When Lorie Ann Grover grew to be six feet tall, everyone knew male dancers in the ballet company would have a hard time lifting her off the floor. Instead of plies and pirouettes, she now Repulses the Monkey, becomes the White Tiger Who Plays With Tail and stands as theRead More →
Alex Flinn is a former lawyer and former opera singer. In elementary school, she got her first rejection letter and knew she was on her way to being a writer. She is the author of ten published books, including Beastly, which was recently made into a motion picture, so sheRead More →
Alane Ferguson was born in Cumberland, Maryland, in 1957. She attended the University of Utah and Westminster College where she studied journalism. Later, Alane became interested in writing for children, mostly, she says, to follow the example of her mother, successful author Gloria Skurzynski. Their novel, Wolf Stalker, was theRead More →
Brandon is a proud husband and father of three rambunctious boys. He loves to snack on string cheese, nachos and has eaten millions of sunflower seeds. He’s broken his nose playing flag football, stolen Arnold Schwarzenegger’s cigar, licked a slug, speaks Hiligynon, and does the dishes regularly. He loves makingRead More →
Melissa de la Cruz grew up in Manila and moved to San Francisco with her family, where she graduated high school salutatorian from The Convent of the Sacred Heart. She majored in art history and English at Columbia University She has worked as a fashion and beauty editor and hasRead More →
Holly Cupala wrote teen romance novels before she actually experienced teen romance. After she did, it became all about tragic poetry and slightly less tragic novels. When she isn’t writing and making art, she spends time with her husband, daughter and son in Seattle, Washington. These days, her writing isRead More →
Chris Crutcher was born in Dayton, Ohio in 1946 but tells people he landed in Cascade, Idaho before nurses had time to dry him off. He lost his front teeth as a freshman at Cascade High School when he had a run in with a baseball bat to impress theRead More →
Brenda Cooper is a technology professional, a science fiction writer and a futurist. She graduated from California State University, Fullerton, with a BA in Management Information Systems and is now living in Bellevue, Washington. She is currently working as Chief Information Officer for the city of Kirkland. Brenda has threeRead More →
Justina Chen has lived in Seattle, Shanghai, and Sydney, which makes her worried about where she will live next: Syria, No. Sorrento, yes. She is infected with a serious case of wanderlust, and is now-not-so-secretly obsessed with French Fries, Orphan Black, Frye boots, coconut black tea, and hello, kitty. (Yes.Read More →
Patrick Carman is the award-winning author of many books for young adults and children. He grew up in Salem, Oregon and graduated from Willamette University. He worked in advertising, game design, and technology. He has been a life-long writer and storyteller. Mr Carman lives in Walla Walla, Washington spending hisRead More →
Janet Lee Carey says she has been writing “ever since I could hold a pencil between my stubby little fingers. But the longer answer is I began writing poetry in grade 8. That’s when I fell in love with the music of the language. Poetry and journal writing eventually ledRead More →
Dia Calhoun grew up in Seattle, Washington, where she studied ballet for many years. She graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Mills College with a double major in English and Book Arts. Calhoun returned to Seattle to build a successful career as a freelance lettering and logo artist. Her most visibleRead More →
Jeff Burlingame lost one of the most prestigious awards on the planet to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (but won the same award the following year!) and has spoken with some of the most famous people in the world. Even so, Jeff still spends most of his time (andRead More →
I grew up in Richland on Saint Street, went to Sacajawea Elementary, Hanford Junior High, and Hanford High School. I caught lizards and scorpions in the desert past the gas station at the west end of Saint. I swam in the Lynwood Loop pool, jumped off of the Port ofRead More →
Frank Beddor had scaled the heights of professional skiing (as a two-time freestyle world champion) and filmmaking (as producer of the 1998 hit “There’s Something About Mary” – not to mention being a stuntman and actor) before deciding to become an author (of the New York Times best seller “TheRead More →
Mary Jane Beaufrand is the author of Primavera and The River, and several short stories. She has an MFA in creative writing from Bennington College. She lives with her husband, two kids, drooling Saint Bernard, and wussy Basset hound in Seattle, Washington. 2011 Cavalcade workshop: Write Your Heart Out ThisRead More →