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Nancy Christie
Mini-Bio:
A member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) and author of the motivational book, The Gifts of Change, Nancy Christie contributes regularly to print magazines and informational websites. She is also the creator of the "Rut-Busting"™ series of workshops and travels widely presenting workshops on writing and on personal growth. Visit her at www.nancychristie.com and www.communityofchange.com.
Linda Clare
Mini-Bio:
Linda Clare is the coauthor of three non-fiction books, including Making Peace with a Dangerous God, with Kristen Ingram. In 2007 Linda won an Honorable Mention in the Writers Digest Competition and her fiction won two awards in the 2005 and 2006 Kay Snow Writing Competitions. Additionally, a short story was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2004. She teaches writing at Lane Community College in Eugene and is a frequent presenter at writing conferences in the Northwest. She's currently finishing her latest non-fiction book, GodSong. Her web site is at http://godsonggrace.blogspot.com
Seeking:
Adult fiction, creative non-fiction (essays), or memoir.
Sage Cohen
Mini-Bio:
Sage Cohen is an award-winning poet and essayist whose work appears in journals and anthologies including Poetry Flash, Oregon Literary Review, blueoregon.com and San Francisco Reader. In 2006, she won first prize in Ghost Road Press' annual poetry contest. As Managing Editor of--and a monthly columnist for--Writers on the Rise, Sage offers inspired guidance to beginning writers.
Seeking:
Poetry
Carolyn Digby Conahan
Mini-Bio:
Carolyn Digby Conahan attended Reed College and the Pacific Northwest College of Art, where she learned to ponder just about any subject and doodle and scribble and paint, paint, paint. She is the current staff illustrator of CRICKET magazine.
Seeking:
Children’s picture book manuscripts (w/without illustrations).
Stella Pope Duarte
Mini-Bio:
Inspired to become a writer through a prophetic dream of her father in 1995, Stella Pope Duarte's writing is described as lyrical and vivid, reminiscent at once of Laura Esquivel and Alice Hoffman. Her first collection of short stories, Fragile Night, (Bilingual Review Press, 1997) won a creative writing fellowship from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, and was named a candidate for the prestigious, Pen West Fiction Award. In 2001, Ms. Duarte was awarded a second creative writing fellowship for her current novel, Let Their Spirits Dance, (HarperCollins, 2002). Critiques have described Duarte as a "major, new literary voice in America."
Seeking:
Adult fiction novels, historical and short stories.
Elizabeth Rusch
Mini-Bio:
As an award-winning freelance writer and former managing editor of Teacher magazine, editor-in-chief of PointsBeyond.com, and contributing editor to Child and Fit Pregnancy, Liz Rusch has published more than 100 articles in numerous national magazines for children and adults.
Seeking:
Children’s books or articles, fiction or non-fiction, from board books
and picture books to middle grades and YA. Also adult non-fiction magazine articles, essays, or queries.
Hallie Ephron
Mini-Bio:
Hallie Ephron is the author of Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel:
How to Knock 'Em Dead with Style (Writers Digest Books, 2005), the book about mystery writing that cracks the code. The book was nominated for a 2006 Edgar award for Best Critical/Biographical and for a 2006 Anthony Award for Best Critical/Non-fiction. Her latest book is 1001 Books for Every Mood (Adams Media, April 2008). It's the book lover's book, a guide to the best books of our time, organized to suit your every mood. And her psychological suspense novel, Baby, Baby,
will be published by HarperCollins. Hallie is also co-author of five Dr. Peter Zak mystery/ psychological thrillers by G. H. Ephron and crime fiction book reviewer for the Boston Globe. She is the winner of the Ellen Nehr Award for Excellence in Mystery Reviewing, and the former president of the New England chapter of Sisters in Crime.
Seeking:
Crime fiction: mystery, suspense, thrillers for adult audiences.
Julie Fast
Mini-Bio:
Julie A. Fast is the best selling author of Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder: Understanding and Helping Your Partner (over 50,000 copies sold) and the Time/Warner book Take Charge of Bipolar Disorder. She has also sold thousands of her self help e-books on her web site www.bipolarhappens.com.
Seeking:
Memoir and all non-fiction.
David Greenburg
Mini-Bio:
David Greenburg studied Philosophy of Religion and graduated from Reed College. After several odd jobs, he started a Chinese eggroll restaurant at a weekend craft fair. During the week, when he wasn't eggrolling, he began volunteering at local schools, helping kids with their reading and writing. He started using the poems he'd been writing as teaching material for these kids, and found, to his astonishment, that they really seemed to enjoy his writing. David published his first book of poetry, Slugs (Little, Brown & Co.). Since then he's published The Great School Lunch Rebellion, Your Dog Might be a Werewolf - Your Toes Could All Explode, Bugs!, Skunks!, Snakes!, Whatever happened to Humpty Dumpty?, and The Book of Boys for Girls - The Book of Girls for Boys, and Don't Forget Your Etiquette. David now lives in Portland, Oregon.
Leigh Anne Jasheway-Bryant was a regular humor and inspiration writer for Family Circle for over eight years, with over seventy published articles. She has also been published in a wide variety of national magazines such as Better Homes & Gardens' Special Interest Publications, Diet & Fitness, DogFancy, Energy for Women, The Funny Times, Good Housekeeping, and Pink.
Seeking:
Adult fiction and non-fiction.
Christina Katz
Mini-Bio:
Christina Katz has published more than 200 articles in magazines, newspapers, and online publications and is the author of Writer Mama, How to Raise a Writing Career Alongside Your Kids (Writers Digest Books, 2007). She is also the publisher and editor of Writers on the Rise, an online monthly e-zine.
Bharti Kirchner is the author of eight books - four novels and four cookbooks. Her fourth novel, Pastries: A Novel of Desserts and Discoveries, was selected to be among Summer 2006 Washington Reads program. Her third novel Darjeeling received en- dorsements from top national authors. Bharti has written numerous articles and essays on food, travel and fitness for magazines that include Food & Wine, The Writer, Writer's Digest, The Seattle Times, Fitness Plus, and Northwest Travel. She is a freelance book reviewer for The Seattle Times. Her most recent personal essay was published in the
2006 Doubleday anthology Kiss Tomorrow Hello. Bharti is a frequent speaker at writer's conferences, book festivals, and universities throughout the nation.
Seeking:
Adult fiction and creative non-fiction.
Maureen McQuerry
Mini-Bio:
Maureen McQuerry is a teacher, novelist
and poet. Her most recent book is Wolfproof
(Idylls 2006), the first in a YA fantasy trilogy. The sequel, The Travelers' Market, will be released in July 2008. She's the author of
two non-fiction books, Nuclear Legacy (an Independent Publisher's Award winner) and Student Inquiry, and a poetry collection, Relentless Light (Finishing Line 2007). She's been honorably mentioned twice in the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror and her chapbook, Wingward, is the winner of the New Eden Chapbook Competition. She's been a frequent presenter at conferences on gifted education, and currently gives author talks at schools,
and in bookstores, and speaks at writing workshops. She presents on a variety of topics to both student and adult writers. Maureen works as a gifted education specialist and as a teaching artist for the WA State Arts commission.
Seeking:
YA, middle grade, adult literary and/or poetry.
Jessica Morrell
Mini-Bio:
Jessica Page Morrell is the author of Between the Lines: master the subtle aspects of fiction writing published by Writer's Digest Books. Additionally in February 2008 Bullies, Bastards & Bitches: The Bad Guys in Fiction is being published by Writer's Digest Books.
Seeking:
Adult and young adult fiction, non-fiction, memoir, how-to, etc.
Mary Rosenblum
Mini-Bio:
Mary Rosenblum first published in Asimov's Magazine in 1990 with 'For A Price', one of her Clarion West stories. Her SF stories have been published in Asimov's, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, SciFiction, and Analog among others.
Seeking:
Adult fiction, novel or short story, any genre.
Elyn Selu
Mini-Bio:
Elyn Selu has taught creative writing for the University of New Orleans, screenwriting for Louisiana State University's Red Stick International Animation Festival, and was co-founder of the fiction writing workshop, The Women's Writing Collective. She has published one novel, Pretty is Just a Face I Make, as well as numerous stories in the speculative market. Her latest work, a novel series about a family of witches, is currently being shopped.
Books:
Pretty is Just a Face I Make
Seeking:
Adult fiction, all genres.
Ann Warren Smith
Mini-Bio:
Anne has been a creative writing instructor and conference workshop leader for twenty years. She is the author of novels for children and young adults, as well as author of personal essays for literary journals.
Adult fiction, personal essays, memoir, children’s, and Y/A.
Sheila Stephens
Mini-Bio:
Sheila L. Stephens was the first female Alcohol, Tobacco & Firearms special agent in the state of Alabama, one of the first in the nation. Recruited while a police officer, she has a unique platform from which to write and speak about the people and issues of law enforcement.
Seeking:
Adult fiction: women’s fiction, mysteries, police procedurals, thrillers, and non-fiction.
Elizabeth Taylor
Mini-Bio:
Elizabeth Taylor and her partner, Barbara Allen Burke, are the co-owners of Past Perfect, a life-story writing business. They are the authors of Half Past Perfect: Writing Simple, Personal Stories to "Re-Story" Your Life, and its companion notebook, Story Starters. In addition, Elizabeth is the author of three novels for young adult and middle readers: Fat Moon Dance, Julie In Between, and Beach Kids in Oceans of Trouble, which were published in her native Canada. Learn more at www.IAmStory.com
Eric M. Witchey's novel, Fighting Mother's Echo, is currently out in Polish. His How-to articles have appeared in Writer's Digest Magazine, Writer's Northwest Magazine, and Northwest Ink. His fiction has won recognition from Writers of The Future, New Century Writers, Writer's Digest, and www.ralan.com.
