Matty Dalrymple

Matty Dalrymple (DAL-rim-ple) podcasts, writes, speaks, and consults on the writing craft and the publishing voyage as The Indy Author. 

She is the host of:

• The Indy Author Podcast
• The Editing & Design Advice stream of the Self-Publishing with ALLi podcast

She is the author of:

• Taking the Short Tack: Creating Income and Connecting with Readers Using Short Fiction with Mark Leslie Lefebvre
• The Indy Author's Guide to Podcasting for Authors
• From Page to Platform: How to Succeed as an Author Speaker with M.L. Ronn

Forthcoming:

• The Podcast Guest Playbook with Mark Leslie Lefebvre
• Collaborate to Create: A Guide to Coauthoring Nonfiction with M.L. Ronn

She has presented at events including the annual Writer's Digest conference, International Thriller Writers' CraftFest, the Alliance of Independent Authors SelfPubCon, the Willamette Writers' Conference, the Between the Pages Writers' Conference, and many more.

The has appeared as a guest on Joanna Penn's The Creative Penn podcast, Dale L. Roberts' Self-Publishing with Dale podcast, Mark Leslie Lefebvre's Stark Reflections on Writing and Publishing podcast, Sacha Black's The Rebel Author Podcast, and many more.

Matty's articles have appeared in Writer’s Digest magazine and The Indie Author magazine, and she serves as the Campaigns Manager for the Alliance of Independent Authors.

Matty is also the author of the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers, beginning with ROCK PAPER SCISSORS; the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels, beginning with THE SENSE OF DEATH; and the Ann Kinnear Suspense Shorts. She is a member of International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime.

She is the principal  at William Kingsfield Publishers. William Kingsfield was the pen name of Matty's father, T. W. Dalrymple, who inspired her love of writing.

Matty lives with her husband, Wade Walton, and their dogs in Chester County, Pennsylvania, and enjoys vacationing on Mount Desert Island, Maine, and Sedona, Arizona, and these locations provide the settings for her novels.