Mike Edwards is the singer, guitarist, and primary songwriter for the British alternative-rock band, Jesus Jones. Formed in 1988, Jesus Jones have released seven albums to date: Liquidizer, Doubt, Perverse, Already, London, Culture Vulture!, and Passages. Among having multiple chart-topping hits and being awarded Best New Band at the MTV Music Awards in 1991, Jesus Jones is widely known for their #1 international hit, “Right Here, Right Now.” Jesus Jones continues to tour and record, now with a renewed vigor after being able to control their own destiny, freed from the grips of major labels.

Mike’s debut novel, Death Threats from an Eight-Year-Old, chronicles how fast a band that is number one everywhere in the world can plummet from the good graces of the press, labels, radio, MTV, and even so-called diehard fans. A true introspective about the cutthroat music business told through the eyes and words of a man who experienced fronting one of the most well-known bands of their time, to finding his band label-less and shunned in a blink of an eye.

Christian “Opus” Lawrence is a musician from Connecticut. He is the drummer for the metal band, Dead by Wednesday, who have released seven albums to date: Democracy is Dead, The Killing Project, The Last Parade, Death of the Rock Star, Darkest of Angels, Dead by Wednesday, and Capital Conspiracy. His previous band, Gargantua Soul—who were the only non-signed band to play Woodstock ‘99—released four albums before disbanding. He is an on-again/off-again reality TV star for multiple networks and has had a stint with MTV, as well as an acting role in a VH1 original film.

His debut novel, Break When I’m Dead, chronicles his trials and tribulations of clawing and scratching his way through the ranks of the music business through relentless touring and his brushes with fame in the reality TV industry. The book also touches on his “you can’t make this up” family tree and life moments that sometimes are so unbelievable that they feel like fiction—except they are not.

Father of two, husband of one, Douglas Esper is an author and musician from Cleveland, Ohio. His publishing history includes Reintroducing Chuck Mosley: Life On and Off the Road (Scout Media); A Life of Inches, a new-adult sports-fiction novel (Limitless Publishing); “My Wife’s Favorite,” a suspense horror short story in A Matter of Words (Scout Media); “Broken Wing,” a general-fiction short story in A Journey of Words (Scout Media); “The Day We Hung the Tallest Thomas,” a western short story (Frontier Tales Magazine).

He is the vocalist for Indoria, who have released five albums to date: Soldier of Fortune, I Give You Take, Ten Years in One Night, There’s a Gleam, and You’ll Never Make the Six; and The Firmary, who have released five albums to date: New Again, Short Story Long, Gasp, Skin Deep, and Soft Reboot. He was the touring percussionist for rock musician Chuck Mosley (ex-Faith No More, ex-Bad Brains) until Chuck’s death in November of 2017.

Douglas appeared in the found-footage, horror film, Dwellers; the coming-of-age, adventure film, The Other Side of Darkness; and as a fictionalized version of himself in the short film, Like an Open Heart It Shines. He has recently directed the quarantine-inspired short film, The Nutshell.

Todd Smith is a vocalist and multi-instrumentalist from Maryland. His musical repertoire consists of fronting the bands: Dog Fashion Disco, who have released ten albums to date: Erotic Massage, Experiments in Embryos, Anarchists of Good Taste, Committed to a Bright Future, Adultery, Beating a Dead Horse to Death Again, Sweet Nothings, Ad Nauseum, Tres Pandejos, and Cult Classic; and Polkadot Cadaver, who have released six albums to date: Purgatory Dance Party, Sex Offender, Last Call in Jonestown, From Bethlehem to Oblivion, Get Possessed, and Echoes Across the Hellscape; and El-Creepo, who have released three albums to date: El-Creepo, Aloha, and Bellisimo; and Knives Out, who have released two albums to date: Black Mass Hysteria and Left in the Lurch; and Beyond Paranoid, who have a released a single self-titled album to date; and The Alter Boys, who have released a single album to date: The Exotic Sounds of the Alter Boys.

Todd’s children’s book, Poof & Snoofin, follows the adventures of two best woodland companions after one of them gets captured by a not-so-friendly wolf. Through their strong bond of friendship and selflessness, they show how caring about one another and having a pure heart will always prevail over bullies. Poof & Snoofin is available in all bookstores now through Little Feet Productions, Scout Media’s children fiction imprint.

Brian Paone, a Massachusetts native displaced to Virginia, has been a published novelist since 2007 and performing in bands since 1995. Brian has, thus far, released nine novels: Dreams Are Unfinished Thoughts—a memoir about befriending a drug-addicted rock star; Welcome to Parkview—a macabre cerebral-horror novel; Yours Truly, 2095—a time-travel novel; the Moonlight City Drive trilogy—a supernatural crime-noir detective series; The Post-War Dream—a historical-fiction military novel; Packet Man—an urban thriller with a touch of fantasy; and Selective Listening—a collection of twenty short stories.

Brian has been the singer/programmer/drummer for Yellow #1, who released two albums: Bottle of Rain and Thanks for the Nostalgia; the singer/keyboardist for Drop Kick Jesus, who released two albums: Splatterguts and Depress the Heart; the singer for The Grave Machine, who released one self-titled album; and the singer/keyboardist for Transpose, who released two albums: A Delicate Impact and Retribution.