Members
Members of Maumee Valley Romance Authors, Inc. include:
Julie Arnold
Julie Arnold is a French-speaker, slow runner, and coffee lover who cannot help but make up stories. She grew up in Michigan but currently resides in Northwest Ohio with her husband and three children. The Lord has blessed her with a love for storytelling, so when she’s not writing a book, she’s probably curled up on the couch reading one.
Nancy Chatos
Noah Davis-Cheshire
Noah M. Davis-Cheshire is a 20-something-year-old man who writes on a 20-something-year-old keyboard. As a child, he regularly failed his short story assignments by submitting the first chapters of novels. As an adult, he continues not to finish novels.
Susana Ellis
Susana Ellis has always had stories in her head waiting to come out, especially when she learned to read and her imagination began to soar.
A former teacher, Susana lives in Toledo, Ohio in the summer and Florida in the winter. She is a member of the Central Florida Romance Writers and the Beau Monde chapters of RWA, the Maumee Valley Romance Authors Inc., and is one of the infamous Bluestocking Belles.
Tanja Fazzari
Diane Mendez Feeney
Diane Mendez Feeney earned an Accounting/Finance degree from University of Toledo and is currently taking Creative Writing classes at BGSU. She is a member of Ohio Writers Assoc., Literary Cleveland, and Maumee Valley Romance Authors. She likes her romance with suspense, thrilling drama, and forbidden love.
Kellie Golde
Shay Lacy
Shay Lacy writes romantic suspense. When not writing, she loves to bake, people watch, and shop flea markets and estate sales.
Denise Lynn
Denise Lynn writes medieval romances set in the 12th century.
Pam Myers
Pam Myers is new to writing as a chosen profession. A retired attorney from Northwest Ohio, she feels as though she has been writing for years but is now embracing her life-long love of soap operas, fairy tales, drama, and all things romance!
She is grateful to have found MVRAI, and is looking forward to seeing where the next chapter leads!
Stacy Patnode
Constance Phillips
When not writing stories of finding and rediscovering love, Constance loves spending time in the garden, with her pups, or cooking with her fresh from the garden produce.
Marilynn Rice
A. N. Rori
Joy Seman
Elizabeth Vaughan
Elizabeth Vaughan is the USA Today bestselling author of Warprize, which fantasy master Anne McCaffrey said was “Possibly the best romantic fantasy I have ever read.” She has gone on to write almost a dozen more novels set in her beloved Warlands, as well as short stories, which have been featured in several books, including Mercedes Lackey’s Valdemar Anthologies. When she is not writing, Beth reads everything she can get her hands on, plays roleplaying games, and snuggles with her army of cats. You can learn more about Beth at her website, writeandrepeat.com.
LC Wickers
LC Wickers spins paranormal tales of the inner workings of the vampire world: structure, folklore, conflict, philosophy, and romance.
Besides writing, she spends her time in the Toledo Metroparks, reading, volunteering, and taking care of her grandpuppy. Her Eternal Rose series will be published in 2026.
Mila Winters
Mila Winters loves Piña Coladas, getting caught in the rain, and the feel of the ocean. But, oddly enough, not the taste of champagne. She is living her happily ever after in Ohio with her wife and their dog Toby. You can learn more about Mila at www.milawinters.com or contact her at [email protected].