Meet the authors

Books & Joy is home to independent authors writing across psychology, health, relationships, true crime, children's books, and fiction — different voices, one shelf.

MH

Morgan Moore Hartwell

Relationships · Psychology

Writes on desire, effort, and what actually keeps people close.

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JD

J. D. Roberts

Psychology · True Crime

Author of the I Never Saw It Coming true crime series, and writer on persuasion and manipulation.

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VP

Vanessa F. Parker

Health

Writes on longevity, regenerative science, and evidence-based wellness.

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EG

Elias R. Gladwell

Psychology

Writes on habits, belief, and the mental frameworks that shape our lives.

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VF

Victoria Fairchild Porter

Health

Writes accessible guides on wellness and preventive health.

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JH

J.D. Hartwell

Relationships

Writes on trauma bonding, toxic relationship patterns, and recovery.

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VK

V. Kingsley

Novels

Writes comedic creative nonfiction about American culture, seen from the outside.

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AC

Arthur B. Crown

True Crime

Writes on double lives, hidden marriages, and the psychology of misplaced trust.

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RV

Raphael Vitale

Health

Writes on the biology of hunger, appetite, and why eating difficulty isn't a willpower problem.

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MB

Morgan Renard Bertinelli

Psychology

Writes on consciousness, alignment, and why effort-based manifestation often backfires.

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JS

J.D. Steele

Novels

Writes power-romance thrillers where love is the most dangerous move.

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JH

J.D. Hale

Relationships

Writes on narcissistic abuse, gaslighting, and recovering from covert manipulation.

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JH

Julian D. Hartwell

Psychology

Writes on burnout and the hidden exhaustion of high-functioning people who look fine.

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LH

Lowell B. Hart

Relationships

Writes on emotional gravity, attraction, and why effort alone doesn't prevent someone leaving.

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VP

V.P. Preston

Relationships

Writes memoir on deception, coercive control, and hidden double lives.

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SK

S.J. King

Novels

Writes psychological horror about surveillance, control, and what happens when no one is looking.

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VB

Vespera Blackveil

Novels

Writes dark fantasy romance about blood magic, ancient courts, and immortal kings.

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LR

L. C. Renard

Psychology

Writes on the hidden economics of relationships — comfort, truth, and what each one costs.

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TE

Thomas J. Ellison

Psychology

Writes on how power, status, and influence actually move through the arrangements we live inside.

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AG

Anthony R. Grant

Psychology

Writes on betrayal, trust, and why it hurts longer and differently than loss.

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RB

Roberto V. Bertarelli

Psychology

Writes on why distance and uncertainty trigger desire more powerfully than safety does.

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JH

J.C. Hartwell

Psychology

Writes on pathological lying, gaslighting, and reclaiming trust in your own perception.

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SW

Someone Who Lived It

Psychology

Writes on New York's housing, homelessness, and civic dysfunction, drawing on firsthand experience of socialism.

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