Our Authors
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Rhonda Bulmer
The Widow and The Will
Rhonda Bulmer is a Moncton, New Brunswick-based author with a background in public relations and freelance writing, and currently serves as executive director for the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick. She has published three fiction books independently, and in 2023, her short fiction appeared in the anthology, Monsters in the Fog, (Partridge Island Publishing). The Widow and the Will is her first novel.
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James Case
Vicory
Born and raised in Newfoundland, James Case practiced architecture for forty years. His work has been featured in Canadian architect and Domus, including the award-winning Fortis Place in At. John’s and the internationally acclaimed Fogo Island Inn at Joe Battis Arm.
In 2018 James sold his architectural practice and returned to his first love - writing. His inaugural novel, Ananias, was published in 2020.
James resides with his soulmate, Cindy, and their Irish Wolfhounds in Salmon Cove, with an abundant source of inspiration: the communities of Conception Bay North.
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Robert Stutt
Puppet
Robert (Bob) Stutt has worked in children’s television for over 40 years, puppeteering on such shows as Fraggle Rock, The Jim Henson Hour, The Friendly Giant, The Big Comfy Couch, Sesame Park, and as Iggy Iguana on Under the Umbrella Tree. He’s also written over 300 scripts produced for CBC, CTV, PBS, and Disney, and has performed live everywhere form the street corners of Toronto to the Smithsonian Institute in Washington. Bob lives in Fredericton, NB, with his wife, Joanna, dog, Teddy, and ginger cat, Conan O’Brien. -
Zev Bagel
The Romanian Cleaning Lady, Sopworth’s Foibles
Zev Bagel was born in England, where he worked as, among other things, a youth and community worker, and counsellor, and a consultant. He moved to Calgary, Alberta in 1994, where he established the Emotional Fitness Institute, and to New Brunswick in 2009, where he started writing fiction. He is a two-time winner of the David Adams Richards Award and was shortlisted for the Atlantic writing awards.
He lives with his wife, artist Nicole Tremblay overlooking Shediac Bay. Sopworth’s Foibles is his sixth book, and the second in the Bright and Breasy series.
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Jane Spavold Tims
Open to the Skies
Jane Spavold Tims is a botanist and historian. who brings these interests to her writing. She worked in community planning and watershed management before turning to writing full time. She has published books in mystery, science fiction, and poetry genres. Her poetry won the Alfred G Bailey Prize in 2016. In 2022, her book a glimpse of water fall, was shortlisted for a New Brunswick Book Award. Her work is found on her website, janetims.com.
Who we are
Merlin Star Press was founded by seven writers and an artist. Six of the members belong to a large writers' group in New Brunswick, and since its conception we are proud to bring years of hard-won experience in publishing to the table. Publishing a novel with Merlin Star Press doesn’t just mean working with local publishers; it means support and encouragement by experienced writers with an in-depth knowledge of what it takes to publish a book in Atlantic Canada.
We have adopted the time-honoured publishing tradition of selecting the manuscripts we wish to publish, editing them, and taking the responsibility for promoting, marketing and distributing them.
Our goal is to find energetic authors, with the right manuscripts that will appeal to our readers, that we can help achieve their goals of taking words from the mind, to a manuscript, to many readers' hands.
If you feel you are one of the authors and meet our guidelines, please feel free to go to our submissions section and join us.
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