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.

Sophie Hanson

With over 10 years of experience supporting women business owners with their online marketing, Sophie is passionate about the impact marketing can have and the difference it can make for growing busin...

subhashree Giridhar

Subhashree Giridhar is a traditionally published children’s fiction author writing for middle grade and upper middle grade readers. Her work spans reality fiction and mystery thrillers, with a stron...

WAYNE EDWARDS

A native of Big Sky country, Wayne Edwards spent his 30-plus year banking career in his hometown of Denton, a rural small-town located in the heart of Montana’s expansive wheat and cattle country. E...

Greg Mutton

I live in Australia in a quiet bayside village and I write Sci Fi adventure stories.No matter how advanced we become, no matter what technology we invent, human beings will always define their existen...

Gary Brandt

I've never been much of a fan when it comes to talking about myself, honestly. You know how these "About Me" pages usually work—they're basically digital résumés where people list all their achiev...

Brian Kavanagh

Brian Kavanagh (Filmmaker and Author)Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1935, Brian Kavanagh is an accomplished author, film editor, screenwriter, producer, and director of films and documentaries. ...

Karen Smith

I live in Sheffield, a 'true Yorkshire lass', as they say! I remember reading from an early age, and from my passion for poetry and limericks, came a poem that I wrote about my father when I was...

Michel Godfroid

Michel Godfroid Meding is born in Brussels, Belgium. Currently lives in Ypres Centrum Flanders.Originally professionnal photographer, he is now books author since 2019. 4 Novel in English: "The Englis...

Sherry Wong

Born and raised in China, Tong Ge came to Canada in the late 1980s as an international student, earning a Master of Science degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1992. Since 2012, she has writ...

Toni Kief

A small-town Midwestern nomad from a family of high spirits and laughter. She joined four generations of the maternal family in Washington state. The plan is to stay for the view, the trees, the famil...

Calvin Schwartz

Meet Calvin Barry Schwartz: 6'5" tall, and impossible to miss, literally, which is why sneaking into a scene in Meryl Streep's movie, "One True Thing," was such an achievement. This Jersey guy has nin...

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...

Robert Sells

Robert Sells has taught physics for over forty years, but he has been a storyteller for over half a century, entertaining children, grandchildren, and students. He has written the award-winning ...

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...