Kristen Fogle Kristen has been the executive director of San Diego Writers, Ink since 2013. She is also a theater director, producer, and teaching artist, as well as a writing instructor and a former magazine edito... Writer Nov 9, 2025
Diana Daniele An advocate for invisible and mental illness, Diana Daniele is a writer and literary publicist living in Los Angeles. She writes frequently about mental health, invisible illness, female friendship an... Writer Nov 8, 2025
Victoria Patterson An author with three novels and two story collections, Victoria Patterson lives with her family in South Pasadena and teaches fiction at Antioch University’s Master of Fine Arts Program.... Writer Nov 6, 2025
Kelly Dwyer Kelly Dwyer is the author of three novels, most recently GHOST MOTHER, published by Union Square & Co. in 2024. A native Californian, she was educated at Oberlin College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop... Writer Nov 3, 2025
Melody Nunez Melody Nuñez is a mixed-media artist who works in fiber art, using fabric, thread, vintage textiles, and small three-dimensional objects. Though her work is autobiographical it explores universal them... Visual Artist Writer Nov 1, 2025
Anthony (Tony) Otten Tony Otten lives in Covington, Kentucky. He holds an MFA in fiction from the Warren Wilson Program for Writers. His stories have appeared in Hawai‘i Pacific Review, The Forge Literary Magazine, and Ja... Writer Nov 1, 2025
Taylor Melia Elyse Mahone Taylor Melia Elyse Mahone is a fiction writer from Central Florida and writes about the sublime, the supernatural, Floridian landscapes, relationships, & reptiles. She holds an MFA and an MA from McNe... Writer Oct 28, 2025
Ismet Prcic Ismet Prcic was born in Tuzla, Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1977 and immigrated to America in 1996. His first novel, Shards, was a New York Times Notable Book, a Chicago Sun-Times Best Book of the Year, as w... Writer Oct 28, 2025
Barbara DeMarco Barrett Barbara DeMarco-Barrett is author of Palm Springs Noir (Akashic). Her stories are in Orange County Noir, Coolest American Stories, 2022, USA Noir: Best of the Akashic Noir Series, Rock, and A Hard Pla... Writer Oct 27, 2025
Roy Perez Roy Pérez is an Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and Critical Gender Studies at the University of California, San Diego. His scholarly writing appears in Saturation: Race, Art, and the Circulatio... Writer Oct 26, 2025
Jennifer Irani Jennifer Irani is finishing a memoir about her experience in Phoenix House while publishing short stories, essays, poetry, and op/eds. She is a member of environmental groups, racial justice organizat... Writer Oct 25, 2025
Elliot Kukla Elliot Kukla is a rabbi, author, and activist. In 2006 he was the first openly transgender rabbi to be ordained by a denomination in Judaism. He has worked at the intersection of justice and spiritual... Writer Oct 25, 2025