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 Taryn Albright |
Taryn AlbrightWebsite: https://www.tarynalbrightbooks.com/ |
 jackie alcalde marr |
jackie alcalde marrJackie is the co-author of Social Media At Work: How Networking Tools Propel Organizational Performance. She is currently writing a novel about her family's atypical immigration from Spain to Hawaii and then to California at the turn of the century. After a long career in organization development, she may shift her coaching practice to help aspiring authors.
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 Chase Anderson |
Chase AndersonChase is a weird, queer, digital storyteller who writes weird, queer stories. Formally trained in the world of Unicode, digital presses, and HTML5, he blends art and technology to tell stories filled with magic and monsters. He earns his living manipulating Google Analytics and Excel, and then misuses them in his free time for creative works. He can be found meandering the bike boulevards of the San Francisco Bay Area looking for Pokemon and outlandish ideas. I have worked multiple PAX conventions and E3 in my role at Logitech G, as well as a Bay Area Bookfest in 2019 with my current role at Alibris. I volunteered in the marketing/social media role for Further Confusion 2017. Outside of conventions, I have experience in social media and
Website: https://www.chasej.xyz |
 Karma Bennett |
Karma BennettWriter of poetry, fiction and essays. Board member of California Writers Club - Berkeley Branch. Shameless singer and dancer, even when the clerk at the grocery store asks me to stop.
Website: https://subversas.com |
 Deborah 'Jordan' Bernal |
Deborah 'Jordan' BernalDeborah 'Jordan' Bernal is the author of The Keepers of Éire & The Keepers of Alba, from her Celtic Dragonriders series that encourages adult readers to let their imaginations take flight. Love of fantasy inspires her to write and publish through, Dragon Wing Publishing, her independent press. The Keepers of Éire is the 2104 Global Ebook Gold Award Winner and the Bella Online Gold Award Winner. In 2017, Jordan released her middle-grade, anti-bully spin off novel, Reluctant Paladin. In 2020, she published The Keepers of Alba. She has been a member of the California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch since 2010, and served as president from 2014-2016 and again from 2020 to present. Jordan enjoys reading, traveling, photography, and her Pome
Website: http://www.jordanbernal.com |
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Laura Birch |
Laura BirchYes, that is an accent you hear. I’m originally from Melbourne, Australia and moved to California four years ago. I live with three cats in Sacramento and great hopes of one day writing a novel of my own with a coherent beginning, middle, and end. Currently I’m a book reviewer for UK based website sfcrowsnest.net (under a pseudonym) where I use the judgy-ness that makes me a serial NaNoWriMo attempter not finisher for good rather than self-flagellation. I’m also part of the editorial team at the e-zone Daikaijuzine. Back in Australia I was a judge for Aurealis science fiction and fantasy awards in 2016 and 2017 but had to resign in 2018 to move across the world.
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 AJ Busta |
AJ BustaAJ enjoys sailing in the San Francisco Bay where she refreshes her soul and gains creative inspiration. Being on the water helps her reflect on new and exciting ideas to include in her writing adventures.
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 Paula Chinick |
Paula ChinickPaula Chinick is the publisher of Russian Hill Press. She is the author of the WWII spy thriller "Red Asscher" series, which received a goal and silver metal. She is a member of CWC Tri-Valley Writers.
Website: http://www.russianhillpress.com |
 Christabel Choi |
Christabel ChoiChristabel is a passion-driven author who uses adventure, daily life and diversity to inform her writing. She loves meeting other writers, who seem to share that peculiar delight in the inevitable stories behind misadventure. Her current opus-in-progress is an adventure novel of the Mongol Empire.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/christabel8/ |
 Amanda J. Clay |
Amanda J. ClayAmanda J. Clay is the author of fifteen published novels, mostly gripping mysteries and domestic thrillers. A Bay Area native, she currently resides in Colorado with her husband and toddler. She is the SFWC Volunteer Director and also speaks on the craft of writing and teaches a fiction Masterclass.
Website: http://amandajclay.com |
 Mark Clifford |
Mark CliffordMark R. Clifford is a proud fourth-generation San Franciscan. He is the second-born in an Irish Catholic family of seven, making him a self-declared expert in the pseudoscience of birth order characteristics. Mark served in the Marine infantry for ten years and as a Police Officer for over a quarter-century. His debut novel, TYPHOON COAST, is about what troubles him. In the Marines, Mark rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant. He received Special Operations training while attached to the 3rd Marine Division in Okinawa and was operating in the Philippines in 1991 during the historic eruption of Mount Pinatubo. His law enforcement career was equally eclectic. He rose to the sergeant’s rank and served in many assignments to include SWAT and un
Website: http://typhooncoast.com |
 Katie Creegan |
Katie CreeganCo-wrote a Climate Change Journal and an educational chapter book about talking polar bears that struggle to adapt to climate change, includes STEM lesson plans. Wrote a YA novel featuring three young teens from rough beginnings who compete for a coveted life-changing scholarship. They struggle to make sense of complex family and social dynamics, and tenaciously hang onto their dreams. A medicine man and his assistant intervene with ancient magical arrowheads, and then mysterious events set them on unpredictable trajectories. PMP (Project Management Professional) and Technical Writing certifications, business writer. Masters in English, Creative Writing. Credentialed, permitted substitute teacher.
Website: https://www.katiecreegan.com |
 Cristina Deptula |
Cristina DeptulaCristina Deptula is a literary publicist, founder of Authors, Large and Small literary PR agency, a content writer on topics ranging from science to fashion, and insatiably curious. She publishes Synchronized Chaos International Magazine and loves hiking, stargazing, and playing with her tiny nephews.
Website: http://authorslargeandsmall.com |
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Debbie DeVoe |
Debbie DeVoeDebbie DeVoe is a writer, travel hound, and experience collector. She's co-authored two books and is now working on her first novel. When not writing, she travels as much as possible, having visited 70 countries and all seven continents.
Website: http://www.debbiedevoe.com |
 Peter Dudley |
Peter DudleyAuthor of urban fantasy LIFELIKE as well as the post apocalyptic trilogy that begins with SEMPER, continues with FORSADA, and finishes with FREDA, Peter writes stories and verse for teens and adults with a sense of adventure or a sense of humor. An Electrical Engineering grad from UC Berkeley, Peter has worked on the B-2 bomber, the first PDA, and the first smart phone. A Connecticut native, he lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and two cats, and he's the proud parent of two grown children: A transgender woman, and an Eagle Scout. Check him out at www.peterdudley.com
Website: http://www.peterdudley.com |
 Tara Farquhar |
Tara FarquharTara Farquhar writes fiction, memoir and poetry. She explores the topics of love, loss, courage, self image and self awareness.
Website: https://tarafarquhar.com |
 Cindy Fazzi |
Cindy FazziCindy Fazzi is a Filipino American writer and former Associated Press reporter. She has worked as a journalist in the Philippines, Taiwan, and the United States. Her historical novel, MY MACARTHUR, was "discovered" at the 2018 San Francisco Writers Conference. It was published by Sand Hill Review Press that year. Her contemporary thriller, MULTO, will be published by Agora/Polis Books in June 2023.
Website: http://cindyfazzi.com |
 Linda Fiddler |
Linda FiddlerLinda Fiddler has written food columns, grants,political messanging and research but has just found her voice as a story teller these last few years. She has written a memoir about the conflict between her mid-twentieth century gender-traditional upbringing and the Women's Movement.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fiddlerlinda |
 Jim Gasperini |
Jim GasperiniJim has had an eclectic career in a variety of creative media, including books about history for young adults, educational computer games, interactive multimedia, and 3D photography. He is currently completing a cultural history of fire titled “Fire in the Mind: from the Burning Bush to Burning Man, How We Imagine Fire.”
Website: https://jimgasperini.com |
 Ivy Ge |
Ivy GeAuthor of The Art of Good Enough, winner of the 2020 Reader's Favorite International Book Award Silver Medal.
Website: https://ivyge.com |
 Alexander Goldman |
Alexander GoldmanYA Scifi author, artist, adventurer, homo sapien
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Jae Hamilton |
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Diana Hardy |
Diana HardyWebsite: http://dehardywriter.comTwitter: Dehardywrite |
 Barbara Hawkins |
Barbara HawkinsBarbara Hawkins has lived a variety of lives: as a botanist--collecting plant specimens from Latin American jungles, engineer--building wetlands, parks, and bridges, finally as an author of historical fiction, science fiction, and international travelogues. Adventure travel is a hobby she's had since before it had a name. If she isn't at home writing, she's traveling somewhere...
Website: http://barbarahawkins-writer.com |
 Denise Jones |
Denise JonesDenise M. Jones, St. Louis Native, is a part time people watcher who pretends a lot. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Psychology. She's written several novels that are all serving time in a witness protection program. She secretly hopes these novels find a way out. In the meantime she'll pretend she's included something informative and clever in this bio. Don't be like Denise.
Website: http://dmjwriting.blogspot.com |
 Thea Kelley |
Thea KelleyThea T. Kelley is a nonfiction author, a just-barely-published short story writer and a budding novelist. Fun facts: Thea feels more herself in a costume than in regular clothes and has, more than once, been the only person dancing at a concert. She lives in the East Bay area.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/theakelley/ |
 Joan Maiden |
Joan MaidenHaving spent many years as an administrative assistant, I followed my life-long dream to write my first book in my 60s. I let go of the security I thought I needed, moved to the Central Coast of California to make writing my priority.
Website: http://www.maidenpower.com |
 Diana McDowell |
Diana McDowellSince she was a child, Diana wanted to be a writer. But her dreams were sidelined as life had other plans. Then one day she signed up for a writing course and wrote what she liked to read – Romance, Fantasy, and Woman's Fiction. Diana Lynn continues to hone her writing skills and knowledge by attending a local creative writing and critique group. She participates in online Webinars, attends various writing conferences and retreats. She is a member of the California Writers Club, Tri-Valley Branch and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). Diana enjoys writing, sewing, painting, designing, or creating other types of books. She’s published several coloring books and journals and participated in the NaN
Website: http://www.dianalynnwrites.com |
 Cat Miller |
Cat MillerI am a performing arts teacher in San Jose, Ca - writing allegorical stories and scripts for ordinary children and brave adults.
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 Lorrie Nicoles |
Lorrie NicolesLorrie Nicoles is a Written Word Consultant & Content Editor and founder of Tora Writing Services. A true Word Nerd, Lorrie loves crafting written messages. Her passion for Clear Communication led her through a short career as a Mine Planning Engineer, over a decade translating other engineers for the rest of the population through software documentation, and eventually starting her own business. As a person of many skills, talents, and personalities, Lorrie repeatedly proves that if she can understand a topic, she can write about it. She regularly credits the combination of growing up in “the Land of the Leftover Hippies” (the Rockridge Neighborhood of Oakland, CA), her marketing mom, forestry dad, and uber-organized banking step-m
Website: http://torawriting.com |
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Juan Ocasio |
Juan OcasioBorn and raised in the East Bay. Studied The practice of art, animation and writing. MFA from California College of the Arts
Website: http://afablebee.net |
 Edward Provost |
Edward ProvostHigh School student volunteering for the writers conference for the first time. Interested in writing.
Website: http://newalexandriacg.com |
 Abigail Provost |
Abigail Provost |
 E Provost |
E ProvostE is an editor of poetry and juvenile fiction, as well as a prolific aspiring fantasy writer.
Website: http://newalexandriacg.com |
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Scott Purdie |
Scott PurdieWebsite: http://SouthSideKarmel.com |
 Venkat Raman |
Venkat RamanI am a Direct Response Copywriter specializing in helping B2B companies boost their revenue through Content Marketing. My services include writing articles, case studies, white papers, press releases, email promotions, newsletters and more. I have over 30 years of experience as a software engineer and hence I focus my efforts on software companies as a content marketing consultant. I like to write from time to time. It is great fun to volunteer at the SF Writers Conference and meet fellow volunteers and help with the technology.
Website: https://ramancopywriting.com |
 Praveena Raman |
Praveena RamanA Medical Communications professional, enjoys writing about travel, culture and science - special interest: National Parks
Website: https://www.praveenaraman.com |
 Maria Ramos-Chertok |
Maria Ramos-ChertokMaria is a writer, workshop leader, attorney, and coach who won the SFWC Nina Amir Nonfiction Scholarship in 2020. Her first nonfiction book, The Butterfly Series: Fifty-two Weeks of Inquiries for Transformation was published in August 2018. The book was a finalist for the 2019 International Book Awards (Women’s Issues category), won Honorable Mention in the 2019 Reviewers Choice Award (Body/Mind/Spirit category), and won Honorable Mention in the 2020 Writer’s Digest 28th Annual Self-Published Book Awards (Inspirational category). She is finalizing a book proposal for the book pitched for the Nina Amir Scholarship, Woman Being: Incantations on Freedom. Maria also loves fiction. Her manuscript Rosie’s Blues won The Word for Diver
Website: http://www.mariaramoschertok.com |
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Maria Ramos-Chertok |
Maria Ramos-ChertokMaria is a writer, workshop leader, attorney, and coach who won the SFWC Nina Amir Nonfiction Scholarship in 2020. Her first nonfiction book, The Butterfly Series: Fifty-two Weeks of Inquiries for Transformation was published in August 2018. The book was a finalist for the 2019 International Book Awards (Women’s Issues category), won Honorable Mention in the 2019 Reviewers Choice Award (Body/Mind/Spirit category), and won Honorable Mention in the 2020 Writer’s Digest 28th Annual Self-Published Book Awards (Inspirational category). She is finalizing a book proposal for the book pitched for the Nina Amir Scholarship, Woman Being: Incantations on Freedom. Maria also loves fiction. Her manuscript Rosie’s Blues won The Word for Diver
Website: http://www.mariaramoschertok.com |
 Rebecca Redfield |
Rebecca RedfieldForeign Language specialist (BA Linguistics University of Wisconsin), I am a life-long batik artist and lover of all things Indonesian. Spent Covid writing vanity pieces such as an adventure memoir and a large Wikipedia page on an ancestor. Enjoys long hikes and Tai Chi in Alameda.
Website: http://longlifepen.com/index.html |
 Dana Rodney |
Dana RodneyDana was born in Westchester, New York in 1962. Poetry was a passion of hers from a very young age. When asked as a child what she wanted to be when she grew up, she remembers saying confidently- "a poet." Now retired, she lives in northern California and is preparing two novels for publication- One Extraordinary Thing (historical fiction,) and The Last Polar Bear- (eco-fiction,) which won first place in the 2021 Jessamyn West Creative Writing Contest.
Website: http://danarodney.com |
 Andrew Rose |
Andrew RoseI grew up in Modesto, and am now a special education teacher in Sacramento. I am very excited about my new memoir, which focuses on my experience as a clown in the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus, and also my work as a trapeze artist.
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 Sheila Rutz |
Sheila RutzSheila earned her BA from Stanford in Latin American Studies. As a translator, she specializes in Portuguese to English, focusing on environmental and social justice issues. Currently volunteering at the Presidio Theatre and the United Irish Cultural Center and SF Botanical Garden libraries
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Gabriella Seatris |
Gabriella SeatrisPassed volunteer of SFWC and Litquake Literary festival. Digital Marketing & Brand Consultant and Ghostwriter of short memoir for clients of Story Terrace Inc. My WIP is a psychological thriller. My query letter and first pages were featured on the Podcast- the sh*t no one tells you about writing. For bookish content follow @aflurryofpages
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 Jay Swartz |
Jay SwartzJay has been writing and studying story development for over 30 years. Through the critique group in Fremont, he has helped many writers find their stories and complete their manuscripts.
Website: http://www.triloci.com |
 Terry Tierney |
Terry TierneyTerry Tierney is the author of a poetry collection, The Poet’s Garage, and the novels Lucky Ride and The Bridge on Beer River (scheduled for 2023), all published by Unsolicited Press. His stories and poems have recently appeared in Ghost Parachute, Flash Fiction Magazine, Rust and Moth, Typishly, Valparaiso Poetry Review, The Lake and other publications. After earning a PhD in nineteenth-century literature and teaching college composition and creative writing, he survived several Silicon Valley startups as a software engineering manager. His website is http://terrytierney.com.
Website: https://terrytierney.com |
 Kay Tracy |
Kay TracyI’m less an actual “writer;” more of a talker who types pretty fast. |
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Stephany Welch |
Stephany WelchHello, I'm from the East Bay. I work in San Francisco, at Community Youth Center as a program coordinator for Bayview Youth Advocates, a youth leadership development program. I am a writer. I published a book in 2017 that is currently available on Amazon. I'd love to travel the world. I don't like flying but, I love landing. Self care practices include exercise, meditation and painting my nails. My favorite color is purple.
Facebook: http://Stephany Welch Writes |
 Ced Wilson |
Ced WilsonJust trying to write the next great spy series for the shelves and big screen.
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 Samm Yu |
Samm YuStudent at the University of Iowa majoring Psychology with an interest in slam poetry, community advocacy, and portrait photography!
Website: https://sammyu.myportfolio.com/ |
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