Luna Soley

When Deb Norton describes her writing process, it sounds almost as magical as her latest book, "The Daughters of Veah." The plot of the novel for young adults follows a witch named Oshira Zahn on her quest to recover stolen gems belonging to the goddess of Palandine, one of four planets that, along with Earth, make up the mystical Pentaworld.

For Mary Hopkins Moore, the transition to writer from avid reader happened suddenly. After 17 years of teaching high school English at The Hyde School in Bath, she retired in 2022 and thought, now what?

When Erin O'Mara told her friend Kara Douglas that she needed a creative pursuit, Douglas suggested that she head to Cundy's Harbor to take a class on hand-carving wooden spoons.

"Orr's Island is the place that's been most important to my life as a writer," says Elise Juska, author of the new novel "Reunion." For Juska, writing about Maine during the pandemic was a way to make her way back to the state through fiction.