About STAR
OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS
President – Jen Bokal
Treasurer – Joan Koster
Secretary – Karen Brey
Our Members
STAR’s membership is comprised of both published and unpublished writers. Several of them are award finalists and winners. To find out more about their accomplishments, visit their websites listed below.
Jennifer D. Bokal
Winner of the Sexy Scribbler for 2015, JENNIFER D. BOKAL is the author of the best-selling Ancient World Historical Romance, The Gladiator’s Mistress and the second book in the Champions of Rome series, The Gladiator’s Temptation. She is also the author of Her Rocky Mountain Hero and Her Rocky Mountain Defender, both part of the Rocky Mountain Justice series with Harlequin Romantic Suspense. Jen holds a master of arts in creative writing from Wilkes University and is a member of both the Romance Writers of America and International Thriller Writers. Happily married to her own Alpha Male for twenty years, she enjoys writing stories that explore the wonders of love. Jen and her manly husband live in upstate New York with their three beautiful daughters, two aloof cats, and two very spoiled dogs.
Website: https://jenbokal.com
Carol Henry
CAROL HENRY lives with her husband in the beautiful New York State Finger Lakes area where they are surrounded by family and friends. A world traveler, Carol writes about her visits to exotic locations for major cruise lines’ deluxe in-cabin books, and takes pleasure in sharing her adventures with her readers in her romantic suspense adventure novels. She writes Destination: Romance–Exotic Romantic Suspense Adventures for The Wild Rose Press where the heroine discovers more than the ‘wild and wonderful’ world around her—she finds her inner courage, and a once-in-a-life-time love (think Indiana Jones meets Joan Wilder in Romancing the Stone).
Website: http://www.carolhenry.org
Zara West/Joan Koster
ZARA WEST loves all things adventurous, mysterious, and
heart-stopping as long as they lead to true love. She is the author of the award-winning romantic suspense series The Skin Quartet and the new Tide Harbor Suspense series.
JOAN KOSTER writes eye-opening historical fiction about real historical women who deserve to be remembered. That Dickinson Girl, the story of Anna Dickinson, was named Book of the Year by N.N. Light’s Book Heaven. Censored Angel, the story of Ida Craddock, was named Best Historical Fiction by Book Fest.
Website: http://www.zarawestromance.com and https://joankoster.com
M.L. Stoughton
M.L. STOUGHTON (Michaele) has been an ice-cream scooper, a wedding DJ, a balloon-toting clown, a travel agent, and a dental assistant. Now she adds Award-Winning Author to that list. M.L. lives in upstate New York with her husband, has two grown daughters, and loves all things paranormal – especially when there’s kissing.
Writing for young adults, her first in a two-book series, Pleasantwick, won a gold medal in the 2017 Readers’ Favorite Awards and was the “Official Selection” winner in the New Apple Summer E-book Awards.
M.L. also writes historical western romances under the name MICHELE LINDSEY. Her first western, Yetta’s Yearning remained in Amazon’s top #100 for American Historical Romance for five months, launching her “Sunsets and Saddles” series.
Website: http://www.mlstoughton.com
Karen Brey
KAREN BREY began writing late at night to fulfill a lifelong dream of being a novelist and has published one romance. She is now working on her next writing venture, a series set in the Adirondacks based on the experiences of her ancestors who arrived as immigrants in the 1800s and settled in upstate New York.
Thea McGinnis
A long-time member of STAR, THEA MCGINNIS writes medieval romance.
If you are interested in joining STAR, contact a STAR Administrator