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Alina Adams
Oakdale Confidential (Hardcover)

W. Jude Aher
Poetry, Short fiction, plays

Tanisha Alexander
Phenomenally AKA Tanisha Alexander is a spoken word artist, poet and recently an author.

Claudia Gary Annis
Claudia Gary-Annis is a poet, composer, editor, and freelance writer who lives in the Washington, D.C. area.

Piers Anthony
Science Fiction and Fantasy

David Gwilym Anthony
His life's been spent in the near aura of famous poets: Dafydd ap Gwilym, greatest of the Welsh bards; Philip Larkin, one-time librarian of Hull University; Andrew Marvell, who also went to Hull Grammar School. He lives now with his family in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, a stone's throw from the churchyard where Thomas Gray is buried; still hoping that one day something of these poets will rub off on him.

Angelique Armae
Angelique Armae is a native New Yorker who's as zany as the city she grew up in. As a child her favorite toy was Emerald The Witch, a small doll with green eyes, green hair and purple skin.

David B. Axelrod
Dr. David B. Axelrod has been appointed Suffolk County Poet Laureate (2007 to 2009)

Sara Backer
Sara Backer spent three years in Japan, as the first American and first woman to serve as visiting professor of English at Shizuoka University. American Fuji was nominated for the 2001 Kiriyama Prize and an earlier draft was a finalist in the James Jones First Novel competition.

David Barringer
Short fiction, essays, novels

Carolyn Burns Bass
The Sword Swallower's Daughter - fiction

Carole Bellacera
Carole Bellacera's work has appeared in magazines such as Woman's World, The Star, Endless Vacation and The Washington Post. Her new romantic suspense novel, East of the Sun, West of the Moon, was released in hardcover by Forge Books in August 2000.

Annette Blair
With nineteen novels contracted to date, all of them spicy, sassy & sexy, Annette's work has garnered a Romantic Times Reviewers’ Choice Nomination, HOLT Medallion nominations, Booksellers Best Awards, LORIES Awards, Laurel Wreath Awards, Blue Boa Awards of Excellence, Aspen Gold Awards, RIO Awards, Southern Magic, More than Magic, Orange Rose, Winter Rose, and Beacon Awards of Excellence. She's been an NJRW Golden Leaf Award Finalist and a Preditors and Editors Best Book of 2006 nominee.

Jennifer Blake
Jennifer Blake has been called the Steel Magnolia of women's fiction, and a "legend of the romance genre." She is a seventh generation Louisianian who married at 15, began writing at 21, sold her first book at 27, and gained New York Times Best Seller status more than 20 years ago, with LOVE'S WILD DESIRE.

Erma Bombeck
The workshop for humor writing, human interest writing, networking and getting published.

Shelley Bradley
The author of sizzling contemporary, erotic and historical romances, Shelley Bradley/Shayla Black lives in the south with her husband and munchkin, juggling the many roles in her life: writer, mother, wife and all around laundress. In her “free” time, she is a reality TV junkie, enjoys reading, obsessively studying all things Harry Potter, doing step aerobics, and listening to an eclectic blend of music.

Anne Brooke
Anne Brooke lives and works in Surrey, though she is an Essex Girl at heart. She writes novels, short stories and poetry.

Janet J. Buck
Janet Buck, Ph.D. is a six-time Pushcart Nominee. Her poetry has recently appeared in CrossConnect, Poetry Magazine.com, Offcourse, Stirring, The Pedestal Magazine, Runes, Niederngasse, Southern Ocean Review, Ariga, Facets Magazine, and hundreds of journals worldwide. In 1999, Newton's Baby Press published her first print collection entitled Calamity's Quilt.

Cheryl Burke
Cheryl Burke is an award-winning poet and writer. She has performed, published and produced literary events under the name Cheryl B. since 1993. Her writing appears in dozens of print and online publications including; The Guardian, Small Spiral Notebook, BLOOM, Reactions 5, Pills, Thrills, Chills and Heartache, The Milk of Almonds and Poetry Nation. She has written articles, book reviews and artist profiles for GoNYC, AfterEllen.com, Scene360.com, BUST and Velvet Park Magazine.

Johnaleen Castro
As a Writer: Ms. Castro has written for Black Belt Magazines Self-defense for Women, The Filipino Martial Arts Magazine, a number of national and international newspapers, and has published her first book in 2000“ Foundation Tools”, (2 more books are in the process of being finished and will be produced and published over the next 2 years).

Anastasia Clark
"Writing poetry is a way of evaluating one’s day or one’s life, a way of reconciling the wrongs in one’s life, a way of going everywhere without ever leaving the house, a way of resolving chaos- and for me, it is the ONLY way to breathe. . ." - Anastasia Clark

Robert Covelli

David Coyote
Poetry and short fiction

Rachelle Arlin Credo
Poems, stories, articles

Linda Lee Crosfield
Linda Lee Crosfield lives in the Kootenays. Her poetry has appeared in several Canadian and US publications, including Ascent Aspirations. In 2007 she won the Canadian Poetry Association's Poem of the Year contest. She blogs about poetry-related things at Purple Mountain Poetry.

Jennifer Di Camillo
Wife, mother, writer, and current resident of Highlandville, Missouri, Jennifer DiCamillo is making a name for herself in the world of writing.

Angela Dorsey
Though Anglea primarily creates juvenile fiction novels, she also enjoys writing articles, short stories, postcard stories, and poems. In addition, she recently started a novel for adults.

Graham Ducker
A graduate of Laurentian University with an honours degree in Geography, Mr. Ducker spent many years of teaching as a Principal and Primary Specialist in various Ontario schools. The most enjoyable times were the fifteen years as Kindergarten teacher at the Morson Public School near Lake of the Woods. Now retired, he has completed a book of memoirs entitled Don't Wake The Teacher documenting these special years of this unique school, published and released October 2004.

Stephen R. Duncan
A long-standing member of the Vancouver arts community, S.R. Duncan has broadcasting credits which include CKNW, CITR, Rogers Cable 4, CJSF and CO-OP Radio, where he produces a weekly half hour radio show called "WAX POETIC" (Wed. @ 2pm). On top of numerous publishing credits, he has performed live on stages as far-flung and diverse as Squamish, Victoria, Seattle, Chicago and Portland.

Harlan Ellison
"Harlan Ellison is, in my opinion and that of many others, one of the finest writers of the last fifty years. He has written over 1700 stories, novels, essays, and or columns." - Rick Wyatt

Clayton Eshleman
Over the past decade, five collections of his translations, five collections of his poetry, and two collections of essays have been published. Over the years he has published his writing and translations in over 500 literary magazines and newspapers, and given readings of his work at over 200 universities. He is now Professor Emeritus at EMU. In 2004 Black Sparrow Press will bring out a new collection of poetry, My Devotion, and Soft Skull will bring out a revised and expanded version of his 1988 selected translations, Conductors of the Pit.

Margaret Evans
A native of the Washington, D.C., area, Margaret Evans is a graduate of Georgetown University. Her numerous short stories and humorous philosophical essays have appeared in literary magazines and journals, including Fullosia Press, Prose Toad, ken*again, Underground Window, Palabras Press, NuPenz, Mannequin Envy, Ascent Aspirations, and A Darker Vision eZine.

Christopher Fahy
HIs new novel is CHASING THE SUN.

Mario Fedele
Inspirational author site.

Misha Firer
Misha writes fiction: short stories and novels.

Barbara Fletcher
2003-2005: website editor for Room of One's Own, 1998-99: Contributing Editor for Perihelion (Conceived and edited by Jennifer Ley). Focus: Canadian writers. Solicited/edited Canadian poets for the February 1999 issue Women Writers on the Web featuring Jill Battson, Kate Chenier, Penny L. Ferguson, Adeena Karasick, and nathalie stephens.

Anne Fraser
Anne Fraser is a poet living in Seattle, Washington. She works as a paralegal and holds a BA in Law and Justice from Central Washington University. Anne has been writing since 2002; her work has been published internationally in the small press and with numerous internet journals including The Red River Review, The Blue Fifth Review, the Muse Apprentice Guild, Prairie Poetry, The Book of Remembrance, Lily, VLQ, A Little Poetry, Wicked Alice, and Poems Niederngasse. Anne is among those poets whose work is featured with the online anthology “A Passage Through August”.

Laryalee Fraser
Laryalee Fraser's activities are poetry, photography, gardening, website work and volunteering in the community.

Rhonda Ganz
Get rid of one thing a day. Simplify. Say goodbye. Do I really want to keep that?

Wendy Garner
"POETRY, FOR ME, COMES FROM EMOTIONS. If I am passionate about something, good or bad, I can usually write about it." - Wendy Garner

Michael Gibb
The Zen of Supernatural Fantasy

Greg F. Gifune
Called "One of the best writers of his generation" by both the Roswell Literary Review and author Brian Keene, Greg F. Gifune is the author of numerous short stories, several novels and two short story collections.

Cathy Graham
Catherine Graham's third collection of poetry will be published by Insomniac Press in 2008. She is the author of Pupa (Insomniac Press, 2003) and The Watch (Abbey Press, 1998). Her poetry has appeared in literary journals in North America, the United Kingdom and Ireland and has been frequently anthologized.

Adrian Green
Adrian Green lives England, overlooking the sea at Southend, Essex. He is a former editor of SOL magazine, reviews editor of Littoral, and has published 2 pamphlet collections - Beachgame (1977) and The Watchers (1987) - as well as poems and reviews in a number of magazines and anthologies.

Andreas Gripp
Andreas Gripp lives in London, Ontario with his two cats, "Sheba" and "Clea." He is the author of seven books of poetry, several chapbooks and was the editor and publisher of Afterthoughts from 1994 to 2000.

Angeline Hawkes-Craig
Angeline Hawkes received her B.A. in Composite English Language Arts in 1991 from East Texas State University where she was a member of Sigma Tau Delta [English Honor Society]. She is a former secondary education teacher [British Literature, English, Journalism, Speech Communications, and Reading].

Phyllis Hollenbeck
Phyllis Hollenbeck M. D. is a native of Boston MA. She received both her undergraduate and graduate medical degrees from Brown University. A specialist in Family Medicine, Hollenbeck has experience in solo and group practice, academic teaching and administrative leadership. A board certified and Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians, Dr. Hollenbeck is a mother of three, a working physician and makes music in her spare time.

Brian A. Hopkins
Four time Bram Stoker Award winner Brian A. Hopkins is the author of Something Haunts Us All (1995), Cold at Heart (1997), Flesh Wounds (1999), The Licking Valley Coon Hunters Club (2000), Wrinkles at Twilight (2000), These I Know By Heart (2001), Salt Water Tears (2001), El Dia de los Muertos (2002), and Lipstick, Lies, and Lady Luck (2004). His short stories have recently appeared in Weird Tales, Historical Hauntings, Sol's Children, A Walk on the Darkside, Mystery Scene Magazine, Realms of Fantasy, Black Gate, Cemetery Dance, Haunted Holidays, Postscripts, Renaissance Faire and others. His story, “Diving the Coolidge,” was selected by Robert Silverberg and Karen Haber as one of the best fantasy stories of 2001. Darrell Schweitzer (Weird Tales) has called him "one of the most intriguing voices to emerge from the small presses since Thomas Ligotti." Brian has been a finalist for both the Nebula Award and the Ted Sturgeon Memorial Award for science fiction, as well as the International Horror Guild Award.

Barbara Hunt
Writer's Playground was started in Durham Region, northeast of Toronto, Canada (2003) by writer Barbara E. Hunt as a cluster of activities because, as she puts it, "our creative depths are such a cool place to play around in." And play she does - writing, teaching, speaking. Her writing is seen both locally and nationally in such locations as The Globe & Mail, CBC Radio One and Homemaker's Magazine.

Marcelle Kasprowicz
Marcelle Kasprowicz was born in Niort, France. She received an M.A. in Foreign Language Education from The University of Texas at Austin. Marcelle writes in English and French. She was awarded first prize in 2001 for her poem House of Bones, in the AIPF Anthology Di-verse-city. Marcelle also won an honorable mention in the Tri-language Poem Contest in 2001 from Gival press. In 2005, she was awarded second prize in Ascent Aspirations Magazine for her poem The Seer. Her poem Field Hospital was published in the 2005 Texas Poetry Calendar. She resides in Austin, Texas.

Roger Kemble
Roger Kemble is a writer, planner and an artist residing in Nanaimo, BC.

Penn Kemp
Poet - Performer- Sound Poet – Playwright – Novelist – Workshop Leader

Angelika Kolompar
Haiku Poet

Barbara Kyle
Barbara Kyle's "Writing Fiction That Sells" Workshops are now available on DVD.

Michael Paul Ladanyi
Michael Paul Ladanyi is a three-time Pushcart Prize Nominee; twice in 2004, once in 2006. His poetry, photography, interviews and reviews have appeared worldwide.

C.E. Laine
Laine is a two-time Pushcart Prize Nominee (2004 and 2005). She has written three full-length volumes of poetry (Allegory, The Weight Of Dust, and Postcards From A Summer Girl) and four chapbooks (Suburban Fairy Tales of Brilliant Ash and Blue Sins and Two Strophes For a Stain Bleeds Her Lover, with Michael Paul Ladanyi; Alice in Wonderland; and Origami Flower). She is the editor of Little Poem Press, VLQ (Verse Libre Quarterly) and co-editor of Erosha. Her work has appeared in several anthologies and countless publications, both in print and online. She released her first spoken word CD, Conversations in a Basement, in September of 2005.

Anne Lebrecht
NOVELS, POETRY, SHORT STORIES, ARTICLES.

Jen Sookfong Lee
Jen Sookfong Lee wrote her first short story at the age of 10, a horror tale featuring a witch, a scrappy little girl and a casserole dish. She hasn't stopped writing since. Her first novel, The End of East (Vintage Canada and Thomas Dunne Books), explores themes of isolation, immigration, romance and sanity through the eyes of its narrator, Sammy Chan, a Chinese Canadian woman in her early 20s, and through the experiences of her parents and grandparents. The End of East is a novel with poetry at its heart, mixing character study, history, place and sexuality for a story that is both edgy and evocative.

Monika Lee
Slender Threads can be bought through the HMS Press bookstore at http://www3.sympatico.ca/cpa.

Nathan Leslie
Nathan Leslie is the author of six books of short fiction. His latest collection of short fiction, Madre, was published by Main Street Rag Press in 2007. He is the fiction editor for Pedestal Magazine and the series editor for Best of the Web.

Bernice Lever

Michael Levy
Michael is the author of seven books, a mystical poet, inspirational philosopher and wellness/healthy living speaker on cruise ships, radio, TV and seminars. He is a regular wellness columnist for Positive Health Magazine, the leading wellness magazine in the UK. The Royal College of Psychiatry continue to publish selected essays and poetry. His works can be found on numerous website's throughout the world.

Angel Logan
Poet and musician

Venita Louise
Where mystery and comedy reside!

Susan Lyons
Be warned, my books are sexy! More than one woman has told me she’s had to put down my book and grab her sweetie – and that he’s grateful for it. But there’s a lot more to my stories. They’re about dealing with tough issues, re-examining values, the joy of supportive friendship and, most of all, the power of love.

Steven Manchester
Steven is an accomplished speaker, and has presented before thousands. From Congressmen to schoolchildren, his separate lectures cover the realities of the Gulf War, adult incarceration, and the motivation needed to write and become published. He currently teaches the popular workshops Publish: See Your Work In Print and Writing Fiction That Sells.

Rob Mclennan
Poet and Publisher

Fereshteh Molavi
Immigrated to Canada in 1998, Fereshteh Molavi is an Iranian native writer who has worked as a bibliographer and scholar, as well as a freelance editor and translator.

Mary Ann Moore
Mary Ann Moore is a writer, poet and creativity facilitator who offers creative circles where unsuspecting poets are born. Mary Ann has inspired many though volunteer work in adult literacy and for Spark of Brilliance, a Guelph, Ontario initiative for people who are experiencing mental health issues. In 1997, Mary Ann created her own business, Flying Mermaids Writing Circles & Retreats and has encouraged many to begin and sustain a writing practice. To invite others to explore circle methodology as a way to connect to one another in community, she created The Circle: Creative Community Building. Since moving to Nanaimo, B.C. in the spring of 2005, Mary Ann has become a creative mentor with Open Minds Open Windows.

Paula Morell
Paula Martin Morell, MFA, is the recipient of regional, national, and international awards for her short stories and poetry. Her work has also appeared in publications such as Short Story Journal, New Works Review, Outsider Ink, Southern Hum, Foliate Oak, Passport Journal, Quills and Pixels, The Double Dealer Redux, The Little Rock Free Press, The Arkansas Women's Journal, and Word Salad. Three times she has been featured as an emerging writer at the International Conference on the Short Story in English. She is the co-founder and Creative Director for A Way With Words Writing Workshops.

Kay Moretz
STEP INTO THE WORLD OF FEATHER KISSES BY KAY MORETZ

D-L Nelson
Wise Words on Writing

Steve Newton
Novelist/Short Story Writer.
Part-time Photographer/Watercolor Artist/Lyricist/Poet.
Studied short story writing with Philip Roth at the University of Iowa Creative Writers Workshop; literature with C.D.B. Bryant and poetry with poet Jon Anderson at the University of Iowa; English Lit and Greek Mythology at Bradley University (summer school); and poetry in graduate school at the University of New Mexico with poet Gene Frumkin.

Peter Nicholson
Born in Waverley, New South Wales, in 1950, Peter Nicholson was educated at Armidale Teachers College and Macquarie University. He has published three books of poetry — A Temporary Grace, Such Sweet Thunder and A Dwelling Place. A Temporary Grace (ATG) was published in 1991.

Jean Pike
A professional writer since 1996, Ms. Pike combines a passion for romance with a keen interest in the supernatural to bring readers unforgettable tales of life, love, and the inner workings of the human heart.

Stephen Oliver
Stephen Oliver grew up in Brooklyn-west, Wellington, New Zealand. He has travelled extensively and up until recently lived in Australia for 20 years. Previous to his collaboration with Matt Ottley on King Hit, his most recent collection of poetry is Either Side The Horizon (Titus Books, Auckland/Sydney, 2005). He has worked in the broadcasting industry in Australia and New Zealand, freelancing as production voice, newsreader, feature writer, copywriter, producer, etc.

Rola Pheonicia
Rola is an artist, a writer, a journalist, a voice for Truth.

Sigred Philipsen
Dangling from a Hook in stories, poems and pictures speaks to the hook we all dangle from and offers the philosophy of enough.

John R. Platt
"Over the last (gulp!) fifteen years, I have worked as a Writer and Editor for corporate newsletters; published over 1,500 articles; won dozens of awards; written Web pages, print ads, direct-mail campaigns, brochures, email marketing campaigns and more; published 75-plus cartoons in various magazines; served short stints as a radio DJ and professional photographer; and a whole lot more. (In other words, I'm tired!)" - John R. Platt

Andrew Pyper
Outside of his fiction writing (where his work has been published in a variety of journals, such as The New Quarterly, The Malahat Review and Toronto Life), Andrew is a regular contributor of essays and criticism to Canadian magazines and newspapers, including The Globe and Mail, The Ottawa Citizen and Saturday Night.

Wayne Ray
Poet, short fiction writer, publisher.

Tracy Lynn Repchuk
Bestselling Author, Personal Branding Coach, Entrepreneur

Dee Rimbaud
NOVEL:'STEALING HEAVEN FROM THE LIPS OF GOD' Bluechrome Publishing, 2004.

POETRY:'THE BOOK OF HOPES AND DREAMS' (editor), Bluechrome Publishing, 2006, 'DROPPING ECSTASY WITH THE ANGELS', Bluechrome Publishing, 2004, 'THE BAD SEED', Stride Publications, 1998.

Frank Reyes
Looking for the poetry which exalts your heart?... well, you just found it! Poetry is the ardent music of the soul.

Harley L. Sachs
An old freelance writer and author of many books, short stories, articles, and newspaper columns.

Robert J. Sawyer
— called "the dean of Canadian science fiction" by The Ottawa Citizen and "just about the best science-fiction writer out there these days" by The Denver Rocky Mountain News — is one of only seven writers in history to win all three of the science-fiction field's top honors for best novel of the year.

Iftekhar Sayeed
His poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in DANFORTH REVIEW, POSTCOLONIAL TEXT and DALHOUSIE REVIEW from Canada; ROGUESCHOLARS.COM, WRITETHIS.COM, PERIGEE, OPEDNEWS.COM, DREAMAGIC.COM, POET'S HAVEN, AXIS OF LOGIC, THE SQUARE TABLE, LITVISION, SOUTHERN CROSS REVIEW, RITRO.COM, PEMMICAN, GOWANUS, UNLIKELY STORIES (February, April, July 2006, Feb 2007), FREEZERBOX, MOBIUS, CATALYZER, ALTAR MAGAZINE, ONLINE JOURNAL (2005, 2006, 2007), LEFT CURVE (2004, 2005) and THE WHIRLIGIG in the United States; in Britain: ENTER TEXT, PENNINE INK, CURRENT ACCOUNTS, MOUSEION, ERBACCE, THE JOURNAL, POETRY MONTHLY, ENVOI, ORBIS, ACUMEN and PANURGE; and in ASIAWEEK in Hong Kong; CHANDRABHAGA and the JOURNAL OF INDIAN WRITING IN ENGLISH in India; and HIMAL in Nepal.

Peter Schwartz
Visit the art and writing of Peter Schwartz.

Lee Sentes
"Writing has taken up a lot of my time in the last few years. The stories keep coming, so I keep writing them down. They are still mostly satire, with a bit of Philip K. Dick speculative fiction thrown in for good measure."

Alexander Shaumyan
Alexander Shaumyan was born in Moscow, Russia, in 1962 and immigrated to the United States in 1975 at the age of 13. He started out as a painter but turned to poetry as a more effective medium for expressing his message. His work appeared in many small presses and online journals.

Eve Silver
Nationally bestselling author Eve Silver writes gothic historicals for Kensington's Zebra imprint and dark contemporary paranormals for Grand Central Publishing. As Eve Kenin she writes speculative romance for Dorchester Publishing.

Darryl Sloan
Darryl is an Irishman with a passion for creativity in fiction, film & music. The most important thing in his life is his Christian faith.

Barbara Spring
The Dynamic Great Lakes, by Barbara Spring: a critically acclaimed non fiction book about changes in the the five Great Lakes isbn 1-58851-731-4 Sophia's Lost and Found: Poems of Above and Below

Mike Strozier
Short stories, poetry, plays, essays, and satire

Belinda Subraman
Belinda Subraman is a Registered Nurse, specializing in Hospice, in El Paso, Texas. She has an extensive background in writing and publishing.

Brendan Sullivan
Brendan thinks of himself as an Impressionist of words. His poems are all moments in time (or snapshots) and the words just free-fall from image to thought to memory and so forth.

Luminita Suse
Luminita Suse, poet and writer, was born in Bucharest, Romania and graduated from University of Bucharest, with M.Sc. in Computer Science. She has lived in Ottawa, Canada, since 1995.

Karole M. Svitak
Author of Dead Man's Fingers

Todd Swift
Todd Swift is one of the leading Canadian poet-editors of his generation (those under 45). He is the author of four critically-acclaimed collections of poetry: Budavox, Cafe Alibi, Rue du Regard and Winter Tennis. He is the editor of seven international poetry anthologies, including Poetry Nation, 100 Poets Against The War, and Future Welcome.

Doug Tanoury
Doug Tanoury was born and raised in Detroit and attended Wayne State University. His work has been published widely both in print and in electronic form. A number of his poetry collections are available in ebook form at: The Poetry of Doug Tanoury and The Poetry of Doug Tanoury. Doug's poetry has been the subject of features in the New York Times Online and The Detroit News. One of his poems also won Honorable Mention in the Detroit Metro Times "Get Lit" special issue of 2006. Much of Doug's online work can be read by typing his last name into any Internet search engine. Funky Dog Publishing

Andrew Taylor
Publications: Turn For Home, The Brodie Press, August 2003., Poetry & Skin Cream erbacce Press, December 2004., Cathedral Poems Paula Brown Publishing, August 2005.

Richard Tylman
Richard Tylman, born Ryszard (rí-shárd) Tylman, in 1952, is a poet, essayist, storyteller, translator, author of limited editions of poetry in English and Polish languages, a winner of the Grand Owl Poetry Award sponsored by the Jagiellonian University of Kraków; a Canadian spoken word artist and author of articles and essays contributing to the intellectual climate of the arts and literary communities of Western Canada, the Polish-Canadian cultural society and the world poetry circles. Tylman pefrormed at the Gala of the Heart of the City Festival as the featured poet in 2005 – broadcasted in Vancouver by Shaw Cable TV.

Richard Vallance
Sonnetto Poesia

Beatrice van de Vis
"...I am the Alchemist who transmutes the opaque wintriness of metal-grey clouded skies into a treasure trove of glittering golden-yellow suns..." Dreamer, aesthete, dilettante, poet

Margot Van Sluytman
Poet, Publisher, and Writing as Healing Facilitator, Margot Van Sluytman, was born in Guyana, South America. She immigrated to Canada in the late 1960s, completing her studies in Philosophy from the University of Waterloo and The University of Toronto, and Editing and Book Design from Centennial College. She has published nine books of poetry and has been published in magazines and eZines around the world. Sawbonna Site

Ariel Vanderhorst
Hoops player, avid reader & writer, all round arbiter of the arts, loyal husband & dad. The man. (Also: a seminary student, looking for a writing gig...)

Guy Verreault
Like the characters he writes about, Guy Verreault has been in the thick of suspense and danger. Among other such incidents, in August 1980, he was part of the negotiating team that successfully ended the "biggest hostage taking in Canada’s Penitentiary history."

Naomi Waken
Recent Works: Segues, a book of poetry, Wolsak and Wynn, Spring, 2005., Writing, a book of poetry focused on reading and writing Naomi Wakan, Spring, 2005., Late Bloomer - on writing later in life, Wolsak and Wynn, Fall, 2006.

Patricia Wellingham-Jones
PATRICIA WELLINGHAM-JONES is a Northern California writer, poet, editor, publisher, and three-time Pushcart Prize nominee in poetry. Patricia Wellingham-Jones, Ph.D., R.N., is a former psychology researcher, writer, editor, and lecturer in health and handwriting.

Jeffrey L. Williams
A 26 year old writer from NYC

Jill Williams
JILL WILLIAMS has had a varied and impressive career. As the first woman to write book, music and lyrics for a Broadway musical (Rainbow Jones 1974), she approaches each creative undertaking with equal enthusiasm. Whether writing songs, interviewing celebrities or capturing a yawning lion on film, she has her own unique way of seeing things. Williams has three nonfiction books to her credit: Health Secrets of the Stars (Dell Purse Book 1982), How To Photograph Pets And Animals (HPBooks 1983), Quick Notes And Fast Quotes For Every Occasion (Self-Counsel Press 1991). For the last half-decade, she has devoted herself to crafting formal poetry. The Nature Sonnets (Gival Press 2001) is her first published collection. Her second, A Weakness For Men (Woodley & Watts, Inc. 2003).

Sheri-D Wilson
The Mama of Dada - Sheri-D Wilson (poet, playwright, performer, film-maker, essayist, and educator) is Internationally renowned for her jazz infused performance style laced with a dangerous wit.

D. Harlan Wilson
UPCOMING: The Kyoto Man: Book 3 in the Scikungi Trilogy. Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2011., UPCOMING: Code Name Prague: Book 2 in the Scikungfi Trilogy. Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2009., UPCOMING: Blankety Blank: A Novel of Vulgaria. Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2008., UPCOMING: Technologized Desire: Selfhood & the Body in Postcapitalist Science Fiction. Guide Dog Books, 2008., Counting Earps & Other Rejekts. Bizarro Books, 2007., Dr. Identity, or, Farewell to Plaquedemia, Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2007.

Elizabeth Rhett Woods
Elizabeth Rhett Woods has published four books of poetry and three novels, Books, and her plays and poetry have been broadcast on CBC Radio, Biography & Publications. Her latest book of poetry, 1970: A Novel Poem, will be published in September 2007 by Ekstasis Editions.

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Joyce Yardley
Books: Yukon Riverboat Days- ISBN 0-88839-386-5, Crazy Cooks and Gold Miners - ISBN 0-88839-294-X, Yukon Tears and Laughter - (Memories are Forever)

Abe Louise Young
Abe Louise Young is a poet, educator, and journalist. Born and raised in New Orleans, Louisiana, she now makes her home in Austin, Texas. She holds degrees from Smith College and Northwestern University, and an MFA in Poetry and Playwriting from the University of Texas at Austin.

Frank Zafiro
"As of December 2005, I've completed five novels (not counting Goodbye), the first of which (Under A Raging Moon) was released in June 2006. The next, (Heroes Often Fail) will be released in September 2007 from Aisling Publishing. In addition to that, I've had dozens of stories accepted to magazines (print or online) and several anthologies. I guess maybe I am a writer, after all." - Frank Zafiro

Andrina Zawinski
ANDRENA ZAWINSKI is the daughter and granddaughter of coal miners and mill workers. She was born and grew up in and around Pittsburgh, PA, where she raised her son, Jamie. Zawinski now lives at Lake Merritt in Oakland, CA and teaches writing there at Laney College in Chinatown.

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