Joy Harris
Aug01

Joy Harris

In 1990, Joy Harris established The Joy Harris Literary Agency selling all rights pertaining to works of fiction and non-fiction. Her interest is in working directly with writers to help guide their careers, negotiate on their behalf, and protect their work; she takes great pleasure in finding new authors and, of course, in reading. Ms. Harris has worked with numerous reputable authors, many of whom she has represented since their...

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Pamela Helberg
Aug01

Pamela Helberg

Pamela Helberg was recently published in Beyond Belief: The Secret Lives of Women in Extreme Religions and is something of an expert at living two lives: Fundamentalist Christian/closeted lesbian; Catholic school employee/mostly-out lesbian; writer/computer geek; lesbian mom in the not-so-gay nineties. She received her MA in Creative Writing from Western Washington University where she studied under award-winning novelist Laura...

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Mary Ann Henry
Aug01

Mary Ann Henry

Mary Ann Henry was born in West Virginia but has lived for the last thirteen years on a barrier island in South Carolina’s Lowcountry where she runs a small business or two, one of which is a retreat for writers. Combining a long interest in spiritual studies and practices with her passion for writing, she often leads workshops that examine the link between creativity and the journey of the soul.  A former Creative Writing...

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Molly Howes
Aug01

Molly Howes

At AWP this year, I fell in love with AROHO and am thrilled to be part of the retreat! I am a relatively seasoned person but a relatively new serious writer. I returned to disciplined writing when my children went to college and am an active member of the Grub Street, Inc., writers’ center in Boston. I will begin their Memoir Incubator Program, a yearlong intensive course, in June, 2013. My memoir is a story about the lessons I...

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Brianna Johnson
Aug01

Brianna Johnson

Brianna Johnson is the author of Fire Sale, an experimental prose manifesto detailing the economic decline of love, the body, and America in 18 movements. She has earned her B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College where she was mentored by, among others, Rebecca Brown, Douglas Martin, Bhanu Kapil, and Darcey Steinke. Her work has been featured in Tarpaulin Sky Magazine, the HazMat Literary Review and Spout Magazine....

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