You owe it to yourself to take a screen break. So find your comfiest armchair and your choice of warm beverage and check out some of these books by local North Shore Authors. Scroll to the bottom to find a list of indie bookstores where you can pick up some of these works curbside or have them delivered directly to

The Write Space is a monthly Q&A series from Creative Collective covering a local writer and a North Shore space(s) s/he associates with writing.  Questions? Contact: pmcyran@pamelasmark.com Give us your best writerly bio.  Hi there! My name is Cynthia Platt and I write books for kids of all ages. I’m the author of three picture books—Panda-monium, A Little Bit of Love, and Grow—with another on

The Write Space is a monthly Q&A series from Creative Collective covering a local writer and a North Shore space(s) s/he associates with writing.  Questions? Contact: pmcyran@pamelasmark.com Give us your best writerly bio. Well, I just finished up a collection of poetry “The Essential Doug Holder,” that was released by Big Table Books this summer. Recently, a “Doug Holder Papers Collection” has

The Write Space is a monthly Q&A series from Creative Collective covering a local writer and a North Shore space(s) s/he associates with writing.  Questions? Contact: pmcyran@pamelasmark.com Give us your best writerly bio.  I’m both an artist and a writer, but the major part of my kaleidoscope of paying creative careers is in the visual arts. This includes teaching art, clothing design,

The Write Space is a monthly Q&A series from Creative Collective covering a local writer and a North Shore space(s) s/he associates with writing.  Questions? Contact: pmcyran@pamelasmark.com Give us your best writerly bio.  Lori Haskins Houran began her career as a children’s book editor at Random House and Golden Books. She wrote her first book in 1996, and last month she celebrated

The Write Space is a monthly Q&A series from Creative Collective covering a local writer and a North Shore space(s) s/he associates with writing.  Questions? Contact: ellorelizabeth@gmail.com Give us your best writerly bio.  My name is Susie Rich and I have written a number of short stories and children’s books.  My recent works are “Too Much Hopscotch”, which also has a mural

by Joey Phoenix February is Womxn* in Horror Month and FunDead Publications is hosting their annual event, Write Like a Girl III this coming weekend on the evening of February 22nd at 7:30 pm at The Witch House in downtown Salem.  This year’s authors include Cat Skully, Nancy Brewa-Clark, Morgan Sylvia, Lauren Devora, and RC Mulhare. The intros and outros

Photo credit: Dan Boschen The Write Space is a monthly Q&A series from Creative Collective covering a local writer and a North Shore space(s) s/he associates with writing.  Questions? Contact: ellorelizabeth@gmail.com. Give us your best writerly bio.   Elizabeth F. Sweetman writes crime, noir and gothic horror under the name E.F.Sweetman because as a registered nurse, she thought it was a good

The Write Space is a monthly Q&A series from Creative Collective covering a local writer and a North Shore space(s) s/he associates with writing. Questions? Suggestions? Contact: ellorelizabeth@gmail.com. Give us your best writerly bio. Shari D. Frost is a playwright, screenwriter, and writing consultant based on Boston’s North Shore.  Shari’s plays have been produced at the Boston Theater Marathon, the Warner International

The Write Space is a monthly Q&A series from Creative Collective covering a local writer and a North Shore space(s) s/he associates with writing.  Questions? Contact: ellorelizabeth@gmail.com. Give us your best writerly bio. Clemens Carl Schoenebeck has had poems published in The Aurorean, Midwest Poetry Review, Caribbean Writer, Ibbetson Street Press, Small Brushes/Adept Press and other publications. Four of his poems had