Our Authors

Charla McMillian, a former Marine Corps Officer and the creator and head instructor of FitBoot™ Basic Training for Professionals, New England's original boot camp fitness training program. Charla was certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist®.

Sean O'Neill is an illustrator and writer living in Chicago. He is the creator of the Rocket Robinson series of graphic novels. Sean loves history, trivia, and drawing cartoons so producing 50 Things You Didn't Know About was a dream assignment.

Laura Wiltse Prior is a middle grade author who loves cookie dough, reading and tennis. When she isn’t writing, she is driving her children around, hiking with Cody, her Portuguese Water Dog or hanging with Casper, the nicest cat in town. She lives and writes in Connecticut with her husband and three kids, the inspiration for her stories.  Look for her sequel to Emma Just Medium: The Beach Dilemma from One Elm Books coming in February 2025.

As an accomplished writer who specializes in children’s stories and teacher materials, Anna Prokos is the author of notable books for kids of all ages. Her work has delighted children in the classroom and at home. When she’s not working on new books, you’ll find her in elementary schools conducting writing workshops or at the library with her three sons. 

When Caryn Rivadeneira was a kid, she dreamed of two things: being a writer and having lots of dogs. Both came true! Well, almost true. Caryn is a writer. She’s written lots of books for both kids and grown ups. And Caryn has had lots of dogs. However, right now, she only has one: a rescued pit bull who prefers the company of people to dogs. Caryn and her pup live in the near-west suburbs of Chicago with Caryn’s husband, three kids, three rescued guinea pigs, two parakeets, and too many fish. Meet the Author here.

The writers have been friends for many years, but they wanted to write under a pseudonym, or single new name for their debut novel. With surnames of Meloni (Laura) and Onions (Sarah), they thought they sounded more like a vegetable market, so they came up with the name S.L. Roman (in homage to Laura’s native city, Rome). Both have been teachers at the high school level.

One Year, One Night is their debut novel.  On sale August 6, 2024.

Dana Sullivan grew up in Southern California drawing on every piece of paper he could find. He kept at it and now teaches picture book and graphic novel classes near Seattle where he lives with his wife and two dogs, Bennie and Max who lives mostly in his urn. You can follow Dana and Max at his website  

A former educator, Carl Watson taught Language Art classes in both elementary and junior high schools. As a published author, his work has appeared in both adult and children’s magazines. He was a graduate of North Texas State University and Texas Wesleyan University (ME). His work appeared in several children’s magazines and in stories for the Methodist Publishing House, Child Life, and in True West Magazine. We mourn Carl's passing in July 2022.

Jonathan Weinress is a certified trainer and therapist who enjoys working out for a lifetime of fitness. He lives and works in Great Barrington, MA.  

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