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…]
This week the Writers Who Read series continues with Mick Harris. Who are you? I am a discrete unit who first wanted to be an archaeologist when I was six and wrote my first story from the perspective of King Tut’s heart scarab as it was stolen by tomb robbers in Ancient Egypt. I still … [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…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Jenny Vinyl. Who are you? I’m a writer of short essays as well as history and memoirs about my family, though I’ve always enjoyed writing in many forms — fiction, creative non-fiction, and sometimes poetry, too. What are three beloved books you first read before the … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with mystery author Kassandra Lamb. I’ve had the pleasure of beta-reading Kassandra’s Kate Huntington mystery series, and have especially enjoyed the long-term romance between the main couple in the series. Who are you? I am a retired psychotherapist/college professor turned mystery writer. Some of my favorite things … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with poet Susan Rich. Who are you? I am a word addict. I’m into confetti and aquamarine; I love double-barreled words like “doorknob” and “backstabber,” “watermelon” and “windowpane” where I can grab two images for the price of one. Mostly, I answer to “poet” with a new book, CLOUD … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with YA author Amy Kathleen Ryan. Who are you? I am Amy Kathleen Ryan, author of the young adult Sky Chasers series, which has been published in over a dozen languages, and also the contemporary YA novels Vibes and Zen and Xander Undone. What are three beloved … [Read more…]
The Writers Who Read series continues this week with Elizabeth Enslin. Who are you? Elizabeth Enslin, author of While the Gods Were Sleeping: A Journey Through Love and Rebellion in Nepal, recently released from Seal Press. I was once an academic anthropologist but now write literary nonfiction and raise yaks, pigs, geese and chickens on … [Read more…]
Our Writers Who Read series continues this week with writer Heidi Hutner. Who are you? I am Heidi Hutner, a professor of literature and sustainability, and I am the director of the sustainability studies program at Stony Brook University. I am a single mom, a writer, and an environmentalist. I’m working on two big writing projects: a … [Read more…]
Our Writers Who Read series continues this week with writer Ann Gelder. Who are you? A novelist, nonfiction writer, and recovering academic. My first novel, Bigfoot and the Baby, published by Bona Fide Books this past June, tells the story of a frustrated homemaker who searches for God and finds Bigfoot instead. (You can learn more at Bona Fide … [Read more…]