Our Thrilling Members

Kaitlyn Krna

Kaitlyn lives in Western New York and is an avid lover of coffee and books. She is an insurance nerd by day and an Amazon best-selling author by night. She lives with her orange tabby cat, Luke Skywhisker, and her goldendoodle, King Wicket. On Sundays, during football season, she can often be found screaming her heart out for the Buffalo Bills. She writes thrillers and mysteries under the pen name Kellie Katrin and has a fantasy series in the works under a pen name that is soon to be established.

Her most recent work is the contemporary fiction piece, What We Can’t Leave Behind.

She can be found at kaitkrna.wordpress.com and on Instagram @kait.k.writes

Deb Collins

Deb is a thriller/suspense writer from Austin, Texas. She is an active member of the Women’s Thriller Writers Association, the Writer’s League of Texas, and the Manuscript Academy. 

She is a life-long copyeditor and self-professed grammar nerd. If she’s not at home, you can find her on the tennis court, the soccer field, or at a Tex-Mex restaurant. Or maybe in Mexico.

Stay tuned for her thriller works-in-progress, and you can find her latest thriller here.

Amy Rivers

Amy is an award-winning novelist, as well as the Director of Northern Colorado Writers.

She was named 2021 Indie Author of the Year by the Indie Author Project. Her psychological suspense novels incorporate important social issues with a focus on the complexities of human behavior.

Her most recent novel, STUMBLE & FALL, is the second book in the A Legacy of Silence series.

Amy was raised in New Mexico and now lives in Colorado. Find more on her website.  

Or find her book on Amazon.

Michelle Tennant Nicholson

Michelle is an international publicist, author, and co-founder of Wasabi Publicity. With more than three decades of experience, she works at the intersection of media and social good — partnering with nonprofits, authors, and changemakers to secure high-impact placements, shift narratives, and support trauma awareness.

Her book The Dairy Princess Chronicles shares her story of survival and healing — with proceeds going to trauma-informed charities. Connect with her at WriteTheTrauma.org

Find her short story, true crime thriller here.

Pat McGregor

Pat, like many other retired grandmothers, is active on Facebook and has two cats. During her 35-year IT career she worked on the project that built the modern Internet backbone, and helped physically build some of the first modern routers used on that backbone.

Pat likes to write speculative fiction. Most times it is paranormal romance with a dash of urban romance thrown in.

You can find her current published witchy romance here.

Dominique Jones

Dominique’s bio coming soon!

Christina Humphrey

Christina’s bio coming soon!

SL Hulen

SL is a multi-award winning author of the Victoria Baron series.

You can find book one in her series here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FRMN7QN1

Andie Winlocke

Andie’s bio coming soon!

Jessica Mares

Jessica is a book lover and recently published her first short story – Medusa’s Heart. It’s based on her love of Greek Mythology. Find it on Amazon here.

Sonja Dewing

Sonja Dewing is an award-winning author, speaker, and founder of the Women’s Thriller Writers Association.

She writes gutsy, high-stakes thrillers and adventures, and helps other writers grow their craft and careers through workshops, memberships, and her award-winning podcast The Five Minute Author.

Find more about her and her books here: https://sonjadewing.com/

Joan Marie Iraci

Joni is the author of the prophetic novel “Vatican Daughter” about the first American pope (of course, written before the actual incident happened!)

https://www.jonimarieiraci.com

Find your copy here: https://www.amazon.com/Vatican-Daughter-Joni-Marie-Iraci/dp/1803417781

Hannah Geiser

Hannah’s bio coming soon!

Renda Knapp

Renda writes medical thrillers featuring resilient women confronting impossible odds. Her debut novel recently sold in a two-book deal and is set for publication early 2027.

As an Ob/Gyn physician, Renda brings authentic medical expertise to her fiction, crafting stories where life-and-death stakes feel viscerally real. When she’s not writing or caring for patients, she tends her peony farm in Homer, Alaska, where she lives with her
husband surrounded by the rugged beauty that inspires her work.

The mother of seven adult children, Renda has mastered the art of finding calm in chaos—a skill that serves her well both in the delivery room and when plotting her next thriller. She’s passionate about travel, hiking, kayaking, and any adventure that gets her outdoors in Alaska’s magnificent wilderness.

Erynn Crowley

Erynn’s bio coming soon!

Penny Fletcher

A 38-year news journalist in Tampa Bay and national magazine freelancer of fiction and nonfiction, Penny has earned more than 30 writing awards and edited more than 300 books.

After three of her small publishers went
out of business, she decided to learn self-publishing. Her latest, THOSE
THAT DID NOT DIE, a suspense thriller, was one of 5 finalists at Killer Nashville in the Mainstream/Commercial category in 2025.

The mother of seven children, she currently lives in a camper with her Bulldog Raffa and cat Coal. Since losing her home in Hurricane Helene in 2024, she travels between children, grown grandchildren, and their families in Florida, Georgia, and Tennessee.

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