Untitled Nerd Podcast was born of the Force (kinda) having aired it’s first live show on May 4, 2015 (Star Wars Day).  Hosts Lonnie Henderson and Derrick “Sleepy” Lowe spend every Tuesday and Thursday night talking about comic books, video games (both new and old), as well as the latest TV shows, movies, and cosplay trends.  Their show is heard in several countries and they have followings in the UK and Australia.  Their Facebook page currently has over 3,700 fans and is fast growing!

 Tamara A. Lowery, author of the Waves of Darkness series, is the caretaker of one husband and five cats, a former maid, and a current auto industry worker. That’s right, she get to play with steel and welding robots. She writes about pirates who aren’t nice and vampires who don’t sparkle. Her fifth book in the WoD series, Hell’s Dodo, was published November 2015. You can learn more about her books and other writings on her blog, http://talowery.wordpress.com

D. Alan Lewis is a native of Chattanooga, Tennessee who now resides in Nashville with his children.

Alan’s debut novel, a fantasy murder mystery, The Blood in Snowflake Garden was a finalist for the 2010 Claymore Award. Alan’s other books include, The Lightning Bolts of Zeus from Dark Oak and The Bishop of Port Victoria. He is editor of the anthology, Capes & Clockwork, and also editing of 2 anthologies for Dark Oak Press, Luna’s Children: Full Moon Mayhem and Luna’s Children: Stranger Worlds.

Robert Sommers was first published when he was still in high school. Since then he has written fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and reviews that have appeared in markets such as After Hours magazine, Dreamwatch, Southeast Performer, and the DAW Books anthology Zombiesque. Robert has worked for some of the largest (non-genre) and smallest publishing companies in the world. He lives in the Atlanta area with his family.

Elizabeth Raven is a wife, mother, and Veterinary Professional hovering in the shadows and moonlight of relentlessly sunny Jacksonville, Florida.   Her Paranormal Romance Series, Matanzas Moon (Book 2: ABLAZE to be released in December 2015) is set in St. Augustine, FL integrating the authentic ghost legends of the Nation’s Oldest City into a lively, narrative driven plot.  Daylight hours are spent indoors working, reading, cooking, or spending time with family, friends, and her four black cats.

Stephanie Osborn, the Interstellar Woman of Mystery, is a veteran of more than 20 years in the civilian space program, with graduate and undergraduate degrees in four sciences: astronomy, physics, chemistry and mathematics, and she is “fluent” in several more, including geology and anatomy. She has authored, co-authored, or contributed to more than 20 books, including the celebrated science-fiction mystery, Burnout: The mystery of Space Shuttle STS-281.

Toni Weisskopf is an American science fiction editor and the publisher of Baen Books.

Weisskopf is an alumna of Oberlin College, from which she graduated in 1987. She was immediately employed by Baen Books, where she served as executive editor up until the death of founder Jim Baen in 2006, at which point she took over as publisher.[3]

Gregory Nicoll is an author and journalist whose award-winning fiction glistens with an intense fever-dream sense of detail, best exemplified by his WWII horror novel Dracula’s  Cat and his steampunk Pied Piper reduxfor the anthology Clockwork Fairy Tales.

Located in rural Tennessee, Mark Wandrey has been creating new worlds since he was old enough to write. After penning countless short stories, he realized novels were his real calling and hasn’t looked back since. A lifetime of diverse jobs, extensive travels, and living in most areas of the country have uniquely equipped him with experiences to color his stories in ways many find engaging and thought provoking.

Chattanooga based podcast, Vitamin Geek, has been going strong ever since January, 2013. With a focus on geek pop culture, the podcasters bring a variety of interests and backgrounds to the table. Weekly episodes typically consist of news, previews of upcoming toys and comics, film reviews and a glimpse into the world of anime. After the first year of podcasting, the VG crew decided to spin-off another show devoted solely to horror entitled: Vitamin Geek House of Horrors.

Born in “Enterprise” Alabama it was probably inevitable that Tom would be involved in the sci-fi industry at some point in his life.

in 1982 Tom and Mart Shearer founded the “Sapphire Records” label in South Alabama and released their first record through “Hieroglyph Publishing Company” in Jackson Mississippi. Tom has recorded with various artist in various studios, and has performed and worked with Eric Bloom (Blue Oyster Cult), Jimmy Jigger (Doobie Brothers), and Jim Rone (Doc Severinson’s Band).

Louise Herring-Jones writes speculative and historical fiction as well as humor and nonfiction. Her stories have appeared in anthologies, most recently “Googi” in Luna’s Children: Full Moon Mayhem (Dark Oak Press, 2014) and, expected in 2015, “The Twittering of Sparrows” in Asian Pulp(Pro Se Press) and “Moundville Revisited” in Ruins Excavation (Hadley Rille Books).  She is a veteran reporter for The Daily Dragon Online.   An advocate for constitutionally protected freedoms, she practices law in Alabama.

Michael H. Harper is an award-winning film producer and director, the owner of Mad Mouth Media, and the co-owner and Chief Creative Officer of Cogitate Productions.  Prior to producing and directing the new documentary 3-Minute Activists: The Soul of Slam, his credits include producing the horror feature Attack of the Morningside Monster, writing and directing the short film Take Me Out, and working on a half-dozen short films and features as an assistant director. 

Pamela and Bill Langston live in Cookeville, Tennessee and are both graduates of Tennessee Tech.  Pamela holds a Bachelors Degree in Nursing and works in pediatrics.  She spends her spare time running in various races (she has completed five half-marathons) and learning to dance swing and Balboa.  Bill is a Senior Staff Systems Analyst with a major defense contractor on a radio frequency identification program.  He plays bass trombone in the Big Band Sound Jazz Orchestra and the Cookeville Community Band, where he also serves as President.  Both are committee member

Milton Davis is a research and development chemist, speculative fiction writer and owner of MVmedia, LLC, a micro publishing company specializing in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Sword and Soul. MVmedia’s mission is to provide speculative fiction books that represent people of color in a positive manner. Milton is the author of Changa’s Safari Volumes One, Two and Three. His most recent releases are Woman of the Woods and Amber and the Hidden City.

Jamie Marchant is the author of the epic fantasy trilogy, The Kronicles of Korthlundia, the first two volumes of which—The Goddess’s Choice and The Soul Stone—have been published. She is busily working on the final book in the trilogy, which is yet to be titled. Her short fiction has been published in the anthologies–Urban Fantasy and Of Dragons & Magic: Tales of the Lost Worlds—as well as in the publications, Bards & Sages, The World of Myth, A Writer’s Haven, and Short-story.me. When she is not writing, Jamie teaches writing and literature at Auburn University.

In a freelance career spanning 25 years, Dan Jolley has written comic books for every major publisher in the country, authored original novels, licensed-property novels, and movie novelizations, and provided game design and dialogue for multiple video games, including the world-wide best-selling parkour-vs-zombies game Dying Light. Dan’s latest comic book projects include his creator-owned series BLOODHOUND, the six-issue TERMINATOR mini-series Enemy of My Enemy, and the Young Adult graphic novel LARP!, all available from Dark Horse Comics.