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2019-20 EPIC BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Judith Works, President
Biography: Judith, a founding member of EPIC Group Writers, is the author of a memoir about living in Rome and working for the United Nations titled Coins in the Fountain. She enjoys writing travel stories, and is working on a novel set in Rome and Vashon Island, and another set in the Cascade Mountain foothills.
Published work: Coins in the Fountain as well as articles in My Edmonds News, Wanted in Rome, Alaska Airlines inflight magazine and several pieces of flash fiction in literary journals.
Social Media: FB Author's page: judithworks author; Instagram: worksjudith; blog:aLittleLightExercise.com; website: judithworks.net
Laura Moe, VP Development & Writing Group leader
Biography: Author, radio host, and writing teacher Laura Moe spent most of her working life as a librarian and English teacher in central and Southeastern Ohio, but moved to Seattle where she writes full-time and is an active member of SCBWI.
Published work: Parallel Lines (Fat Cats, 2015); Breakfast with Neruda (Simon & Schuster/Merit Press, 2016) - named by the New York Public Library as one of the Best Books for Teens in 2016. She is owned by a spoiled white cat and is working on a sequel to Breakfast With Neruda.
Social Media: https://bookclubbabble.com/interviews/interview-with-ya-author-laura-moe-on-breakfast-with-neruda/;
http://laura-moe.blogspot.com/; http://www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair/2016/08/03/jacquelyn-mitchards-summer-scribes-presents-author-laura-moe
Susan Frederick, VP Membership
Biography: Susan Frederick is an award winning writer who has published poems, short stories and essays, and is currently working on a novel set in Washington State. She is a native of Washington state and grew up in small logging towns in the foothills of Mt. Rainier. She lives in Kirkland, Washington and is a member of EPIC Group Writers, Hugo House, and Pacific Northwest Writers Association.
Published work: Rise & Shine, (publisher: Gather Here, an imprint of Homeostasis Press); Timber Town (publisher: Gather Here); Ghosted, Northwest Prime Time magazine.
Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susanfrederickwriter/; Twitter: @SusanFrederic11
Mindy Halleck, Secretary and Writing Group Leader
Biography: Mindy Halleck is a writer, an award-winning author, and writing instructor. Her debut novel Return To Sender was voted in the top twenty Indie books of the year by Kirkus Review, it also received the ‘Readers’ Choice’ award - she has won writing contests including a Writer’s Digest fiction contest. Halleck is an active member of the Pacific Northwest writing community, and in addition to being a writer, she is a happily married, globe-trotting beachcomber, gardener, proud grandma, and three-time cancer survivor.
Published work: Return To Sender. Publisher, Better Life Press, available on Amazon
Social Media: www.MindyHalleck.com; Twitter: @MindyHalleck
Valerie Spasojevic, Treasurer
[awaiting biography]
Nicole 'Nicki' Chen, Board Member at Large
Biography: I'm a writer and blogger living in Edmonds. My first novel, Tiger Tail Soup, a Novel of China at War, was published in 2013. I'm working on a second novel. It's the story of an expat who lives in the Philippines and then in Vanuatu, a woman who has her heart set on having a baby. I'm a graduate of Seattle University, and I have an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Published work: Tiger Tail Soup, a novel of China at war.
Social Media: Website/Blog: www.nickichenwrites.com; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickiChenAuthor/; Twitter: @NickiChenAuthor; Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8261760.
Paddy Eger, Board Member at Large
Biography: Paddy is the published author of both non fiction and fiction books and materials, a presenter, a speaker, a blogger and a traveler. Currently her interests include writing YA, early chapter books and memoir.
Published work: Award-winning books including a YA trilogy: 84 Ribbons, When the Music Stops-Dance On, Letters to Follow-A Dancer's Adventure; and Tasman-An Innocent Convict's Struggle for Freedom
Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paddyegerfictionauthor; Twitter: @paddyegerwriter; Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/paddyeger; Website: www.paddyeger.com; Blogs: www.paddyeger.com/blog/author
Vanessa Arpin, Board Member at Large
Biography: Vanessa Arpin has won several awards for her writing. In 2017, she won a scholarship to the Mendocino Writer’s Conference for her Young Adult submission, and her book was a top finalist in the Young Adult genre. In 2014, she was recognized by the Seattle Public Library for her poetry.
Social Media: Vanessaarpin.com
Laura Kemp, Board Member at Large
Biography: After retiring from a career in public safety in 2013 (where my writing was limited to producing rather uninspired training manuals) I finally have the time to pursue writing fiction. I am a member of PNWA, SCBWI, and EPIC Group Writers, as well as a founding member my Kitsap-based critique group, Sound Writers.
Social media: Gamblecreekstudio.com
Gerald Bigelow, EPIC Board Member at Large & Poetry Group leader
Published work: Poetry, poems published in Arizona 100 Years, Between the Lines, Memories Looking Through a Screen Door, Soundings from the Salish Sea: A Pacific Northwest Poetry Anthology.
Alison (Ali) Eden Ersfeld, EPIC Board Member at Large
Biography: Ali is obsessed with Meade notebooks; they are her dearest friends. She has been traveling with them, filling them, and excavating her wounds in them since the 80's. When she's not writing, she's teaching creative writing, mythology, and English at Meadowdale High school, or she's instructing a yoga class at Bindi Yoga in Lynnwood. Ali also facilitates yoga and writing workshops, combining these two deeply reflective practices.
Published work: Unmasked Magazine; EPIC Group Writers 2018 Contest Winner - 2nd Place Poetry
Diane Naab, EPIC Board Member at Large
Biography: Diane Naab is an artist, former art gallery owner, world traveler, and published author, now living in the Seattle area.
Published work: Poetry and short stories published in four consecutive issues of the annual literary review, Inside Passages, in southeast Alaska.
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2019-20 EPIC MEMBERS (in alphabetical order)
(Please note: updated biographies, etc. will be added soon)
Catherine Alexander
Biography: A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, Catherine Alexander has published stories in 34 literary journals and anthologies. Her work has been aired on NPR and performed in LA Word Theatre. She has taught fiction at the University of Washington and Write on the Sound Conference (twice). Currently teaching privately in Seattle, she is shopping her novel, Dogs Don’t Cook.
Website: www.catherinealexander.net
Roma Anjoy
(awaiting biography)
Petra Bosse
Publications: Worlds of Deception
Diedra Clay
Curtis Colbert
Biography: Curt Colbert is the author of the Jake Rossiter & Miss Jenkins mystery series, set in Seattle in the 1940's. He also edited Seattle Noir for Akashic Books. In addition, along with Waverly Fitzgerald, he co-wrote The Barking Detective series under the pen name Waverly Curtis. Curt is a member of Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime.
Published work: Rat City; Sayonaraville; Queer Street; Seattle Noir; Dial C for Chihuahua; Chihuahua Confidential; The Big Chihuahua; The Chihuahua Always Sniffs Twice; The Silence of the Chihuahuas.
Anna Colpitts
Christine Dubois
Mary Edwards
Ann Erickson
Maggie Fimia
(awaiting biography)
Daphne Ford
(awaiting biography)
Tom Frank
Biography: Tom Frank was born in Ohio; moved to Southern California at 12; played ball with the Brett brothers; BA in history and teaching credential from UC Santa Barbara; insurance underwriter turned software engineer; retired after 38 years writing code to try writing something completely different.
Published work: With D. W. Willard - Green Water Strategy - The New Paradigm in Modern Business; Sound Investigations: A Deadly Dive; Sound Investigations: Bullets, Bones, and Bodies.
Ramona Gault
Carla Granat
Leslie Hall
Cynthia Heckman
Lora Hein
Biography: Lora is returning to writing in retirement. Her first focus is a memoir based on her two month journey to the Galápagos Islands in 1973 and the life lessons she learned there. Lora lives in Edmonds where she enjoys gardening and creative cooking as well as dancing and reading. She makes every effort to retain her connection to nature.
Amber Hill
(awaiting biography / publications)
Kizzie Jones
Biography: Children’s author Kizzie Jones blends her love of dachshunds and her love of the ocean to create whimsical tall tales to delight readers of all ages. Kizzie makes her home in Edmonds with her beloved Thom and three dachshunds!
Published work: "How Dachshunds Came to Be" (2012); "A Tall Tale About a Dachshund & a Pelican" (2016); "A Tall Tale About Dachshunds in Costumes"(2019); "Writing in Place: Prose & Poetry from the Pacific Northwest" Anthology (2019); Northwest Prime Time, Chaplaincy Today, Military.com, and CHSSM Diakonie, and has been a first-place non-fiction winner for Write on the Sound with her piece titled, "The Waters of Compassion."
Social media: Website: https://www.kizziejones.com/; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kizziejonesauthor; Twitter:
https://twitter.com/kizeliz; Goodreads: https://www.go:odreads.com/author/show/6615823.Kizzie_Jones
Elizabeth Keating
(awaiting biography)
Anna Kim
Jean Lightburne
(awaiting biography)
Gloria MacKay
Published work: Aquillrelle, home office Brussels Belgium, has published four of my books, some poetry, some essays and stories. My book Just Words: Loosely Strung, was recently published by Aquillrelle.
Bill Mayer
(awaiting biography)
Marcia McLaughlin
Biography: Marcia has lived in the Seattle area since she was in her twenties. Presently she lives in Lake Forest Park with her partner, Beth. She has written both prose and poetry for many years now. At first, it was part of her healing and now is something that can be more public. She is retiring this summer from being a spiritual director and look forward to having more time to write. She has a a blog – and has good intentions of actually putting more on it! https://marciamclaughlin.blogspot.com/ She has had a couple of poems published in the online Shoreline Area News. She is a photographer and enjoys writing poems to go with the photographs – ekphrastic poetry.
Erica Miner
Biography: Former Metropolitan Opera violinist ERICA MINER is now an award-winning author, screenwriter, arts writer and lecturer. Erica won the Fiction Prize in the Direct from the Author Book Awards for her debut novel, Travels With My Lovers. She recently released Death by Opera, the second in her “Operatic Mystery” series.
Published work: Travels With My Lovers; FourEver Friends; Murder in the Pit; Death by Opera
Bill Morton
Gretchen Murphy
Biography: Gretchen is a native of Seattle and has lived with her family in Bothell since 1976. She worked in healthcare and education. She retired in 2017 as Director of the Master’s program in Health Informatics and Health Information Management at the University of Washington. Gretchen has enjoyed writing and contributing to textbooks over many years and is now interested in exploring new writing experiences.
Published work: Poetry: In the Blink of an Eye, Northwest Prime Time, April 2019. Textbooks: Electronic Health Records - Changing the Vision, 1999; Systems Analysis and Computer Applications in Health Information Management, 1983; Medical Records in Health Information, 1979.
Wendy Ogden
(awaiting biography)
Eleanor DeVito Owen
Christine Pinto
Biography: Writer, teacher, writing coach and living history enthusiast. Teaching Oregon Trail history and historical fiction writing to fourth graders. Writing historical fiction and fantasy for children and young adults, and picture books. Helping kids and adults bring their stories to life through writing exercises and coaching.
Social Media: http://www.christinepintowrites.com/
Patricia Power
Biography: I am a semi-retired adjunct professor of religious studies for Arizona State University and the Maricopa Community College District. This means I teach online courses for these institutions from the comfort of my home, or better yet, the open patio in front of Starbucks in Mill Creek Town Center! I’ve been writing one thing or another for as long as I can remember. A few pieces have even been published. While I enjoy writing non-fiction, I am trying my hand at fiction these days. On the agenda: a murder mystery set in the fictitious community of Cedar Creek.
Published work: A first-person feature article on working with the homeless in Charisma magazine; “Seppuku,” in Religion and Violence: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict from Antiquity to the Present; “Dar al-Islam community (New Mexico) in Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History; “Blurring the Boundaries: American Messianic Jews and Gentiles,” in Nova Religio.
Joe Rice, Writing Group leader
Biography: I am a retired educator now working to complete a memoir and another nonfiction book on Multiage Education. I also write poetry, short stories and educational articles. I'm also an avid of many genre and love to participate in writing groups. Never too old to learn.
Published work: Nongraded Multiage Education - A Resource Book, Edmonds School District Press 1990, 1992; Short stories published in others' collections:- Joseph Rice: Generations, edited by Darryl Teruya 2003; "One Way Out," The Greater Good,: Life Lessons from Hawai'i's Leaders, by Evan and Kari Leong 2008; "Untitled," Do It Anyway by Kent M. Keith 2003; "A survey and Analysis of Oral Reading Miscues Made By Mexican and Mexican American Migrants 1979; "Kupu Hou: To Sprout and Grow Anew," A white paper on the future of education presented to the Directors of Mid-Pacific Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii 2012.
Regina Sadono
(awaiting biography)
Carol Sanford
Published work: Three award-winning non-fiction. The Responsible Business, The Responsible Entrepreneur with Wiley; The Regenerative Business, with Nicholas Brealey and soon to be released No More Feedback self-published. 3 Podcasts and Blogs. The Regenerative Business, The Responsible Capitalist, Business Second Opinion. Producer The Regenerative Summit. Faculty @ Universities in Europe and UW. Senior Fellow of Social Innovation at Babson College.
Social Media: Website: www.carolsanford.com; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carolsanford2; Twitter: carolsanford
Lisa Sawyer
Mary Ann Schradi
Courtenay Schurman
Biography: Traditionally published in adult non-fiction, I'm currently working on MG novels featuring active girls who love the outdoors. I was chosen through SCBWI to participate in their 6-month Mentorship Program. When I'm not writing or training clients for their outdoor adventures, I serve on the WOTS Steering Committee, volunteer with the giraffes at Woodland Park Zoo, shelve books at the Olympic Hills Elementary School, and prepare for upcoming overseas adventures including trips to Ireland as a chaperone for my daughter's high school marching band, and New Zealand.
Published works: Train to Climb Mt. Rainier or Any High Peak DVD (Body Results 2002); Chapter 4 (Conditioning) Freedom of the Hills (Mountaineers books) editions 7, 8, 9; The Outdoor Athlete (2009; Human Kinetics); Quarterly columnist Mountaineers Magazine (Seattle Mountaineers) 2014-current
Cindy Speer
Cindy Lynn Speer has loved telling stories her whole life — stories make the world make sense. Some of her favorite authors are Neil Gaiman, Barbara Hambly, Terry Pritchett, Lee Child, Craig Johnson, Patricia Briggs. When she’s not writing or reading, she can be found practicing historical fencing (decently), sewing (impatiently), and gardening (horribly.). She also loves tea. Tea is a good bribe.
Published works: Blue Moon; Unbalanced; The Chocolatier’s Wife; The Chocolatier’s Ghost; Wishes and Sorrows.
Kristina Stapleton
Dorothy Van Soest
Biography: Dorothy Van Soest, is an educator, activist and author with a publication record of eleven books, including three novels, Just Mercy (2014), At the Center (2016), and Death, Unchartered (2018).
Published work: Just Mercy (2014); At the Center (2016); Death, Unchartered (2018)
Social media: Website: https://www.dorothyvansoest.com; Facebook: https://www.facebookcom/dorothyauthor; Twitter: https://twitter.com/dorothyjvs; Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/769770.Dorothy-Van-Soest
Carol Viens
(awaiting biography)
Sandra Walker
(awaiting biography)
Naomi Wark
Biography: Naomi Wark lives with her husband on Camano Island. She loves the natural beauty of living near Puget Sound where she enjoys long strolls along the water and exploring the many beaches of the island. When not writing, she is active in several volunteer efforts including the Stanwood Camano Food Bank. She loves spending time with family, a theme in her novels. To quote Archbishop Desmond Tutu, “You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” It is up to each of us how we choose to view the gift of family which we have been given."
Wildflowers in Winter is her first novel. A prequel to Wildflowers in Winter, Songs of Spring, takes place in the Seattle and Puget Sound area during the quick-changing period of 1902 thru 1925, and is planned for release in late 2020.
Ingrid Wolsk
Biography: I was born in New York City and from childhood on I wrote poems and illustrated them,along with writing very short stories. As an adult I lived abroad for ten years working both in and out of the arts and theater world. I feel so privileged now to have the time to write, which is my true passion, and now finally am published.
Publications: 'A Screech of Warning' a flash fiction piece on Amazon Kindle. 'The Secret of Anja' a novel, on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. For the moment it appears only as an eBook since it takes 2-3 weeks to get it to appear as a print version.
Judith Works, President
Biography: Judith, a founding member of EPIC Group Writers, is the author of a memoir about living in Rome and working for the United Nations titled Coins in the Fountain. She enjoys writing travel stories, and is working on a novel set in Rome and Vashon Island, and another set in the Cascade Mountain foothills.
Published work: Coins in the Fountain as well as articles in My Edmonds News, Wanted in Rome, Alaska Airlines inflight magazine and several pieces of flash fiction in literary journals.
Social Media: FB Author's page: judithworks author; Instagram: worksjudith; blog:aLittleLightExercise.com; website: judithworks.net
Laura Moe, VP Development & Writing Group leader
Biography: Author, radio host, and writing teacher Laura Moe spent most of her working life as a librarian and English teacher in central and Southeastern Ohio, but moved to Seattle where she writes full-time and is an active member of SCBWI.
Published work: Parallel Lines (Fat Cats, 2015); Breakfast with Neruda (Simon & Schuster/Merit Press, 2016) - named by the New York Public Library as one of the Best Books for Teens in 2016. She is owned by a spoiled white cat and is working on a sequel to Breakfast With Neruda.
Social Media: https://bookclubbabble.com/interviews/interview-with-ya-author-laura-moe-on-breakfast-with-neruda/;
http://laura-moe.blogspot.com/; http://www.blogtalkradio.com/authorsontheair/2016/08/03/jacquelyn-mitchards-summer-scribes-presents-author-laura-moe
Susan Frederick, VP Membership
Biography: Susan Frederick is an award winning writer who has published poems, short stories and essays, and is currently working on a novel set in Washington State. She is a native of Washington state and grew up in small logging towns in the foothills of Mt. Rainier. She lives in Kirkland, Washington and is a member of EPIC Group Writers, Hugo House, and Pacific Northwest Writers Association.
Published work: Rise & Shine, (publisher: Gather Here, an imprint of Homeostasis Press); Timber Town (publisher: Gather Here); Ghosted, Northwest Prime Time magazine.
Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/susanfrederickwriter/; Twitter: @SusanFrederic11
Mindy Halleck, Secretary and Writing Group Leader
Biography: Mindy Halleck is a writer, an award-winning author, and writing instructor. Her debut novel Return To Sender was voted in the top twenty Indie books of the year by Kirkus Review, it also received the ‘Readers’ Choice’ award - she has won writing contests including a Writer’s Digest fiction contest. Halleck is an active member of the Pacific Northwest writing community, and in addition to being a writer, she is a happily married, globe-trotting beachcomber, gardener, proud grandma, and three-time cancer survivor.
Published work: Return To Sender. Publisher, Better Life Press, available on Amazon
Social Media: www.MindyHalleck.com; Twitter: @MindyHalleck
Valerie Spasojevic, Treasurer
[awaiting biography]
Nicole 'Nicki' Chen, Board Member at Large
Biography: I'm a writer and blogger living in Edmonds. My first novel, Tiger Tail Soup, a Novel of China at War, was published in 2013. I'm working on a second novel. It's the story of an expat who lives in the Philippines and then in Vanuatu, a woman who has her heart set on having a baby. I'm a graduate of Seattle University, and I have an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Published work: Tiger Tail Soup, a novel of China at war.
Social Media: Website/Blog: www.nickichenwrites.com; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NickiChenAuthor/; Twitter: @NickiChenAuthor; Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8261760.
Paddy Eger, Board Member at Large
Biography: Paddy is the published author of both non fiction and fiction books and materials, a presenter, a speaker, a blogger and a traveler. Currently her interests include writing YA, early chapter books and memoir.
Published work: Award-winning books including a YA trilogy: 84 Ribbons, When the Music Stops-Dance On, Letters to Follow-A Dancer's Adventure; and Tasman-An Innocent Convict's Struggle for Freedom
Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paddyegerfictionauthor; Twitter: @paddyegerwriter; Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/paddyeger; Website: www.paddyeger.com; Blogs: www.paddyeger.com/blog/author
Vanessa Arpin, Board Member at Large
Biography: Vanessa Arpin has won several awards for her writing. In 2017, she won a scholarship to the Mendocino Writer’s Conference for her Young Adult submission, and her book was a top finalist in the Young Adult genre. In 2014, she was recognized by the Seattle Public Library for her poetry.
Social Media: Vanessaarpin.com
Laura Kemp, Board Member at Large
Biography: After retiring from a career in public safety in 2013 (where my writing was limited to producing rather uninspired training manuals) I finally have the time to pursue writing fiction. I am a member of PNWA, SCBWI, and EPIC Group Writers, as well as a founding member my Kitsap-based critique group, Sound Writers.
Social media: Gamblecreekstudio.com
Gerald Bigelow, EPIC Board Member at Large & Poetry Group leader
Published work: Poetry, poems published in Arizona 100 Years, Between the Lines, Memories Looking Through a Screen Door, Soundings from the Salish Sea: A Pacific Northwest Poetry Anthology.
Alison (Ali) Eden Ersfeld, EPIC Board Member at Large
Biography: Ali is obsessed with Meade notebooks; they are her dearest friends. She has been traveling with them, filling them, and excavating her wounds in them since the 80's. When she's not writing, she's teaching creative writing, mythology, and English at Meadowdale High school, or she's instructing a yoga class at Bindi Yoga in Lynnwood. Ali also facilitates yoga and writing workshops, combining these two deeply reflective practices.
Published work: Unmasked Magazine; EPIC Group Writers 2018 Contest Winner - 2nd Place Poetry
Diane Naab, EPIC Board Member at Large
Biography: Diane Naab is an artist, former art gallery owner, world traveler, and published author, now living in the Seattle area.
Published work: Poetry and short stories published in four consecutive issues of the annual literary review, Inside Passages, in southeast Alaska.
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2019-20 EPIC MEMBERS (in alphabetical order)
(Please note: updated biographies, etc. will be added soon)
Catherine Alexander
Biography: A Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net nominee, Catherine Alexander has published stories in 34 literary journals and anthologies. Her work has been aired on NPR and performed in LA Word Theatre. She has taught fiction at the University of Washington and Write on the Sound Conference (twice). Currently teaching privately in Seattle, she is shopping her novel, Dogs Don’t Cook.
Website: www.catherinealexander.net
Roma Anjoy
(awaiting biography)
Petra Bosse
Publications: Worlds of Deception
Diedra Clay
Curtis Colbert
Biography: Curt Colbert is the author of the Jake Rossiter & Miss Jenkins mystery series, set in Seattle in the 1940's. He also edited Seattle Noir for Akashic Books. In addition, along with Waverly Fitzgerald, he co-wrote The Barking Detective series under the pen name Waverly Curtis. Curt is a member of Mystery Writers of America, and Sisters in Crime.
Published work: Rat City; Sayonaraville; Queer Street; Seattle Noir; Dial C for Chihuahua; Chihuahua Confidential; The Big Chihuahua; The Chihuahua Always Sniffs Twice; The Silence of the Chihuahuas.
Anna Colpitts
Christine Dubois
Mary Edwards
Ann Erickson
Maggie Fimia
(awaiting biography)
Daphne Ford
(awaiting biography)
Tom Frank
Biography: Tom Frank was born in Ohio; moved to Southern California at 12; played ball with the Brett brothers; BA in history and teaching credential from UC Santa Barbara; insurance underwriter turned software engineer; retired after 38 years writing code to try writing something completely different.
Published work: With D. W. Willard - Green Water Strategy - The New Paradigm in Modern Business; Sound Investigations: A Deadly Dive; Sound Investigations: Bullets, Bones, and Bodies.
Ramona Gault
Carla Granat
Leslie Hall
Cynthia Heckman
Lora Hein
Biography: Lora is returning to writing in retirement. Her first focus is a memoir based on her two month journey to the Galápagos Islands in 1973 and the life lessons she learned there. Lora lives in Edmonds where she enjoys gardening and creative cooking as well as dancing and reading. She makes every effort to retain her connection to nature.
Amber Hill
(awaiting biography / publications)
Kizzie Jones
Biography: Children’s author Kizzie Jones blends her love of dachshunds and her love of the ocean to create whimsical tall tales to delight readers of all ages. Kizzie makes her home in Edmonds with her beloved Thom and three dachshunds!
Published work: "How Dachshunds Came to Be" (2012); "A Tall Tale About a Dachshund & a Pelican" (2016); "A Tall Tale About Dachshunds in Costumes"(2019); "Writing in Place: Prose & Poetry from the Pacific Northwest" Anthology (2019); Northwest Prime Time, Chaplaincy Today, Military.com, and CHSSM Diakonie, and has been a first-place non-fiction winner for Write on the Sound with her piece titled, "The Waters of Compassion."
Social media: Website: https://www.kizziejones.com/; Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kizziejonesauthor; Twitter:
https://twitter.com/kizeliz; Goodreads: https://www.go:odreads.com/author/show/6615823.Kizzie_Jones
Elizabeth Keating
(awaiting biography)
Anna Kim
Jean Lightburne
(awaiting biography)
Gloria MacKay
Published work: Aquillrelle, home office Brussels Belgium, has published four of my books, some poetry, some essays and stories. My book Just Words: Loosely Strung, was recently published by Aquillrelle.
Bill Mayer
(awaiting biography)
Marcia McLaughlin
Biography: Marcia has lived in the Seattle area since she was in her twenties. Presently she lives in Lake Forest Park with her partner, Beth. She has written both prose and poetry for many years now. At first, it was part of her healing and now is something that can be more public. She is retiring this summer from being a spiritual director and look forward to having more time to write. She has a a blog – and has good intentions of actually putting more on it! https://marciamclaughlin.blogspot.com/ She has had a couple of poems published in the online Shoreline Area News. She is a photographer and enjoys writing poems to go with the photographs – ekphrastic poetry.
Erica Miner
Biography: Former Metropolitan Opera violinist ERICA MINER is now an award-winning author, screenwriter, arts writer and lecturer. Erica won the Fiction Prize in the Direct from the Author Book Awards for her debut novel, Travels With My Lovers. She recently released Death by Opera, the second in her “Operatic Mystery” series.
Published work: Travels With My Lovers; FourEver Friends; Murder in the Pit; Death by Opera
Bill Morton
Gretchen Murphy
Biography: Gretchen is a native of Seattle and has lived with her family in Bothell since 1976. She worked in healthcare and education. She retired in 2017 as Director of the Master’s program in Health Informatics and Health Information Management at the University of Washington. Gretchen has enjoyed writing and contributing to textbooks over many years and is now interested in exploring new writing experiences.
Published work: Poetry: In the Blink of an Eye, Northwest Prime Time, April 2019. Textbooks: Electronic Health Records - Changing the Vision, 1999; Systems Analysis and Computer Applications in Health Information Management, 1983; Medical Records in Health Information, 1979.
Wendy Ogden
(awaiting biography)
Eleanor DeVito Owen
Christine Pinto
Biography: Writer, teacher, writing coach and living history enthusiast. Teaching Oregon Trail history and historical fiction writing to fourth graders. Writing historical fiction and fantasy for children and young adults, and picture books. Helping kids and adults bring their stories to life through writing exercises and coaching.
Social Media: http://www.christinepintowrites.com/
Patricia Power
Biography: I am a semi-retired adjunct professor of religious studies for Arizona State University and the Maricopa Community College District. This means I teach online courses for these institutions from the comfort of my home, or better yet, the open patio in front of Starbucks in Mill Creek Town Center! I’ve been writing one thing or another for as long as I can remember. A few pieces have even been published. While I enjoy writing non-fiction, I am trying my hand at fiction these days. On the agenda: a murder mystery set in the fictitious community of Cedar Creek.
Published work: A first-person feature article on working with the homeless in Charisma magazine; “Seppuku,” in Religion and Violence: An Encyclopedia of Faith and Conflict from Antiquity to the Present; “Dar al-Islam community (New Mexico) in Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History; “Blurring the Boundaries: American Messianic Jews and Gentiles,” in Nova Religio.
Joe Rice, Writing Group leader
Biography: I am a retired educator now working to complete a memoir and another nonfiction book on Multiage Education. I also write poetry, short stories and educational articles. I'm also an avid of many genre and love to participate in writing groups. Never too old to learn.
Published work: Nongraded Multiage Education - A Resource Book, Edmonds School District Press 1990, 1992; Short stories published in others' collections:- Joseph Rice: Generations, edited by Darryl Teruya 2003; "One Way Out," The Greater Good,: Life Lessons from Hawai'i's Leaders, by Evan and Kari Leong 2008; "Untitled," Do It Anyway by Kent M. Keith 2003; "A survey and Analysis of Oral Reading Miscues Made By Mexican and Mexican American Migrants 1979; "Kupu Hou: To Sprout and Grow Anew," A white paper on the future of education presented to the Directors of Mid-Pacific Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii 2012.
Regina Sadono
(awaiting biography)
Carol Sanford
Published work: Three award-winning non-fiction. The Responsible Business, The Responsible Entrepreneur with Wiley; The Regenerative Business, with Nicholas Brealey and soon to be released No More Feedback self-published. 3 Podcasts and Blogs. The Regenerative Business, The Responsible Capitalist, Business Second Opinion. Producer The Regenerative Summit. Faculty @ Universities in Europe and UW. Senior Fellow of Social Innovation at Babson College.
Social Media: Website: www.carolsanford.com; Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carolsanford2; Twitter: carolsanford
Lisa Sawyer
Mary Ann Schradi
Courtenay Schurman
Biography: Traditionally published in adult non-fiction, I'm currently working on MG novels featuring active girls who love the outdoors. I was chosen through SCBWI to participate in their 6-month Mentorship Program. When I'm not writing or training clients for their outdoor adventures, I serve on the WOTS Steering Committee, volunteer with the giraffes at Woodland Park Zoo, shelve books at the Olympic Hills Elementary School, and prepare for upcoming overseas adventures including trips to Ireland as a chaperone for my daughter's high school marching band, and New Zealand.
Published works: Train to Climb Mt. Rainier or Any High Peak DVD (Body Results 2002); Chapter 4 (Conditioning) Freedom of the Hills (Mountaineers books) editions 7, 8, 9; The Outdoor Athlete (2009; Human Kinetics); Quarterly columnist Mountaineers Magazine (Seattle Mountaineers) 2014-current
Cindy Speer
Cindy Lynn Speer has loved telling stories her whole life — stories make the world make sense. Some of her favorite authors are Neil Gaiman, Barbara Hambly, Terry Pritchett, Lee Child, Craig Johnson, Patricia Briggs. When she’s not writing or reading, she can be found practicing historical fencing (decently), sewing (impatiently), and gardening (horribly.). She also loves tea. Tea is a good bribe.
Published works: Blue Moon; Unbalanced; The Chocolatier’s Wife; The Chocolatier’s Ghost; Wishes and Sorrows.
Kristina Stapleton
Dorothy Van Soest
Biography: Dorothy Van Soest, is an educator, activist and author with a publication record of eleven books, including three novels, Just Mercy (2014), At the Center (2016), and Death, Unchartered (2018).
Published work: Just Mercy (2014); At the Center (2016); Death, Unchartered (2018)
Social media: Website: https://www.dorothyvansoest.com; Facebook: https://www.facebookcom/dorothyauthor; Twitter: https://twitter.com/dorothyjvs; Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/769770.Dorothy-Van-Soest
Carol Viens
(awaiting biography)
Sandra Walker
(awaiting biography)
Naomi Wark
Biography: Naomi Wark lives with her husband on Camano Island. She loves the natural beauty of living near Puget Sound where she enjoys long strolls along the water and exploring the many beaches of the island. When not writing, she is active in several volunteer efforts including the Stanwood Camano Food Bank. She loves spending time with family, a theme in her novels. To quote Archbishop Desmond Tutu, “You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.” It is up to each of us how we choose to view the gift of family which we have been given."
Wildflowers in Winter is her first novel. A prequel to Wildflowers in Winter, Songs of Spring, takes place in the Seattle and Puget Sound area during the quick-changing period of 1902 thru 1925, and is planned for release in late 2020.
Ingrid Wolsk
Biography: I was born in New York City and from childhood on I wrote poems and illustrated them,along with writing very short stories. As an adult I lived abroad for ten years working both in and out of the arts and theater world. I feel so privileged now to have the time to write, which is my true passion, and now finally am published.
Publications: 'A Screech of Warning' a flash fiction piece on Amazon Kindle. 'The Secret of Anja' a novel, on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. For the moment it appears only as an eBook since it takes 2-3 weeks to get it to appear as a print version.