Avery Brooks
Avery Brooks grew up on the East Coast and has spent the years since gradually moving west. She has a Ph.D. in evolutionary biology and has spent much of her life studying dominance, climate change, social justice issues, and human rights atrocities. She is a graduate...
Bev Prescott
BEV PRESCOTT’S road to the place she calls home has been long and winding. Born in the mountains of the West, raised in the heartland, and educated in the South; she’s been a sergeant in the United States Air Force, a scientist, and an environmental lawyer....
Penny Mickelbury
PENNY MICKELBURY is the author of three successful mystery series and an award-winning playwright. She is a two-time Lambda Literary Award finalist, was a writer in residence at Hedgebrook Women Writers Retreat, and is a recipient of the Audre Lorde Estate Grant. In...
Anna Burke
Raised in Upstate New York, ANNA BURKE graduated from Smith College in 2012 with a B. A. in English Literature and Studio Art. She holds a certificate from the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa and was the inaugural recipient of the Sandra Moran...
Shamim Sarif
British/Canadian writer and director SHAMIM SARIF is an equally successful novelist (the Pendleton May First Novel Award, Betty Trask Award), screenwriter, and feature film director. Shamim recently completed the film, Despite the Falling Snow, an epic story of love...