OTHER PARTICIPATING AUTHORS & A SAMPLING OF THEIR BOOKS
PJ Peterson
PJ Peterson began writing mysteries after she retired from her career as an internal medicine physician. It was a natural choice she says, considering that a doctor is simply “a detective wearing a white coat and a stethoscope.”
Her Julia Fairchild Mysteries features Julia Fairchild, MD, a smart and curious young doctor who is much braver than the author (who has yet to try skydiving). She has her first brush with death in Blind Fish Don’t Talk. Starting with Rembrandt Rides a Bike, younger sister Carly Pedersen enters the stage…in more ways than one. This series includes a touch of humor with her sidekick sister providing much of that. And given her medical background, PJ sprinkles in something related to health or disease whenever it fits the story.
Visit PJ’s website at pjpetersonauthor.com.
Here’s a handful of PJ’s many cozy mysteries… Click/tap on each book for details.
Rob Samborn
In addition to being a novelist, Rob Samborn is a screenwriter, entrepreneur, sales executive, and avid traveler. He’s been to forty countries, lived in five of them (including Italy) and studied nine languages. As a restless spirit who can’t remember the last time he was bored, Rob is on a quest to explore the intricacies of our world and try his hand at a multitude of crafts; he’s also an accomplished artist and musician, as well as a budding furniture maker.
By day, Rob is Director of Sales for Pulselight, a tech startup that develops data analytics solutions for state human services and Medicaid agencies.
A native New Yorker who lived in Los Angeles for twenty years, he now makes his home in Denver with his wife, daughter, son, and dog.
Rob is represented by Park Fine & Brower Literary Management and is a member of the Authors Guild, International Thriller Writers (ITW), and the National Writers Union (NWU).
Rob also currently serves as co-ambassador for the Denver chapter of the Authors Guild.
Visit Rob’s website at robsamborn.com.
Check out Rob’s dual-timeline historical thrillers. Click/tap on each book for details.
Dave Bartell
Dave Bartell’s novels breathe thriller into archaeology. Imagine the wonder at being the first person to open King Tut’s tomb?
As a kid, Dave tinkered in his parent’s garage. His insatiable curiosity to understand how things work drove him to study biochemistry and, later, fueled a career in high-technology. His what-if mindset and life experiences combine to make his fiction plausible and feel as if you are right there…
… on dirty hands and knees as you open the tomb!
Dave lives in Los Gatos California, a small town tucked into the edge of Silicon Valley. He enjoys hiking in the hills behind his home with Diesel the Red Fox Lab, where beauty is still analog.
Visit Dave’s website at davebartell.com.
These are just a few of Dave’s archaeological thrillers. Click/tap on each book for details.
Brian H. Roberts
Brian H. Roberts writes cerebral science fiction thrillers in a relatable style. His debut series The EPSILON Sci-Fi Thrillers, define his author identity: morally charged, scientifically grounded, and emotionally precise. The series explores the commercial motivations for colonizing Mars. And the geopolitical turmoil behind it.
His new series, Of Two Minds, explores the perilous fusion of human consciousness and artificial intelligence. Book 1, Wetware, was published in October, 2025. His stories combine hard science with human consequence, examining how progress redefines identity and morality. The result: intelligent, action-packed fiction that questions whether humanity can survive itself—or its own inventions.
Roberts’s voice blends technical precision with cinematic immediacy. It’s immersive, richly detailed environments feel lived-in and engineered. The character-driven emotional arcs matter as much as the tech. Mature and clear-eyed, it espouses moral ambiguity over idealism, realism over spectacle. His pacing is logical, building tension through precision, not chaos. Yet his relatable, easy-to-read prose challenges without pretension.
Visit Brian’s website at brianhroberts.com.
Here are a few of Brian’s Science Fiction thrillers. Click/tap on each book for details.
