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This was one of our best conferences ever! Thanks to everyone how attended! Brenda Adcock -- Author, Reader I am the author of five books and was honored with a Goldie in 2008. I've attended every convention and am looking forward to seeing old friends again and meeting new ones.
Lynn Ames -- Author I've been around as long as the GCLS (okay, I've been around a WHOLE lot longer, but I've been to every conference since the organization's inception). I can't wait for this year's con! For more info on me, check out my website at www.lynnames.com, or buy books at www.phoenixrisingpress.com. Mavis Applewater -- Author This will be my 4th conference. I have 8 books in print with Blue Feather Books and last year was honored to win a Goldie. I look forward to seeing old friends and making new ones. I'm also looking forward to riding on Splash Mountain! Karen D. Badger -- Author Author of “On A Wing And A Prayer”, “Yesterday Once More” (a 2009 Goldie Winner) and my new book, “In A Family Way” (available at 2010 GCLS) - published by Blue Feather Books. “In A Family Way” is Book 1 of the popular Billie/Cat Commitment Series. Also at 2010 GCLS, is a short story, titled “Hooah” published in the “Women in Uniform – Soldiers, Medics and Cops – Oh My!” anthology by Regal Crest Publishers. Linn Baxter -- Reader I am an avid reader of lesfic and this will be our first GCLS conference. Looking forward to meeting the authors and friends that I have found online. Georgia Beers -- Author I'm a romance writer with seven books, a Lammy, and a Goldie. This will be my sixth conference (holy cow!). It wouldn't be summer without the GCLS. I can't wait! Renee Bess -- Author This will be my fifth conference. I'm a former foreign language teacher, now happily ensconced in a writing career. Shawn Blackhawk -- Author Author, reader and researcher Shawn Blackhawk is looking forward to her first GCLS. She's ready for her first public reading, meeting people and having a good time with fellow writers and readers. Make sure to stop by and say hello! Bliss -- Author I have a short story titled, “Solo Hike” in the Wild Nights Anthology, by Bella Books, and a short titled “Worth It” released at this year’s GCLS in the “Women in Uniform – Soldiers, Medics and Cops – Oh My!” anthology by Regal Crest. I’m currently working on a cross-genre romance/suspense novel, tentatively titled “Above Suspicion” which I hope to have out later this year.
Mary Ann Bosworth -- Reader I have been to two cons, Atlanta and Phoenix, but missed last years because of amnesia. Donna Brown -- Reader Been a member of the GCLS from the beginning but this will only be my 4th conference. Have made some really great friends and look forward to this event every year so that I can catch up with old friends and hopefully make a pile of new ones. The conference and the people who attend truely feel like family to me.
Val Brown -- Author
The GCLS is my extended family. I love meeting up with my fellow Blue Feather authors, seeing old friends and making new ones.
Nat Burns -- Author, Editor, Reader
Nat Burns retired from a publishing career in Virginia to relocate to the Rio Grande Valley. She is a published author many times over and currently works as the music editor for The Lesbian News. She has published two lesbian novels and her work has appeared in several anthologies. www.natalieburns.net www.bellabooks.com
Rrrose Carbinela -- Reader, Author
Of mixed Arab/Latino descent, late-blooming Rrrose twice graduated from a Mid-Atlantic University, once as a Spanish major and later as a Psych major, she is still crazy about languages. Her other interests include writing, reading, photography, motorcycling, shooting pool, dancing, and women, not necessarily in that order. She firmly believes that sunrise is worth waiting up for. Write her at carbinela@lebarican.com Betty Chandler -- Reader My wife drug me here too!
Jessie Chandler -- Reader, Author
I was just signed to a three book contract through Midnight Ink, with the first book, Bingo! It's Murder, coming out mid to late 2011. So I guess I'm really, truly, honestly an author! Oh my God. I love to read, too...but i guess I better get to writing instead!
Maria V. Ciletti -- Author
Maria V. Ciletti is a nurse currently working as a medical administrator. She writes lesbian romance. Her new novel, Collide, will be published in June 2010 by Intaglio Publications. Her second novel, Clinical Distance, was also published by Intaglio in 2009. Her first novel, The Choice, was originally published by Haworth Press in 2007. It will be available in ebook by Intaglio Publications in June 2010. She lives in Niles, Ohio with her partner Rose Barbara L. Clanton -- Author I'm excited for another GCLS Con! My niche is Young Adult fiction. I'm looking forward to seeing everybody again. It's like a giant family reunion. Dalia Craig -- Reader, Author First timer. Looking forward to catching up with old friends and making new ones.
Pat Cronin -- Reader, Author, Editor
I've got my first novel coming out this year! Souls' Rescue took years to put together and I can't wait to see it in print! I've also got another anthology with my best friend Verda Foster called Women In Uniform, Medics, and Cops and Soldiers, Oh My! Both are being published by Regal Crest Enterprises. I'm so jazzed about this year's conference!
Cheri Crystal -- Reader, Author
Cheri Crystal’s erotic collection of lesbian love stories, Attractions of the Heart, was launched this past October in Provincetown during Women’s Week. It was an exciting and rewarding experience she’ll never forget. For updates go to www.chericrystal.com Cheyne Curry -- Author I am an author and a filmmaker. My first book, Renegade, published by PD Publishing, was released in March, 2009. I am currently working on another novel, and a short film based on my story, Requiem. Moondancer Drake -- Author Moondancer Drake is a Cherokee author of multicultural LGBT paranormal fiction. Her debut novel, Ancestral Magic, was released in Spring of 2009 and her newest novel, Natural Order, came out May 2010. She was also was a first place recipient of the 2010 Virginia Burke award for her essay, “Exploring two-spirit identities within North American Indian culture and their ongoing struggle for acceptance in contemporary Western society.” Danger Dyke (aka Heather) -- Reader Consort to Mavis Applewater and volunteer. Nann Dunne -- Author, Editor
I'm an author, an editor, and the publisher of the online ezine Just About Write. This is my sixth GCLS Conference. I plan my vacation around it every year and wouldn't want to miss meeting and greeting old friends and new. Come up and say 'Hi" to me! Z Egloff -- Author This will be my first Con. I've got one novel out so far - Verge, from Bywater Books. There will be a few of my Bywater peeps there this year, but other than that I haven't met anyone else who's coming. I'm really looking forward to everything the Con has to offer - the schedule looks fantastic. I know I'm bound (so to speak) to meet a lot of great folks!
Marcia Finical -- Author My novel, Last Chance at the Lost and Found, won in the 2009 Dramatic General Fiction award. I live in Albuquerque, NM, and I'm working on my next novel, which has nothing to do with Bunny LaRue. Verda Foster -- Reader, Author, Editor This is number 6 for me. Can't wait.
Liz Gibson -- Author
The heading should be "author-in-training", rather than "author" - however in the spirit of living one's dream... I call myself 'author' in the hopes that I will achieve that this year. My background is very broad and far reaching, from space technology and the space station to banking, to IT and educational technology at UC Davis. I am a Canadian that came to the US to visit my now partner, 15 years ago and never left... Nikki Grimes -- Author Writer. Reader. Wanna-be novelist. Women's Week (Ptown) regular attendee but this is my first con. Looking forward to familiar faces and new friends. Ellen Hart -- Author Ellen Hart is the author of twenty-six crime novels in two different series. She is a five-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, a three-time winner of the Golden Grown Literary Award, and a three-time Minnesota Book Award winner for Best Popular Fiction. For the past twelve years, Ellen has taught “An Introduction to Writing the Modern Mystery” through the The Loft Literary Center. She lives in Minneapolis with her partner of 31 years. DK Hawk -- Author DK has loved reading since she was a little girl growing up in south east Tennessee.Recently she discovered that she had a knack for poetry. So now she juggles work, Martial Arts, and time with her partner and her writing.
Mikaya Heart -- Reader, Author, Editor I've been writing since I was kid and writing for publication for the last sixteen years. My most recent book, My Sweet Wild Dance, is shortlisted for a Goldie . . .
Patty G. Henderson -- Author, Publisher, Artist
I am the author and publisher of the Brenda Strange Supernatural Mystery Series, THE BURNING OF HER SIN, TANGLED AND DARK, THE MISSING PAGE, and the latest, XIMORA. I've also written the vampire romantic chiller, SO DEAD, MY LOVE. Aside from having my own publishing imprint, Black Car Publishing, I am also an artist and do book covers. Nancy J. Hill -- Artist I have been told I started my artist career when I was still in diapers! painting with nature's medium . I have been a graphic designer and photographer for 34 years, 24 of which have been for University of California. The pass 4 years I have been supporting research for energy technology. I have been a passionate reader and supporter of lesbians literature from the time I first got my hands on a lesbian book in 1983.
I live in Northern California with my spouse of 28 years. Gillian Kendall -- Author, Editor This is my first GCLS conference, and I'm honored to have received a scholarship. I'm newly in Florida, after 10 years in Australia, and looking forward to making new writer and editor friends. My books are SOMETHING TO DECLARE: GOOD LESBIAN TRAVEL WRITING, MR. DING's CHICKEN FEET and HOW I BECAME A HUMAN BEING, (U of Wisconsin Press) and I write frequently for CURVE and THE SUN magazines. I'm looking forward to meeting you all. Lori L. Lake -- Author, Reader, Editor, Creativity Coach
This is Con #6 for me, and every year the experience keeps getting
better. I can't wait to see my old friends and meet new ones.
Anne Laughlin -- Author Veritas, Anne's first novel with Bold Strokes, was published in November 2009 and is shortlisted for a Goldie this year. In 2008, Anne was selected by the Lambda Literary Foundation for their Emerging Writers Retreat, and in 2009 she was admitted into the Ragdale Foundation in Lake Forest, IL for a month-long writing residency. Anne lives in Chicago with her partner, Linda.
Erica Lawson -- Author
I'm fairly new to the writing profession. I started writing in 2005, as a sort of "mid-life crisis". My kids were now adults and needed no more nurturing. I come from Sydney Australia and this will be my first professional outing as a writer.
Rae Lewis -- Author
I am just stepping in the world of writing as an art . I'm still searching for my voice. I am highly interested in engaging with other writers and any advice I can seek . Fay Jacobs -- Author, Editor, Publisher of A&M Books Former GLCS winner. Looking forward to another wonderful conference. Karin Kallmaker -- Author Lesbian. Writer. Lesbian writer. That's the short version. Author of 25+ books, winner of four Goldies, three Lammys and very pleased recipient of the 2009 Ann Bannon Award. Also Bella Books' Editorial Director.
Ms M -- Reader, Author
aka Mercedes, also an 'author in training'. I write poems and short stories, and I have something banging around in my head that may be longer...if I ever sit down and get started. You can view some of my work on some listservs, at JAW (JustAbotuWrite), and in the anthology Women in Uniform. I have participated in every GCLS Con and loved every moment of it! KG MacGregor -- Author This is #6 for me too! Can't wait to catch up with fellow authors and readers, and to hear Lee Lynch's keynote address. Jeanne Magill -- Reader, Author
This is my first literary convention.I have enjoyed writing for the past five years and in the past year have become earnest.It's become a real passion. I'm looking forward to meeting the women whose names appear on various forums and web sites. Megan Magill -- Author, Reader Author of A Question of Integrity and A Question of Courage. Reader of lesfic with a particular soft spot for fantasy. Founder of Moon Horse, the lesbian interest online bookstore (www.moonhorsebooks.com).
Marguerite Maier -- Reader This is my first conference and I am looking forward to meeting both authors and readers.
Marianne K. Martin -- Author
Marianne is the author of eight novels and a three-time Lambda Literary Award finalist. She is co-owner and COO of Bywater Books. Andi Marquette -- Author, Editor Andi Marquette is the Goldie- and Lesbian Readers’ Choice Award-winning author of the mystery "Land of Entrapment" and the follow-ups, "State of Denial" and "The Ties that Bind." Her first science fiction novel, "Friends in High Places", was shortlisted for a 2010 Goldie Award. She has also published several short stories, including the recent “Package Deal,” in the Regal Crest anthology "Women in Uniform" (ed. Pat Cronin and Verda Foster, 2010). Karen McIntyre -- Reader I'm one of Dillon Watson's adoring fans. This is my first GCLS con. I am looking forward to it.
Sherry Mills -- Reader
I've been to every conference since 2006. You can find me bossing the volunteers around during this year's con, so if you want to help out just give me a holler at pandabree13@yahoo.com. BL Miller -- Author I have four books co-authored with Verda Foster as well as Accidental Love. I missed the last three cons but won't miss this on. I'm kinda shy so if you see me, feel free to wander on over and say hi. Martha Miller -- Author Mid-western writer of erotica, mystery, creative short fiction. Upcoming book (next year) with BSB "Retirement Plan: A Crime Novel." Linda Morganstein -- Author First GCLS conference. I am the author of MY LIFE WITH STELLA KANE and the Alexis Pope mystery series. Looking forward to attending.
Elaine Mulligan -- Reader I love to read (even more than I love to nap!). I have been a GCLS member since 2005 and have attended the conventions beginning in 2006. I happily found Lesbian Literature in 2003 by way of the TV Show Xena Warrior Princess. I found that many titles, especially those published before 2003, did not have Amazon reviews so I started writing what I liked about a book I read and posting it. Sue Murphy -- Reader, Author
First conference and very excited to learn and share!
Rosa Moran -- Reader
Not much to tell. This will be my 6th Con. I've been honored to be a sponsor each year. Love to read (when I have time). Proud to call many of the authors my friend. Look forward to making new friends every year. Phyllis Neese -- Reader After 38 years of teaching high school I retired. The two years of retirement have been enjoyable. I volunteer 2 days a week for a non profit horseback riding program for kids. I live in Northern California with my spouse of 28 years. I am a big reader and supporter of lesbian authors. Bett Norris -- Author Bett's first novel, Miss McGhee, was published by Bywater Books. She is an avid reader and reviewer. She is currently working on her second novel, What's Best For Jane, also to be published by Bywater Books.
Chris Paynter -- Author I am an author with Blue Feather Books. My debut novel, "Playing for First" was released in June 2009. My next novel, "Come Back to Me," is scheduled for release in May 2010. Mary Phillips -- Reader, Editor
I have been a member of GCLS since inception and love the community and sense of family. Through the GCLS I honed my editing skills through being a beta reader progressing to an editor for Regal Crest. In my other life (the one that pays the bills) I am an administrator at Georgia State University.
Glenda Poulter -- Author
First timer!
Sandra dePuit -- Reader
I'm here because my wife brought me. Rebecca -- Reader Missed last year because I was taking care of the the amnesiac Tracey Richardson -- Author Tracey Richardson is the author of "The Candidate" (2008 GCLS finalist for Best Contemporary Romance), "Side Order of Love", and "No Rules of Engagement" (2009 Lambda Literary Award finalist for Best Lesbian Romance). Her newest book, "Blind Bet", is due out this fall. Tracey also works as a daily newspaper editor and lives in Ontario, Canada. Polly Robinson -- Author, Artist GCLS member since almost day one, this is my fourth con, my first as an author. Excited to be a part of the Bella family and can’t wait to see my GCLS friends . . . old and new! Look for my Olympic-centered romance, Open Water, from Bella Books next year. Woohoo!
Amy Dawson Robertson -- Author This will be my second conference but my first as a published writer. I'm very excited! Rrrose -- Author, Reader I'm Rrrose (Rrroll those
R's!) and this will be my fourth GCLS. But THIS time, one of my books
(Romance: Mild to Wild) is shortlisted! Ooooohh, excitement! Maybe next
year my Poetry book, ATTAR, will make it onto a shortlist. In my
Retired life, I want to be an Editor, too Kelly Smith -- Publisher Kelly is co-owner and editor-in-chief of Bywater Books. She owned and operated A Woman's Prerogative Bookstore in Ferndale, Michigan for many years, and founded and worked at Bella Books for four years. Sandy Thornton -- Reader This will be my third con. I'm looking forward to reconnecting with friends,meeting authors, getting books signed and enjoying the sessions. I am a leader of the Dallas Jewel Lesfic Book Club which promotes our literature in the North Texas area. Jane Vollbrecht -- Author, Editor, Publisher When I'm not rescuing animals in north Georgia, I'm helping Emily Reed with the business operations at Blue Feather Books. I've written six novels and have short stories in several anthologies. I've also had the privilege of editing several dozen books. I'm looking forward to all the hugs and smiles in Orlando. Dillon Watson -- Author I'm a newbie author interested in meeting my adoring fans. lol Really I'm only coming for the dance.
Beth Wylde -- Author, Reader, Editor This will be my first ever GCLS con and I'm so excited. I'm a book addict as well as an author and an editor. My newest release is a charity anthology of lesbian erotic romance that I co-edited with Lara Zielinsky. All proceeds go to Marriage Equality. I'm looking forward to what I know will be a fabulous time. Anyone have any good newbie tips?
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