Top Indie Author Advice Panel: JOANNA PENN, RACHEL ABBOTT, MARK DAWSON, STEENA HOLMES, CJ LYONS, MARK MCGUINESS, NICK STEPHENSON

April 17, 2015

Join Chair Joanna Penn and a knockout panel of elite indie authors, Rachel Abbott, Mark Dawson, Steena Holmes, CJ Lyons, Mark McGuinness, Nick Stephenson. Seven authors at the top of their game, who have published a bazillion books between them, line up to answer the audience’s rapid-fire questions on all aspects of self-publishing fiction, nonfiction and poetry.

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Author: Orna Ross

Orna Ross is a bestselling and award-winning author of historical fiction and inspirational poetry, and a creativity facilitator. As founder-director of the Alliance of Independent Authors, she has been named one of The Bookseller’s Top 100 people in publishing.

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