The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Jane Carter Barrett. Who are you? My name is Jane Carter Barrett and I attended Duke University and the University of Texas School of Law. Although I was born in Maryland and raised in New York, I currently live in Austin, Texas with my family. I … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with historical romance author Elizabeth Cole. Who are you? I’m Elizabeth Cole. I write kissing books—mostly set in the past. They are also very sexy and witty, and have smart, scientifically-minded ladies who are way ahead of their time. So if you despise pithy dialogue or steamy … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with bestselling author Tiffany Reisz. Who are you? I’m Tiffany Reisz! I write the bestselling ORIGINAL SINNERS series from Mira Books, which has won an RT Editor’s Choice award, a Lambda Literary award, and the RITA Romance Writers of America award. The series features a quirky and … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with writer and activist Shelley Ettinger. Who are you? I’m Shelley Ettinger. I’m a longtime activist in the LGBTQ movement and in anti-racist, anti-war and union struggles. I began writing creatively about 15 years ago; since then my poetry and short fiction have been published in dozens of … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with the lovely Gill Hoffs. Who are you? The one, the only, Giiiiiiiiiillllllll Ho-o-o-offfffffs! You’ll have to imagine the drumroll, cymbal clash, and ringmaster’s flourish with a whip. I was raised along the west coast of Scotland and now live in Warrington in the north-west of England … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with writer Chrissy Kolaya. Who are you? I’m a poet and fiction writer, parent, and partner. I teach writing at a small university in rural Minnesota. My books are Any Anxious Body, a book of poems published by the fabulous Broadstone Books in spring 2014 and a … [Read more…]
Our Writers Who Read series continues this week with writer Joyce Thierry Llewellyn. Who are you? I was a field biology technician in Northern Ontario then went back to university to focus on creative writing and became a magazine and newspaper journalist before moving into film and television screenwriting and story editing, which I’ve now been doing for almost … [Read more…]
Our Writers Who Read series continues with debut novelist Amanda Gale, author of the Meredith series. Who are you? I’m a mid-30s mother of three boys. I have English degrees from Vassar College and Boston University. I taught high school English before leaving my job to be with the kids, and I copy edit from … [Read more…]