Writers and Staff 2025
Bill Riley is an award-winning author of memoir, YA fantasy, and poetry. He’s a retired US Air Force lieutenant colonel with interests in space exploration, coffee roasting, intelligence activities, and ancient ruins. Bill was an intelligence analyst during the Cold War. Later, he specialized in strategy and communications.
He holds degrees in literature, public administration, and strategic leadership, and he is a graduate of Air Command and Staff College and the Air Force Space Command VIGILANT LOOK program.
He holds degrees in literature, public administration, and strategic leadership, and he is a graduate of Air Command and Staff College and the Air Force Space Command VIGILANT LOOK program.
Amanda Turner is the New York Times bestselling author of nine books including How to Be Awkward. Her first screenplay, Product of the System: The Kristopher Sharp Story, was recently named an Official Selection of the 2024 LGBTQ Unbordered International Film Festival. She hosts annual writing retreats in Puerta Vallarta and Todos Santos, Mexico. www.AmandaTurner.com. Her works have received a starred review from Publishers Weekly, Editor’s Pick from Kirkus Reviews, IPPY Awards in Humor and Travel, a Foreword Indies Award, an Independent Press Distinguished Favorite, and listing in BookLife’s Top 5 Indie Books of 2014. A former Writer-in-Residence for the City of Boise and Idaho State Parks, she lives in Idaho with her husband and two daughters, where she can often be found on the stage of a local community theater.
Jeri Walker teaches high school English in Thompson Falls, Montana. Once upon a time, she was a freelance editor and college composition instructor, but she has always been a reluctant writer—mostly due to life’s curveballs. Nowadays, she lives in the boonies where she overthinks daily, often travels solo, and regularly finds solace in photography. Above all, her truth is stranger than fiction, and it’s a long story. She grew up in the eccentric mining town of Wallace, Idaho. A bipolar mother, spousal abandonment, and breast cancer have shaped her into a resilient soul and raconteur of personal upheaval and wanderlust. Her creative nonfiction and short stories have been published in Cancer Wellness, Idaho Magazine, and cold-drill. Forthcoming independent titles include Pink Lemons (cancer musings) and Dancing Underwater (gratitude explorations). Lost Girl Road (in progress) is a work of psychological fiction.
Madison (Madi) Roach is an independent author with a life-long passion for words. She publishes under multiple pennames for her own genre-fiction imprint, Madison Vale Publishing. Before she first published, she was a certified Life Coach where she used creative nonfiction, self-development programming, and a growth mindset to connect with clients. Madison has published six titles across three genres and counting, with an upcoming fantasy project on the horizon. She lives and writes in the Treasure Valley with her husband and two dogs.
Ray Mullins, III is a media professional from Boise, Idaho with over ten years of experience. He has worked on everything from film and television to audiobooks and video games, specializing in audio and post-production. Ray enjoys spending his free time playing video games, writing music, and creating digital art. He teaches short film creation, editing, and production to the students.
