Current Authors

Born on the banks of the Detroit River in an orange crate house next to a pot-belly stove in the cold spring of 1930, Guerrino Amati worked his way through a BA English from Wayne State University and, later, after a stint in the US Army, an MA from the University of Chicago.  Associate Editor for Popular Mechanics Magazine in the early sixties, he taught English grammar, rhetoric, literature, logic in City Colleges of Chicago from 1962 to 1995. Amati began writing in 1982, happily enconsed with his wife in an old farm house in rural Crete, just south of Chicago. He has written three novels and eight short stories.  With five children -- two daughters, three sons -- this "old man is trying like Hell to get someone to publish his ironic, sardonic take on this most absurd of species."

Author website at http://173.9.240.251/bw/ammons/index.html

Savant publications include Ammon's Horn (2011).

Jean Blasiar is the award-winning author of the Emmy Budd mystery series for young readers, ages 7 to 13, and the award-winning series “Poor Rich” and “Richer” for young adults. Jean’s previous experience as a playwright and theatrical producer in the Los Angeles area resulted in one of Jean’s plays optioned by Twentieth Century Fox for a pilot.

“Communion” is Jean’s first adult novel in collaboration with her editor at Savant, Jonathan Marcantoni. The screenplay for "Communion" has been written by Jean and Jonathan and currently in the hands of an agent and producer.

Savant publications include Poor Rich (2010), Richer (2011) and Communion (2011).

Anoop Chandola, an American linguist-anthropologist, was raised in a priestly Brahmin family in India near the Nepal-Tibet border. Dr. Chandola, a graduate of the Universities of California-Berkeley and Chicago, has taught Indian literature, culture, and religion at S.V. Patel University, M. S. University of Baroda, University of California-Berkeley, University of Washington-Seattle, University of Texas-Austin, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a member of the American Anthropological Association, Association for Asian Studies, Linguistic Society of America, and Linguistic Society of India. Dr. Chandola, now Professor Emeritus of East Asian Studies at the University of Arizona, lives in Tucson with his wife Sudha. He is a frequent guest lecturer on Hinduism and related religions.

Savant publications include In the Himalayan Nights (in preparation).

Jim Currie is a Seattle writer and ecologist whose credits include works of fiction, non-fiction, and over twenty publications on natural resource management and biology.  He holds an honor's degree from Harvard and a masters from Berkeley. His writing and teaching reflect an interdisciplinary perspective and wide-ranging curiosity in the arts, science, humanities and philosophy.

His published titles include "The Mindful Traveler: A Guide to Journaling and Transformative Travel" (Open Court, 2000). His work in the environmental field includes innovative ways to protect water quality and habitat. His teaching and lecturing draws upon integral psychology and Eastern philosophy.

Jim writes extensively on ecology, conservation and sustainable economy.   His web-based organization, www.SydneysThumb.com includes members from across the globe and is dedicated to climate action, species rescue and travel that leaves shallow footprints.

Savant publications include In Dire Straits (2011).

Helen Doan is a Vietnamese-American writer born in Kien Giang, Vietnam. She arrived in San Jose, California in 1986 where she grew up. Doan self-published a book of poetry in 2002 and has been writing feature-length screenplays for ten years, while keeping a journal of her independence. Currently living and working in the county of Los Angeles, Doan aspires to make her mark on both the literary and entertainment worlds.

Author website at http://www.helendoan.com/about-the-author.php

Savant publications include First Breath - 2010 Savant Anthology of Poems (2010), Wavelengths - 2011 Savant Anthology of Poetry (2011) and On My Behalf (in preparation).

Sue Dolleris: Constantly inspired, I welcome inspiration and am practically handed the manuscript, screenplay, or short story in its entirety. I can barely type fast enough to capture their stories. Over the years, I've learned to fine tune the nuances of inspiration into feasible works. Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, I'm a writer who masquerades as a Medical Recruiter during the day. I am married with two grown daughters and have lived in Nashville, Tennessee for more than twenty years. Author website at http://normajean.yolasite.com/

Savant publications include Hello, Norma Jean (2010) and The Loons (in preparation).

Tom Donnelly has a background that includes stints as a federal officer, competitive intelligence analyst, and global trade compliance professional. He is working on several novels that are in various stages of development. He enjoys keeping fit through martial arts practice, weight training, and chasing the grandkids around the backyard. Tom lives near Boston, Massachusetts with his wife of thirty-three years, Judi.

Savant Publications include Blessed are the Peacekeepers (in preparation).

Mike Farris is an attorney-at-law with Vincent Lopez Serafino Jenevein P.C., whose practice includes complex commercial litigation as well as entertainment law, focusing on the movie and publishing industries.

He is the 2009 Chair of the Dallas Bar’s Sports & Entertainment Law Section.

Mike and his wife Susan man Farris Literary Agency, Inc., in Dallas, Texas. As an agent, Mike placed several award-winning novels for publication, including Balaam Gimble's Gumption by Mike Nichols, winner of the 2004 Texas Institute of Letters John Bloom Humor Award, and Dreams to Dust: A Tale of the Oklahoma Land Rush by Sheldon Russell, winner of the 2006 Langum Prize for Excellence in American Historical Fiction. Author website at http://sites.google.com/site/michaelfarrisnet/Home

Savant publications include Kanaka Blues (2010), Manifest Intent (2010) and Rules of Privilege (in preparation).

Of Cherokee/Creek/Scot-Irish ancestry, Four Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa), aka Don Trent Jacobs, Ph.D., Ed.D., is former Dean of Education at Oglala Lakota College and current ly a professor with Fielding Graduate University. He is the author of 19 books and more than 100 chapters and articles on topics relating to Indigenous worldview, education, criticial inquiry and social/ecological justice. (See www.teachingvirtues.net) He is the recipient of the 2004 Martin-Springer Institute Moral Courage Award. He lives with his artist wife in Mexico.


Savant publications include Last Song of the Whales (2010) and Wavelengths - 2011 Savant Anthology of Poetry (2011).

Bentley Gates brings a strong background in investigation, research, martial arts and education to the novels he writes helping create realism in his works. He has garnered the prestigious "Editor/Publisher Award" from the Journal of the National Association of Legal Investigators. Called a 'maverick' when working in the corporate environment he left that setting to settle on the plains of Texas to write novels.  Author website at http://www.thebahrainconspiracy.com

Savant publications include The Bahrain Conspiracy (2010) and The Hanging of Dr. Hanson (in preparation)

A doctor of Optometry, S. Stanley Gordon created a chain of optical offices in department stores throughout the country, which were later sold to Pearle Vision. The proceeds enabled him to fulfill a lifelong ambition to be a part of show business and start at the top as a theatrical producer in New York and London. Currently retired, he lives with his husband, Joe, in Pasadena, California.  His son and his wife have blessed them with four terrific grandchildren (and two great-grandchildren).

Author website sstanleygordonauthor.com

Savant publications include My Two Wives and Three Husbands (2011)

Laurie Hanan lived in Hawaii until the age of eleven, when her family moved to the Mariana Islands where she lived until the age of nineteen. She studied at the University of Washington, moved to Israel and later to London, traveling extensively in Europe and Asia before settling down again in Hawaii. Laurie retired from the U.S. Postal Service three years ago and lives on Oahu with her husband and two youngest children.

Author website at http://www.wix.com/lauriehanan/laurie-hanan

Savant publications include Almost Paradise (Savant 2011).

A. G. Hayes studied television writing at UCLA and has published short fiction, "Cover up"- "Not a Penny Pincher”- :Home"- "Payment in Full"-"Small Wonder"- Fate Magazine-"Guided Through a Mine Field" and other scripts to CBS TV and other television productions. He lives in Northern California, and spends his time writing and traveling to nearly every part of the world. He has used personal experiences gained during service with the British intelligence in Eastern Europe and the Middle East to enrich the characters of his protagonist teams.

Savant publications include Who's Killing All The Lawyers? (2011)

Ilan Herman is a 41-year-old musical-producer-turned-author who lives in the Sierra Foothills of California (www.emily-music.com). He has a novel, "The Gravedigger" (Casperian Books 2010); a novella, "Lord of the Cats" (Wild Child Publishing, 2010); as well as numerous short stories to his publishing credit.

Visit the author's website at www.ilan-herman.com

Savant publications include the dramatic novel of spiritual survivorship, Chan Kim (2011).

Daniel S. Janik is a physician-educator-linguist-writer with over seventy published works across numerous genre under a variety of pen names. He is the recipient of a New Millenium Writer's Award, two Eric Hoffer Awards, three Neurobiological Learning Society "Choice" book, a Hollywood Book Festival Award and numerous article awards. He is a 2007 Poet of the Year recipient.

Author website at http://janik.yolasite.com.

Savant publications include Footprints, Smiles and Little White Lies (2008), The Illustrated Middle Earth (2008), Last and Final Harvest (2008), A Whales Tale (2009), First Breath - 2010 Savant Anthology of Poems (2010), and Wavelengths - 2011 Savant Anthology of Poetry (2011).

Janis Kalns, a graduate of the Higher School of Psychology in Uzhgorod, Ukraine, is a scientific research deputy director in Laija Latvian Media Centre. His goal is ambitious and honest: collect, process and deliver knowledge to make people’s lives better. Kalns has traveled Latvia, Russia, Lithuania, Byelorussia, Ukraine and Germany gathering material for his newest and most ambitious work.

Savant publications include The Soul (in preparation)

Contemporary satirist and native Californian R. Page Kaufman was born, raised and schooled in Los Angeles. His experience as a psychotherapist gives him unique insight into both the humorous and tragic side of the human condition and its various interesting manifestations within the Southern California Lifestyle. Author of numerous socio-political essays, he is particularly interested in human communication and love relationships. He is currently living in New Mexico, in his words, "taking a well-earned break from the L. A. freeways."  Author website at www.rpagemedia.com.

Savant publications include The Tropic of California: The Strains of Strauss (2009), Tropic of California (CD) (musical CD companion to the book - 2011).

A Research Scientist at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Ph.D. metallurgist by training, Ronald Klueh brings a wealth of scientific knowledge and experience to contemporary techno-thriller fiction. A freelance science writer (Washington Post, Popular Mechanics), he makes the present and future interesting for adventure as well as romance readers.

Savant publications include Perilous Panacea (2010)

Yasuo Kobachi was born in Japan and worked for a private juku (cram) school for 25 years. He enjoys traveling the world and writing essays and short stories in the American style.

Author website at http://yasuokobachi.tripod.com/index.html.

Savant publications include Essay, Essay, Essay (2008).

Tatsuyuki Kobayashi began making woodblock-prints while studying at Sugino Fashion University. In 2006, he presented his collected works in an international exhibition entitled "Rashoumon" at the Gallery La Mer in Tokyo. He exhibited more of his works in a second exhibition entitled "Self-portrait," a part of "The World of Five Individual Artists," again at Gallery La Mer in Tokyo. Inspired by Daido Moriyama's photography, he is continuing his exploration of the "Interzone" (upcoming Savant book) in mixed media - mainly paint and collage - at his studio in Tokyo. Author website at http://kobatatsu.com.

Savant publications include The Interzone: A Man of the Dark Grey (2009).

Mila Komarnisky, a Canadian citizen, spent her childhood in the eastern part of Ukraine. She has a Ph.D. degree in nutrition and metabolism from the University of Alberta, Canada, and a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine Diploma from the Kharkiv Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Institute in Ukraine. As a Doctor of Philosophy, she was invited to work as a postgraduate researcher at the Department of Comparative Biomedical Sciences, School of Veterinary Medicine at Louisiana State University. After an illness, she retired, took a novel writing course at the Winghill Writing School, Ontario, Canada, and is now pursuing a career as a novelist.

Author website at http://www.lovehealthwealth.yolasite.com

Savant Publications include Wretched Land (2011).

William Maltese was born in the Pacific Northwest. He has a B.A. in Marketing/Advertising and spent an honorable tour of duty in the U.S. Army, achieving the rank of E-5.  He started his authorial career, which has now extended over four decades, by writing for men’s pulp magazines. He has penned more than 200 books, both fiction and nonfiction. His esteemed credentials have earned him, among many other accolades, a listing in the prestigious WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA.

His websites include:   http://www.williammaltese.com

Savant publications include Dare to Love in OZ (2009), and William Maltese's Flicker (2010).

A freelance writer and editor since 2004, Jonathan Marcantoni is a graduate of the University of Tampa, where he majored in Spanish studies. He has worked on The Bleepin Truth television show and also for the Tampa Bay Sun. He is a Savant editor, residing in San Antonio with his wife and two daughters.

Savant publications include Communion (2011), and Drifters (in preparation).

An educator and journalist with other incarnations simply much too horrible to speak of Scott Mastro has traveled the world and continues to do so.

Savant publications include First Breath - 2010 Savant Anthology of Poems (2010) and  Blood Money:  Tales from Two Continents  (in preparation).

Walter (Wataru) Miyanari is a coffee barista and the owner of Cafe Brew in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. He is continually striving for the perfect cup of coffee.

Author website at http://www.cafebrew.com/. 

Savant publications include Aloha From Coffee Island (2008).

Brian Morley was born and raised on the streets of the Bronx New York. His experience of growing up with warmth and love of family on a tree lined street was a normal one. While other parts of the borough were saturated with gang violence and murder. Dual knowledge of both plagued most growing up in the city but Brian’s life path would follow that of his fathers’ in law enforcement. He has developed a skill of sitting back and fitting in while listening to people from all different walks of life share stories and developing these stories into realistic fiction.  Some humorous some terrifyingly serious are woven into fictional story lines.

Author website at http://www.numberonebestseller.org/authors-bio.php

Savant publications include Number One Bestseller (2011).

Mike Munger is a retired police detective and paramilitary operative. He lives with his family outside Boston, MA. In the summer of 2001 he deployed for 13 months as a United Nations Police Officer in Kosovo. After September 11th, he served as a U.N. Special Operations Team leader. Mike is currently working as a private security contractor for a company based in South Carolina. He and Savant author Tom Donnelly were college roommates. 

Savant Publications include Blessed are the Peacekeepers (in preparation).

Born on 13 July 1973 in the eastern highlands area of Nyanga in Zimbabwe, Tendai Mwanaka where he grew up and was educated. He works in Zimbabwe in sales and marketing. He started writing at twenty and seventeen years later is still writing, currently on his fourteenth book. He has published over 150 pieces short stories, essays, memoirs, poems and visual artistic works in over 100 magazines, journals, anthologies and websites in the USA, UK, Canada, Southern Africa, India, Italy, France, Spain, Cyprus, Australia and New Zealand. He is also a songwriter.

Author website at http://www.facebook.com/people/Tendai-Rinos-Mwanaka/1173953652

Savant publications include Keys in the River (in preparation).

Zachary Oliver continually searches for his ideal: balance. Originally from Vienna, Austria, a center for old European culture, he has chosen Honolulu, Hawaii, arguably the most geographically remote place on Earth to live and write. He has recently found his calling as an individual comfortable balancing  the identity of a scholar-practitioner and as a leader of organizations that work to develop interested learners into successful professionals.

Savant publications include First Breath - 2010 Savant Anthology of Poems (2010), Falling but Fulfilled: Reflections on Multiple Intelligences (2010), and Wavelengths - 2011 Savant Anthology of Poems (2011).

William Peever studied creative writing at a special liberal arts high school, continuing his studies at Bennington College in picturesque Vermont where he began writing about Charlie, a key character in many of his novels. He currently lives at a seaside homestead in Massachusetts, where he is writing the second book in the Jumper Chronicles series.

Author website at http://www.jumperchroniclesseries.com/

Savant publications include The Jumper Chronicles Book One: The Quest for Merlin's Map (2010) and The Jumper Chronicles Book Two - The Path of the Templar (in preparation).

Born in 1961, in Reading, England Francis Powell attended Art Schools, receiving a degree in painting and an MA in printmaking. In 1995, Powell moved to Austria, teaching English as a foreign language while pursuing his varied artistic interests adding music and writing.  He currently lives in Paris, songwriting, doing concerts, writing both prose and poety. Powell has published short stories in the magazine, “Rat Mort” and other works on the internet site “Multi-dimensions.”

Savant publications include First Breath - 2010 Savant Anthology of Poems (2010) and Flight of Fantasy (in preparation).

Leon Puissegur is a happily-married Vietnam Veteran with nine grandchildren and three children. He has three books in print, not including this one.

Author website at http://www.leonsbooks.com/

Savant publications include The Oil Man (2011).

Reilly Ridgell graduated from Palisades High School (LA) in 1965, got his BA in political science from UCLA in 1969, and an MA in the same field from UC Santa Barbara in 1970. In 1971, he joined the Peace Corps, teaching English in the outer islands of what is now called Chuuk State in Micronesia. After his Peace Corps service and a teaching contract, he left Chuuk in 1975 to teach in Guam. In 1980, he became an assistant professor at Guam Community College and in 2001 moved into administration as Dean.

He is the author of the widely used textbook, Pacific Nations and Territories, which has been in print continuously since 1983, and co-author of its elementary level version, Pacific Neighbors.  He also authored the anthology of Micronesian Peace Corps stories, Bending to the Trade Winds, and in 2010 his first novel, Green Pearl Odyssey, was published by Blue Ocean Press.

Savant publications include The Isla Vista Crucible (in preparation)

Larry Rodness was born in Toronto, Canada and lived there until he moved to Los Angeles with his family in the early sixties. Much of the material for his first novel, “Today I Am A Man”, comes from the three years he lived there, after which, he and his family returned to Canada.

After performing in various theatrical musicals Larry became inspired to write and develop his own original music, plays, screenplays and, most recently, novels. Larry currently lives in Toronto with his wife Jodi, and their three children, Adam, Jonathan and Erin.

Author website at www.larryrodness.com

Savant publications include Today I am a Man (2010) and Perverse (in preparation).

Richard Rose hails from Kokomo, Indiana. Paper routes, basketball, and too many greasy French fries gave way to a BA in English from Wabash College. After 3 1/2 years on the East/West German border, courtesy of Uncle Sam, Richard began a long career as a First V.P. with a major investment firm in Chicago, where he did market reports on TV and radio. Richard’s wife and true love, Kay, supports his passion for writing, which includes novels and screenplays. She also keeps him healthy: No more greasy French fries!

Savant publications include The Lazarus Experiment (in preparation).

Gloria Schumman's love of reading romance novels brought her to a love of writing them.  Keen observation of the human condition is her favorite pastime.  A highly developed interest in relationships what makes them work are central in her writing. Gloria resides in Austin, TX with her husband and three children.

Author website at http://gloriaschumann.yolasite.com

Savant publications include Called Home: Two Hearts Answer (2010).

David B. Seaburn is the author of three previous novels, Darkness is as Light, Pumpkin Hill and, most recently, Charlie No Face (Savant Books and Publications, 2011). Chimney Bluffs, his second novel with Savant, is currently in preparation. Seaburn is also a psychologist, marriage and family therapist as well as an ordained minister. He is retired and lives in the Rochester, New York area with his wife, Bonnie. They have two wonderful adult daughters and two fabulous granddaughters.

See more at http://www.davidbseaburn.com

Savant publications include Charlie No Face (2011) and Chimney Bluffs (in preparation). 

William E. Sharp Jr began his association with Asia in 1968 while serving with US Army military intelligence in Vietnam. He has an A.B. Degree in Political Science focused on Chinese and Japanese politics from the University of California, Berkeley. In Hawaii he received an M.A. Degree in Asian Studies from the University of Hawaii at  Manoa along with the James Shigeta Award for Excellence in Asian Studies and the Lee-Shao Chang Award for Excellence in Chinese Studies. He studied Mandarin Chinese in Taiwan and Beijing.  During the 1980s, he lived in Japan where he taught English and worked as a free-lance writer. Returning to the US in 1989, he attended Harvard University where he earned an Ed.M. (Master of Education) Degree in Administration, Planning, and Social Policy. In the early 1990s, he served as Executive Director of the Japan-America Society of Hawaii. He currently teaches classes about East Asian politics at Hawaii Pacific University and hosts Asia in Review, a weekly TV show dedicated to substantive discussion of contemporary Asian affairs. He often travels to Asia to meet with a variety of experts to glean the most contemporary insights on Asian affairs.

Savant publications include Random Views of Asia from the Mid-Pacific (2012).

Orest Stocco, author of the provocative novel, "What Would I Say Today If I Were To Die Tomorrow?" was born in Panettieri, Calabria, Italy.  He immigrated to Canada and studied philosophy at university.  He Lived in Annecy, France before taking up residence in Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada, where he continues to write novels, short stories and poetry.  Visit him at http://www.oreststocco.com/

Savant publications include First Breath - 2010 Savant Anthology of Poems (2010) and  My Unborn Child (2010).

Born in 1943, Tony Tame has been associated with the marine industry since the mid 1960’s. After 1970 he became directly involved in the supply and service of equipment to the commercial fishing industry in Jamaica. His lifelong interest has been the methods used in various types of fishing and the people who work in this field. Still active in this field his fascination with these topics is undiminished.

Savant publications include The Village Curtain (2009).

David Williams lives in Sydney, Australia where he began his professional career servicing photocopiers and printers for a living while he searched in vain for his true calling in life. He tried his hand at many things including cabinet making, building, electronics, and management amongst other things; always searching for his niche in life. In December of 2008, he made the decision to try his hand at writing. Combining a passion for science and his slanted view of the world, he came up with Light Surfer.

He has been working full time as an operations manager for a packaging company for eight years and still dabbles in electronics, cabinet making and building in his spare time, but always has time for his two greatest passions: his family and his writing Light Surfer is only the beginning.

Savant publications include Light Surfer (in preparation).

Robin Ymer spent her formative years in France and North Africa. She attended university in California and earned a Master's degree. Moving about in support of her husband's career she raised two daughters and worked primarily as a Foreign Language instructor. She sculpts, draws, tends to her garden and writes.

Savant publications include Mythical Voyage: The Tale of the White Ponca (2010).