California Writers Club

Elle Jauffret

Details Guest Speakers: Elle Jauffret Topic: “Juggling Knives in the Dark: Combining Story Elements“ ■ 9:00am – 9:30am Networking ■ 9:30am – 11:00am Guest Speaker Elle Jauffret is a French-born American attorney, Agatha Award nominee, PenCraft Award winner, and US military spouse. A graduate of Université Côte d’Azur Law School and The George Washington University […]

Emily Jon Tobias

Topic: Loves, Hates, Heroes, and Hardships: An Author’s Journey of Small Press Publishing Her Debut” ■ 9:00 am – 9:30 am Networking ■ 9:30 am – 11:00am Guest Speaker Emily Jon Tobias is an American author and poet. She is an award-winning writer whose work has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, along with other […]

Jessica Danger

Details Topic: Crafting the Personal into Story ■ 9:00am – 9:30am Networking ■ 9:30am – 11:00am Guest Speaker Jessica Danger is an Assistant Professor of English at Vanguard University, the Director of Education at Dead Reckoning Collective, and Joshua Tree Writers Retreat Co-Founder. She holds an MFA from Bennington College where she was also awarded […]

Barbara DeMarco-Barrett

Details ■ 9:00am – 9:30am Networking ■ 9:30am – 11:00am “Short Stories and the Secret to Writing Transformative Fiction  

Henry Lien

Details Guest Speakers: Henry Lien Topic: “Non-Western Storytelling Structures” ■ 9:00am – 9:30am Networking ■ 9:30am – 11:00am Guest Speaker Henry Lien is a graduate of Brown University, UCLA School of Law, and Clarion West Writers’ Workshop. He is the author of the Peasprout Chen fantasy series and the non-fiction book Spring, Summer, Asteroid, Bird: The Art of […]