Francie Noyes
I have been a writer all my life, both professionally and poetically. My career included time as a political reporter, business editor and movie critic. I served five years as press secretary for Arizona Governor Jane Hull and won Columnist of the Year from the Arizona Press Club. I facilitated discussions at the annual Scottsdale International Film Festival for eight years. After three decades in Arizona, I now live in Boulder,...
Jane O’Keeffe
Jane O’Keeffe is a writer from Adel Oregon. She holds an MFA from Antioch University. O’Keeffe’s work has appeared in The Sun, The Sylvan Echo, and The High Desert Journal. Her first novel, The Last Word, is currently available for representation and she is working on her second – Conflict Resolution. Jane O’Keeffe and her husband John, live and work on a 4 generation cattle ranch. She is an almost...
Lucia Orth
Lucia Orth’s first novel, Baby Jesus Pawn Shop (The Permanent Press, 2008) received a starred review from Publisher’s Weekly. Kirkus called it “a graceful . . . elegant debut.” NPR said, “What first-time novelist Lucia Orth has pulled off is really impressive: a haunting, suspenseful, beautifully written love story. . . Think Dr. Zhivago in Southeast Asia.” An excerpt from her second in-progress novel appeared in the Asia...
Amelia Perkins
Amelia Perkins worked for many years in the inter-religious movement, beginning with the Museum of World Religions in Taiwan, then putting on art shows with Buddhist nuns in New York, then for the Council for a Parliament of the World’s Religions in Chicago and Melbourne. Now she’s transforming her livelihood, studying with some wise teachers, and giving one-on-one sessions and convening workshops on embodied writing, transformative...
Aimee Perkins
Aimee Perkins is a Chicago writer. Active in the local live literature scene, she has written and performed with RUI: Reading Under the Influence, The Paper Machete and the MCA’s Literary Gangs of Chicago but her heart belongs to 2nd Story, Chicago’s premier storytelling organization. Working with musicians and directors, 2nd Story works with writers to craft a personal narrative they are able to confidently perform...
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