greer

USA Today bestselling author Laurel Greer writes about all the ways love can change people for the better, especially when messy families and charming small towns are involved. She lives outside of Vancouver, BC with her law-talking husband and two daughters and is never far from a cup of tea, a good book, or the ocean — preferably all three.

Gabbi Grey

USA Today Bestselling author Gabbi Grey lives in beautiful British Columbia where her fur baby chin-poo keeps her safe from the nasty neighborhood squirrels. Working for the government by day, she spends her early mornings writing contemporary, gay, sweet, and dark erotic BDSM romances. While she firmly believes in happy endings, she also believes in making her characters suffer before finding their true love. She also writes m/f romances as Gabbi Black and Gabbi Powell.

Heather Greye

Heather is the author of the Stroke of Midnight series, sci-fi romances set in near future Seattle. She lives in Seattle with her husband and two cats. When she’s not writing, she reads, travels, tries a new recipe, or enjoys a quiet cup of tea.

Sonja Griffing

Sonja loves everything romance and everything funny. She really loves it when those are squished together, which is why there is always an element of humor in her books. She believes that every character has a story, that every person gets to hold space, and that every day needs a little bit of love. Sonja also, apparently, likes the word every. It happens. If you read her books, you’ll likely find the number 10 a lot.

Jaycee Jarvis

Jaycee Jarvis writes romantasy full of epic magic and steamy emotionally satisfying romance. The Hands of Destin series is perfect for fans of found family, strong women, and snarky animal familiars. When not lost in worlds of her own creation, Jaycee resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, three children and two opinionated cats.

Robin Jeffrey

Robin Jeffrey lives happily with her husband and their out of control comic book collection in the PNW. She is the author of the urban fantasy series The Night, as well as the author of the mystery series The Cadence Turing Mysteries. When not writing, Robin teaches writing workshops.

Kerry Kilpatrick

When Kerry Kilpatrick isn’t reading stories about swoon-worthy men, she’s writing her own. Long stretches of writing procrastination are interrupted by her husband and cats. When time permits, she enjoys strolling (never hiking), burning dinner, and interacting with readers and writers of gay romance online.

Lessa Lamb

Being a narrator is literally Lessa’s dream job. She started narrating occasionally in 2014, went full-time in 2017, and now has more than 100 titles under her belt — and is well on her way to a hundred more. Her goal as a narrator is to render the content in so enthralling a manner that even its creator becomes engrossed in listening to their work. She hopes to transport every listener as fully as possible into the author’s creative vision. She plans to do this work until she can no longer speak, which will hopefully be quite some time.

Augustine Lang

I write Regency romances in which the men act like gentlemen … even when they’re not. My books are a little bit sweet, a little bit sexy, and a little bit funny, with a happily-ever-after guaranteed.

Matilda Lockwood

Matilda Lockwood is a historical romance author and illustrator living in a small town an hour from Seattle by ferryboat. She enjoys penning characters who draw strength from creativity. When not writing or sketching, she can be found frying up eggs from her backyard chickens for her family, reading in the woods, or swimming in nearby Puget Sound.

Andrea Louise

Andrea Louise was born in California and has lived in New Mexico, Texas, and New York before settling in the Great Northwest State of Washington. She enjoys outdoor activities like bike rides and long nature walks. Her main joy is her husband and three children. Although her background is in Accounting, she felt an irresistible inspiration to write her first novel, Pam Meets the Ancients, a story that vividly unfolded in her mind from start to finish.

Annie Marcus

Annie Marcus lives in Seattle with her handsome husband, energetic son, and the best dog girl ever.
She grew up in rural Minnesota and has spent her adult life in the Pacific Northwest. Like her main female character from Small Town Romance, she owns a farm-to-table flower business. Annie looks forward to publishing a novel for each of the five Wescott siblings and is currently working on her next book while she prepares to publish her next Small Town Romance.

Edwina Martin-Arnold

I love writing romance because I am spellbound by the subject, and I want my readers to see Black women falling hopelessly in love. Come escape into a wonderful world with me!

Coral Alejandra Moore

Coral Alejandra Moore writes character driven stories of connection and triumph. All of her books are kissing books. Currently she lives in the beautiful state of Washington with the love of her life and a dangerously smart Catahoula Leopard Dog where she rides motorcycles, raises chickens, and drinks all the coffee.

Eva Moore

Eva Moore writes sexy contemporary romances featuring compelling characters finding love in the modern world. Pulling up her Chicagoland roots, she has chased adventures around the globe, with stints in France and Singapore. Eva now lives in California (at the wine end, not the movie end) with her college sweetheart and three gorgeous kiddos. She loves hearing from the outside world while she’s hiding in her writing cave/she shed.

K. L. Parsons

Love by a Landslide is K. L. Parsons’s debut novel. When she isn’t writing sexy, swoon-worthy romcoms, she can be found hiking, rock climbing, and generally exploring the natural wonders of the Pacific Northwest. She lives among the lush evergreens of Washington State with her husband and son.

Lynne Hancock Pearson

Lynne Hancock Pearson writes fun, flirty, feel-good fiction that simmers at a low heat. She grew up in a family of book nerds, wooed her husband with her library card, and her children never leave home without a book. She lives near Seattle with three finicky felines, two towering offspring, and one long-suffering husband. She is a left-handed middle child who grew up in the Great White North and is a proud member of the Métis Nation of Canada.

Kelly Reynolds

By day, Kelly Reynolds works primarily as a freelance writer, professor, and author’s assistant. By night, she hosts the comedic romance novel review podcast, Boobies & Noobies. Since receiving her MFA in Screenwriting in 2016, she’s worked with several casting, development, and production companies and contributed to programs appearing on such networks as MTV, ABC, Hallmark, GSN and Netflix. Originally hailing from the San Francisco Bay Area, she currently lives in Portland, Oregon and spends the bulk of her time dreaming up sexy romcoms about fierce, fat girls falling in love.

Sonya Rhen

Sonya Rhen is the author of the Shredded Orphans series of humorous science fiction novels, as well as short stories, romance and poetry. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and two children. They share their home with an anxious but clever dog. She loves things that make her laugh and is always on the lookout for the perfect French Dip sandwich. When she’s not writing you might find her dancing.

E.L. Roux

E.L. Roux is a Science Fiction and Fantasy Romance author who writes about finding love in all the wrong places. E.L. uses their knowledge on everything from prosthetics to the sport of fencing, to weave together complex romances you can’t put down. E.L. Roux lives in Washington State with their artistically inclined family, an indoor street cat, and a terror of a Boston Terrier.

Becca Ryden

Becca Ryden writes romantasy packed with swords, magic and the occasional mooing cow. Her characters are real, usually have a dark background, and are always looking for love, even if they don’t know it yet. Whether it be a high stakes chase or a fight for the last cookie, action lives in every scene. Becca has been writing since she was old enough to type, but with years of military service to temper her skills, her stories are more than fiction — they’re a possible reality. When not writing books, you’ll find Becca playing with her fur babies, running from a spider, or saving the universe, one NPC at a time.

Gretchen S.B.

Gretchen spawned in the Puget Sound region. After some wandering she returned there and now lives with her husband and the daintiest Rottweiler on the planet. When not drowning herself in coffee, as is custom in the Greater Seattle Area, Gretchen can be found at her day job or sitting at her desk in the home office, flailing her arms as she dictates to her computer.

Justin Schuelke

I’m a Washingtonian living in the greater Seattle area with my husband, James, and our cat, Vincent. I am an author who graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in — wait for it — English. When I’m not writing, I enjoy games of all kinds: board games, roleplaying games, video games, computer games, phone games … you name it, I’ll play it!

Amanda Shelley

Amanda Shelley writes romantic stories you can escape into. Some are steamy, others are sweet but all have strong characters with a little bit of sass. When not writing, Amanda enjoys time with her family, playing chauffeur, chef and being an enthusiastic fan for her children. Keeping up with them keeps her alert and grounded in reality. She enjoys long car rides, chai lattes and popping her SUV into four-wheel drive for adventures anywhere. Amanda loves hearing from readers. Be sure to sign up for her newsletter and follow her on social media. Join her reader’s group Amanda’s Army of Readers to stay up to date on her latest information.

Jasmine Silvera

Jasmine Silvera spent her impressionable years sneaking “kissing books” between graphic novels and fantasy movies. She’s been mixing them up in her writing ever since. A former yoga teacher and occasional cellist, she is the author of the fantasy romance series Grace Bloods and the Tooth & Spell Trilogy. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family.

Christina Sol

Christina Sol is an award-winning author who writes what she loves to read — romance books filled with heart, heat, and suspense. When she’s not writing, reading, or knitting, she’s watching football or fueling her planner, sticker, and washi-tape obsession. She lives in the inland Pacific Northwest with her husband and two kids.

Jesikah Sudin

Jesikah Sudin is a multi-award winning Fae Romantasy, Dystopian Punk Lit, and Historical Fantasy writer, a mom of three nerdlets, a faeriecore and elfpunk geek, tree hugger, nature photographer, and a helpless romantic who married her insta-love high school sweetheart. In addition to her family, she shares her home in Seattle, Washington with a rambunctious husky-chi and a collection of Doc Martens boots. She is addicted to coffee, GIFs, memes, potatoes, cheese, kilts, mossy forests, eyeliner on men, and artsy indie alt rock.

Chelsey Ann Tompkins

Chelsey Ann Tompkins was born a storyteller, specializing in tales of love and soulful romance. Her adolescence was spent reading countless historical romance novels, along with the classics by Jane Austen. However, Jane Eyre will always remain her favorite. When she is not dreaming up heartbreaking romance stories, you can find her brewing yet another vanilla latte, taking her kids to the park, quilting, or reading while indulging in the blissful silence a bubble bath provides. She resides near Seattle with her husband and two children. A Conduit of Light Series is her first series.

Lore Townsend

A pacific northwest girl through and through, Lore lives on Whidbey Island with her husband. She enjoys cloudy weather (thank goodness), watching the hummingbirds in her forest yard, and listening to dirty audiobooks in public while trying to keep a straight face. Expect the unexpected in a Lore Townsend romance novel, from unusual spicy situations to emotional character conflicts that have you rooting for love to win. Once you dive in, you’ll find that every character has a secret to hide.

Brittany Tucker

Brittany Tucker lives on Camano Island with her husband, daughter, a menagerie of fur and scaley children, and her imagination. She prefers generic cereal, collects tattoos and action figures, and was in the top 5% on the planet for ships sunk in Assassin’s Creed III. Brittany also likes to write books from time to time. (Kidding, all the time.)

Nicola Tyche

Nicola is the author of the bestselling romantic fantasy trilogy, Crowns. Suspenseful plot twists, strong heroines, complex men, and melt-your-insides anti-heroes are ingredients for every book, and she is also a sucker for a good love story. She’s an obsessive writer, writing every day, and wishing she had more hours to spend with fictional characters. Nicola lives in Washington state with her husband and three daughters. When she isn’t writing, she enjoys tacos, traveling, gardening, exploring the great outdoors, and other creative projects.

Erika Vanzin

Erika Vanzin is the Italian Amazon bestselling author of the rock star romance Roadies Series.
After traveling around the world with her husband, she settled down in Seattle, enjoying the marvelous Pacific Northwest. She brought from Italy a couple of suitcases, fifteen boxes full of books, and her most successful novels translated into English. While she is not writing, she enjoys reading books, watching the Kraken hockey games, and working on DIY projects.

Stacey Wallace/Roxie Clarke

Stacey Wallace is an indie author and screenwriter who feels free to write in several romance sub-genres. She pens low-angst sweet and clean small town romance as Roxie Clarke, steamy contemporary romance as Stacey Wallace, and previously wrote YA PNR and UF as Stacey Wallace Benefiel. Stacey lives in the suburbs of Portland, OR with her husband and their five kids. She loves to garden, cook, and hoard houseplants.

Alex Washoe

Alex Washoe (they/them) is a trans/nonbinary writer, game designer, and full-time pet parent living in Seattle, WA. In previous incarnations, they have been a bookseller, a wildlife rehab care assistant, a dog walker at a companion animal shelter, a public speaker, an amateur stand-up comedian, and many other less interesting things. Alex is prone to sudden, seemingly random enthusiasms — the list currently includes birdwatching, baking, running, hair dye … and of course writing. Writing is always job one.

Denise Wells

Denise has been reading since before she could talk. To this day, escaping into a book (whether reading or writing) is her go-to activity before anything else. She likes to write about smart, sassy women and sexy, cinnamon-roll men. Home is in the Pacific Northwest where she lives with six special needs Siberian Huskies and a husband (BW) who has the patience and tolerance of a saint. And, lest she forget, Denise also lives with too many to count characters inside her head, who will eventually have their stories told.

Victoria R. Weyland

Raised in New Orleans, Victoria Weyland is a Pacific Northwest Transplant that is still not used to the lack of sunlight. She lives with her partner and their sweet potato of a dog, Roxy. When she’s not writing and reading Monster Romances, she enjoys playing board games with friends and tackling crotchet projects far above her skill level. Her current published titles are Bees and Honey: A Swamp Monster Romance, and Champagne on Vice, with more on their way. Everyone deserves a Happily Ever After.

Penelope Wright

Penelope Wright spent a quarter of her life on the east coast and the rest in Washington state. She worked her way through college in restaurants, hospitals, factories, and everything in between, finally graduating summa cum laude from the University of Washington after an absurdly long time. She loves both traditions and new experiences, and will try anything once, except skydiving, which is a hard no. She lives north of Seattle with her husband and two amazing children.

Jenn D. Young

Jenn D. Young is a native of Washington, currently living in Arizona. She has always dreamed of writing about the characters that have been floating around in her head. Ever since the age of 14, she has been obsessed with romance novels and reading them as fast as she can get her hands on them. Her first love is Paranormal Romance, but she enjoys stories from all across the genre. You can typically find her listening to music or an audiobook, reading, or hanging out with her dog Loki.

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Bestie Book Reviews

Jessica and Mandy have been besties since they were teenagers. They live in the Pacific Northwest with their families. After obsessively talking about books with each other, they decided to start their own YouTube channel Bestie Book Reviews. Here they share their passion for books. They love to read as well as travel to book events together. They began creating book journals that they wanted to use and are excited to share them.

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