JERI "RED" SHEPHERD
Special Guest
Known to friends and colleagues as "Red," the author of 107 genre fiction and general audience works (and growing), has written for nearly three decades in playwriting, children's books, sports writing, biography, leadership, ministry, writing resources, fiction, games, planners, and so much more. She is genre-fluid, unable to keep her keys off anything that draws her interest. She also owns Lucy’s Lantern Literature, the exclusive publishing partner of “For The Love Of” books and other works by Kim Rogne and Associates.
Additionally, Jeri "Red" Shepherd is one of the owners and developers of Dungeon Race RPG and half of the energetic duo known as the Girl Power GMs, where she fosters inclusivity and fun in the gaming community. Red is a member of the International Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors (IASFA), Women's Fiction Writers Association (WFWA), 20Booksto50K, National Association of Independent Writers and Editors (NAIWE), and past member of Writer’s Guild of America - East.
The author has been many-times award-nominated, including books for the prestigious Newberry Medal and Caldecott Award, and she is, at the time of this website update (July 2023), a 14-Time #1 Internationally Bestselling Author, through traditional and independent publishers, across many genres, with Combined Sales of Over 700,000 Books and Plays since 1997.
Additionally, Jeri "Red" Shepherd is one of the owners and developers of Dungeon Race RPG and half of the energetic duo known as the Girl Power GMs, where she fosters inclusivity and fun in the gaming community. Red is a member of the International Association of Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors (IASFA), Women's Fiction Writers Association (WFWA), 20Booksto50K, National Association of Independent Writers and Editors (NAIWE), and past member of Writer’s Guild of America - East.
The author has been many-times award-nominated, including books for the prestigious Newberry Medal and Caldecott Award, and she is, at the time of this website update (July 2023), a 14-Time #1 Internationally Bestselling Author, through traditional and independent publishers, across many genres, with Combined Sales of Over 700,000 Books and Plays since 1997.