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Brian Butko* is author of six books on highway history and pop culture including Roadside Attractions and Greetings from the Lincoln Highway (Stackpole Books). He is also the editor of Western Pennsylvania History, the journal of the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania.
Keith DeCandido has written more than thirty novels in the realm of media tie-ins including Buffy, Farscape, Andromeda, CSI, and Doctor Who. Several of his Star Trek novels have hit the USA Today best-seller list. Keith has also written novellas, comic books, short stories, and eBooks, and also edited several anthologies that cover all five Star Trek TV series. Dragon Precinct (Pocket) was his first non–media tie-in novel.
Elizabeth Earhart is the merchandise supervisor and events coordinator of Borders Book Store in Lancaster, PA.
Tim Esaias* is a satirist, poet and writer of short fiction, living in Pittsburgh. His poetry has been translated into Spanish, Swedish, and Chinese; and his fiction has appeared in thirteen languages. He is adjunct faculty at Seton Hill University in the Writing Popular Fiction M.A. program.
Diana Holquist writes romantic comedies with a gypsy twist for Grand Central Publishing (formerly Warner Books). Her first novel in the One True Love series, Make Me a Match, was followed by The Sexiest Man Alive.
Marsha Hubler* has a master’s degree in education and is the author of bestseller The Trouble with Skye and 5 other books in the Keystone Stables series (Zonderkidz). She's just signed a contract to write books 7and 8 in the same series. She’s also published articles and short stories in various magazines. Her latest book (released in Oct. 2007), You've Decided to Homeschool, Now What?, is a resource book for parents desiring to homeschool effectively and legally.
Martha Johnson*, writing as Marta Perry, is the award-winning author of more than 30 novels and over 300 published short stories. Currently she writes romantic suspense, romance, and women’s fiction for Steeple Hill Books. Her recent suspense novels, part of The Three Sisters Inn series, are set in Pennsylvania’s Amish Country.
Susan M. Lang* is an ELCA pastor who started out freelancing for regional and parenting publications. Now she writes exclusively for the religious market. She writes nonfiction books (Our Community: Dealing with Conflict in Our Congregation from Augsburg Fortress), essays ("Dads Will Be Dads" in Chicken Soup for the Expectant Mother's Soul) online and print curriculum, devotionals, columns, magazine articles, and newspaper articles. Since 2002, Susan has published the RevWriter Resource, an e-zine that is a paying market for writers.
Liana Laverentz* is a Pennwriters charter member, past president, and Meritorious Service Award winner. Her second novel, Thin Ice was published by The Wild Rose Press in 2007 and won the New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf Award. Her contemporary romance, Jake’s Return, was released by The Wild Rose Press in January. The Wild Rose Press will also re-release her first novel, a murder-mystery romance, Ashton’s Secret, in 2008.
Loree Lough* has more than 64 books, more than 59 short stories, and more than 2,200 articles published. Her stories have earned dozens of industry and Readers’ Choice awards. She develops and teaches writing courses at her studio in Maryland.
Valerie Malmont* is the author of the Tori Miracle Pennsylvania Dutch mystery series (Dell), which includes the titles Death, Snow, and Mistletoe and Death, Lies, and Apple Pie.
Jonathan Maberry has been a professional writer for nearly thirty years and is the author of seventeen nonfiction books and several novels, including the bestselling thriller Ghost Road Blues (Pinnacle Books) winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. He has also sold more than 1000 articles, numerous short stories, plays, poetry, greeting cards, workshop packets, training materials, instructional posters, and video scripts. He is a member of the Mystery Writers of America, the Horror Writers Association, and the International Thriller Writers, and a speaker for the National Writers Union.
Catherine McLean* is a workshop instructor with more than two dozen articles published on the devices and techniques of writing fiction.
Maria V. Snyder* is the author of a 4-book fantasy series that starts with Poison Study (Luna). She earned an MA in Popular Fiction Writing from Seton Hill University. Her freelance articles appear in magazines and newspapers, and she enjoys teaching fiction writing classes at the local college.
Victoria Thompson* is the author of the Edgar-nominated Gaslight Mystery series (Berkley), which includes Murder in Chinatown and Murder in Little Italy. She has also written 20 historical romances. She is a co-founder and past president of Pennwriters and teaches writing seminars.
Kyle Weaver is an acquisitions editor for the regional and travel line at Stackpole Books, publisher of nonfiction trade titles in history, outdoors,
and crafts. www.stackpolebooks.com
* Member of Pennwriters
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