SPEAKERS
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Marilyn AllenMarilyn Allen is founder and partner in the Allen O'Shea Literary Agency which focuses on writers of practical nonfiction. Before starting the agency she held senior positions in sales and marketing for several publishers including Penguin Books, Simon & Schuster and culminating as the Associate Publisher and Executive Director of Marketing for Harper Collins. She has taught publishing courses at New York University and at Gotham Publishing. She, along with her partner is the author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Book Proposals and Query Letters (Penguin 2011). She can be reached at Marilyn@allenoshea.com . (www.allenoshea.co)
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Maiysha JonesMaiysha Jones has been performing at various theaters in New York and Connecticut. She was last seen in The Underground Railroad (Haverstraw) and The Vagina Monologues (Dobbs Ferry). Some of her other performances include Sister Act (Michelle), Dreamgirls (Michelle), A Time to Kill (Gwen Hailey), A Short Walk into Sunshine (Peaches), and Intimate Apparel (Mayme). Maiysha is delighted to be playing Ophelia, the Bar Wench, and to be working with her talented director and cast.
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Rose KleidonRose Kleidon invites her readers to travel through history with her, seeing connections with earlier generations and with humanity’s great diversity. Professor Emeritus of the University of Akron, Kleidon taught English, Speech, Technical Writing, and Advertising Copywriting and is the author of two writing textbooks. Her debut novel is with an agent, and its sequel is in process. One of her short stories was a top ten winner of WOW’s Summer 2016 Flash Fiction Contest. Kleidon is a graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University and the University of Illinois; she did additional academic work at Illinois State University, Northern Illinois University and Northwestern University. She is a member of the Historical Novel Society and Historical Writers of America, as well as being the co-founder of three companies, a mother and grandmother, genealogist, sailor, gardener (the designer of an historically accurate herb garden for the Western Reserve Historical Society), an award-winning baker, and a fiber artist. To preview her debut novel, visit her author website at www.rosekleidon.com.
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Jason MatthewsJason Matthews writes fiction and nonfiction. He teaches self-publishing and works with writers all over the world. His books have been translated into 8 languages, and his video courses have been viewed by students in 125 countries. His self-publishing video courses are available at Lynda, Amazing and Udemy educational sites.
Jason left a career as a painting contractor to become a full time author in 2009. He has reached #1 sales ranking on Amazon in multiple categories including Desktop Publishing for his guide, How to Make, Market and Sell Ebooks. He has written and published over 500 blog posts with over 3,000 followers. His Facebook group for authors has over 2,000 members. Jason has spoken as a presenter at writing conferences all over California including Santa Barbara Writers Conference and Bay Area Independent Publishing Association. He’s helped approximately 100,000 authors publish their books. He lives in San Luis Obispo, California. He's a skier, soccer player, beach-lounger and loves a game of chess or scrabble. He can be contacted through his blog - ebooksuccess4free.wordpress.com |
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Thomas MooreThomas Moore is the author of the bestselling book Care of the Soul and fifteen other books on deepening spirituality and cultivating soul in every aspect of life. He has been a monk, a musician, a university professor, and a psychotherapist, and today he lectures widely on holistic medicine, spirituality, psychotherapy, and the arts. He lectures frequently in Ireland and has a special love of Irish culture. He has a Ph. D. in religion from Syracuse University and has won several awards for his work, including an honorary doctorate from Lesley University and the Humanitarian Award from Einstein Medical School of Yeshiva University. Three of his books have won the prestigious Books for a Better Life awards. He writes fiction and music and often works with his wife, artist and yoga instructor, Hari Kirin. He writes regular columns for Resurgence, Spirituality & Health, and The Huffington Post and has recently published Writing in the Sand: The Spirituality of Jesus and the Soul of the Gospels, Care of the Soul in Medicine, and The Guru of Golf and Other Stories about the Game of Life. Much of his recent work has focused on the world of medicine, speaking to nurses and doctors about the soul and spirit of medical practice.
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PAUL SAVIORDIRECTOR/BILL SHAKESPEARE
Paul has appeared in starring roles on television, including Love of Life as Rick Latimer (six years), General Hospital as Tom Baldwin (five years), and The Edge of Night as Vincent Kayle. He also played a leading role in Mike Nichols’ Off-Broadway hit, The Knack. He’s currently a popular voice-over artist and is available to read for audio books. (In fact, Paul met Bob Zaslow in 1996, when Bob selected him to be his “Maalox Moment” radio announcer.
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GLENN SHAKETOM THE BARMAN
Glenn studied acting at HB Studio with Uta Hagen, and has played a variety of comic roles in amateur productions. Glenn has also performed stand-up comedy and written radio comedy scripts, but where he really excels is writing letters of apology to people he’s offended. He is grateful to Bob Zaslow, Paul Savior and Julie Griffin for working with him on this play, where he hopes their love’s labor will not be lost.
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Susan StreckerI am an award-winning novelist who has published two books with Thomas Dunne Books (an imprint of Macmillan Books). The first, NIGHT BLINDNESS (October, 2014), was chosen as an IndieNext pick before it was even published. The second, NOWHERE GIRL, won the 2016 Beverly Hills Book Award for Excellence in Fiction and was coined “Compulsively readable” by Kirkus Reviews. My third and fourth books are complete and I am currently working on my fifth.
I lecture and teach all over the east coast at schools, colleges and conferences. I also work one-on-one with writers to help them produce their best and most polished work. I offer editing, proofreading and writing coaching services both online and in person. I live in Essex, Connecticut with my husband, Kurt, and our kids, Cooper and Ainsley |
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BEATRIZ WILLIAMSNEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY AND INTERNATIONAL
Bestselling Author A graduate of Stanford University with an MBA from Columbia, Beatriz spent several years in New York and London hiding her early attempts at fiction, first on company laptops as a corporate and communications strategy consultant, and then as an at-home producer of small persons.
She now lives with her husband and four children near the Connecticut shore, where she divides her time between writing and laundry. Her books include Overseas (2012), A Hundred Summers (2013), The Secret Life of Violet Grant (2014), Tiny Little Thing (2015), Along the Infinite Sea (2015), The Forgotten Room (2016), and the forthcoming A Certain Age (June 2016) |
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YaaraYaara Zaslow, Bob’s daughter, is a native New Yorker, and our point-person on the West Coast in Seattle. She began her writing career at Oxford University and the Sorbonne, in Paris, France, and after completing her Master's degree, now teaches writing at Seattle Central College. She has been most recently published in Jezebel.com, part of Gawker online media, and specializes in fiction and memoir.
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