Featured Guests A-J
Travis Bagwell
Travis Bagwell is the author of the bestselling Awaken Online series, a dark fantasy/sci-fi saga that has sold more than a million copies worldwide. A former tax and business planning attorney, Travis traded clients for the keyboard to pursue his passion for storytelling. His work blends immersive virtual reality worlds with complex moral questions, creating narratives that challenge readers while keeping them turning pages late into the night.
Travis Baldree
Travis is a #1 New York Times Bestselling author, a Locus, Nebula, and Hugo finalist, and a full-time audiobook narrator who has lent his voice to hundreds of stories. Before that, he spent decades designing and building video games like Torchlight, Rebel Galaxy, and Fate. He lives in the Pacific Northwest.
Steve Beaulieu a.k.a. Jaime Castle
Steve is an IPPY award winning author (writing as Jaime Castle), editor, and producer. Before founding Aethon Books, he worked as a pastor and graphic artist. His work with numerous businesses and corporations serving as both a designer and creative director gives him an experienced eye at ensuring our covers and the books within are the best they can be.
Steve’s love has always been Fantasy. There isn’t an R.A. Salvatore book out there he hasn’t read or listened to, and his obsession with audiobooks gives us a leg up at pairing our authors with the best narrators in the business.
He’s an avid Dungeons and Dragons player, lover of all things superhero, father of two, and husband of one. Steve was also the lead singer/songwriter for the band Stonehigh for many years.
A.P Beswick
Introducing A.P Beswick, best-selling author whose Levanthria, Chaos Blade and Wing Weaver series has taken readers on epic journeys from corner to corner of the world.
S.M. Boyce
Author of Wraithblade, Blood Reaper, and Oakthorn.
Jonathan Brooks
Jonathan is the author of multiple Dungeon Core and LitRPG series, including Earthen Contenders, Magical Fusion, and Dungeon World.
Jez Cajiao
Jez Cajiao was born in 1980 in Hartlepool, UK. He left school early to work in the family catering business at 11, later managing his own restaurant. After discovering he didn’t enjoy working with people, he switched to welding but had to quit due to developing welder’s lung. At 37, he retrained in computers. He met his wife Christine in 2013 (her dog Harry had to approve first), and they married in 2015. After a heartbreaking miscarriage in 2017, they welcomed two sons in 2018 and 2020. Jez discovered LitRPG and began writing in 2018, taking two years to complete his first book while working full time. When the 2020 pandemic furloughed him due to his lung condition, he wrote daily and finally found a career he loved. He has released multiple series including UnderVerse, Rise of Mankind, and Arise, as well as standalone books. He now co-owns The Legion Publishers and continues writing from home in South Shields with his family and pets.
Michael Chatfield
Michael Chatfield is a Canadian Army veteran and international bestselling author who writes the kind of books he always wanted to read—character-driven, gritty, tactical, and grounded in reality.
Luke Chmilenko
Writing far faster than his hands can withstand, Luke Chmilenko hails from the Great White North where he lives with his wife and two daughters. Toiling endlessly Luke juggles his time between a rapidly growing catalogue of series while playing far more video games than he would ever openly admit.
J.M. Clarke
J.M. Clarke is a Canadian author that watched way too much Godzilla as a kid. He has worked with children and families over his career, volunteered in hospice, and failed to learn how to play the bass three times. Having written stories for twenty years, he started sharing them online during the pandemic and—next thing he knew—he was a bestseller on Amazon. He is still half-convinced this is all a dream. He is best known for his Mark of the Fool and Rune Seeker series (cowritten with Carter J. Thompson), and has had short stories published as well. Seriously, this has to be a dream, right?
Shirtaloon a.k.a. Travis Deverell
Hammock enthusiast and author of He Who Fights With Monsters, the story of a man who fights evil and makes sandwiches. After he finds some pants.
Matt Dinniman
Matt Dinniman is the author of the Dungeon Crawler Carl book series.
Eric Dontigney
Eric Dontigney is the bestselling author of Unintended Cultivator. Raised in Western New York, he has lived in New Mexico, Florida, Wisconsin, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. He currently resides near Dayton, OH. He is a fan of photo-realism and impressionist paintings, coffee, and well-made food.
Michael-Scott Earle
Michael-Scott Earle is a prolific author of science fiction and fantasy novels, including bestsellers such as "Tamer: King of Dinosaurs" and "The Destroyer". He has sold millions of books and audiobooks worldwide. Michael-Scott is known for his strong, silent protagonists and action-packed, vividly described narratives that draw readers into his expansive worlds. He enjoys mountain biking and guitar playing.
Annie Ellicott
Annie Ellicott is a jazz vocalist, songwriter and interdisciplinary artist. In recent years, she has expanded her creativity through acting, voice over, audio book narration, video production, album production, stagecraft, and performance art. Ellicott has acquired a substantial fan base from her voiceover work as both a character actor and narrator for Soundbooth Theater Audiobooks.
Noret Flood
Noret Flood grew up reading books from the restricted section of the library. After several years as a reader, he made the transition in 2017 to become a writer. His most well-known work is the Legend of Randidly Ghosthound.
Nicoli Gonnella
Internationally bestselling author of the Unbound series and Sovereign Sight.
Drew Hayes
Drew Hayes is an author from Dallas who has written several series and standalone novels, including Super Powereds, NPCs, Villains’ Code, Fred the Vampire Accountant, 5-Minute Sherlock, Second Hand Curses, and Roverpowered. He graduated from Texas Tech with a B.A. in English, because evidently he's not familiar with what the term "employable" means.
Jeff Hays
Jeff Hays is a voice actor with tremendous range, a producer and narrator of over 200 audiobooks — including the beloved Dungeon Crawler Carl series by Matt Dinniman — a musician and composer and Founding CEO of Soundbooth Theater. His creativity coupled with unrelenting ambition led him to launch Soundbooth Theater at the crossroad of these mediums.
Neil Hellegers
Neil Hellegers is an actor, narrator, and educator who lives in Brooklyn, NYC. He has narrated over 500 books in LitRPG, SciFi/Fantasy, Literary Fiction, Non-fiction and poetry. Neil has also been seen playing an array of bearded professionals on various screens, and has performed and taught the works of Shakespeare around the world. He is also the creator of a series of live improv/scripted events, ranging from ShakesSports to narrator challenges. He is a proud member of SAG-AFTRA, PANA, and the AEA.
James Hunter
James Hunter is a full-time ink slinger and the bestselling author of over forty novels including Rogue Dungeon, Vigil Bound, Discount Dan, and the LitRPG epic Viridian Gate Online! In addition to writing, James also runs Shadow Alley Press, an industry leader in LitRPG, Gamelit, and Progression Fantasy publishing.
Neven Iliev
Creator and writer of "Everybody Loves Large Chests".
Justin Thomas James
Justin Thomas James is a storyteller and audio content creator. From his work performing and producing audiobooks, to composing video game inspired music, to his role at Soundbooth Theater as Chief of operations, Justin tries to apply story and meaning into all his creative endeavors and he loves to share what he learns with the world through music, narration and other auditory mediums.
Haylock Jobson
Haylock lives in the always-sunny city of Gold Coast, Australia. Much like the protagonist of his series Heretical Fishing, he is a huge lover of coffee, dogs, and fishing. When he’s not doing any of the above, he spends most of his time writing. He enjoys creating stories filled with loveable characters, the occasional villain, and an overall atmosphere of warmth.