Linda Lee
AskMePc-WebDesign
SmartWomenStupidComputers
http://askmepc-webdesign.com
http://smartwomenstupidcomputers.com

Linda is a writer, speaker, educator and website designer.
Specializing in clean design and user friendly affordable websites 
and blog design and hosting.

She is currently finishing her book, "Smart Women Stupid Computers, A Savvy Guide to the Internet" Due out in Feb 2010.

A crowd pleasing speaker and teacher, Linda says,"I am writing this book to help all the people I talk to everyday. Many feel overwhelmed by technology. I create websites and blogs for people and they need simple and clear directions to use when working online and performing basic daily computer tasks.
My goal is put a book in their hand where they can open it up and find help at their fingertips.

Linda serves as the Volunteer Director for the San Francisco Writers Conference, the Maui Photo Festival and the Midsummer Mozart Festival.

She is the webmaster for the Women's National Book Association San Francisco Chapter, and San Francisco/Peninsula Writers Club, and the Jack London Writers Conference as well as many other organzations.

Kate Farrell
Author & Storyteller
www.girlinthemirror.info 
www.wisdomhasavoice.com

Catharine (Kate) Farrell has always loved stories. From her childhood in
San Antonio, Texas, where she read fairy tales and produced plays in her
backyard, to her years teaching high school in the mid-1960s in San
Francisco, stories spoke a special language. Gaining a Master's in Library
Science in 1970 (UC, Berkeley), Kate returned to the City schools. When
the Zellerbach Family Fund awarded her a grant in 1980 to teach
storytelling to California teachers, Kate conducted a successful
decades-long project. Today, a published author of educational books, Kate
is a San Francisco high school librarian and resides in Sonoma County.

Verna Dreisbach
Capitol City Young Writers, Dreisbach Literary Management
www.capitolcityyoungwriters.org  
www.dreisbachliterary.com


Verna Dreisbach is a literary agent, author and educator.  Her Seal
Pressanthology, Why We Ride, is due for release May 2010. Verna serves on
the education committee to Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson's For Art's Sake
Initiative and teaches through UC Davis Extension. Her agency, Dreisbach
Literary Management, represents both fiction and non-fiction authors with
a particular interest in books with a political, economic or social
context. With over 13 years of law enforcement experience, Verna has a
genuine interest in the genres of mystery, thriller and true crime.  She
is the co-founder of The Writers Police Academy with author Lee Lofland
providing writers the opportunity to learn hands-on police techniques and
relatingits importance to creating realistic fiction.

Verna is the founder and president of Capitol City Young Writers (CCYW),
anon-profit organization dedicated to the education and inspiration of
young writers. CCYW's goal is to educate members on the art and craft of
writing and offer career exploration, writing workshops, scholarships,
internships and leadership opportunities. From fiction and non-fiction, to
poetry, screenwriting, songwriting and broadcast radio, students are
supported through workshops bringing professionals and mentors together
through workshops, annual conferences, a youth run literary journal,
mentoring and more.




Debbie Gisonni
Real Life Lessons
www.reallifelessons.com

Debbie Gisonni is an author, speaker, personal growth expert and former
corporate executive.

Debbie spent fifteen years in corporate management, sales and marketing
positions with bottom line responsibility.  She was instrumental in
leading and motivating teams of people through major changes, and was one
of the youngest women to become a publisher of a multi-million-dollar
magazine in the high tech industry.

In 1998, Debbie started Real Life Lessons; a company dedicated to personal
growth and professional success.  Through her books, articles, talks, and
corporate consulting and coaching services, Debbie's mission is to help
people to be successful and happy in life, work and home through positive
change.

Debbie is the author of two personal growth books:  the national best
seller, The Goddess of Happiness:  A Down-to-Earth Guide for Heavenly
Balance and Bliss and Vita's Will: Real Life Lessons about Life Death
Moving On.  She is an experienced speaker and media guest who has
addressed audiences from corporate executives to women's groups to teens.
Her articles have appeared in numerous publications nationwide, and she
has been featured in newspapers such as The San Jose Mercury
News and The Dallas Morning News.  Debbie's "Health and Happiness" column
appears in the Examiner.com.

                                                       

Lynn Henriksen
The Story Woman™
http://www.telltalesouls.com  
http://www.thestorywoman.com
www.wisdomhasavoice.com

President WNBA-SF and CEO of The Story Woman™, producing: TellTale Soul
books, Story Salons with a twist, Tap Memory & Write Memoir classes and
events, book reviews, and interviews with an array of literary folks and
artists.

Lynn Henriksen is an author, presenter, and writing coach who encourages
and teaches writing bio-vignettes that honor loved ones. You can and will
write, even if you've never written anything before, by answering this
question, "If you could tell just one story that would capture your
Mother's character and keep her spirit alive, what
would it be?" The Story Woman ™ method will help you find your unique voice
and distinctive style on the written page as only you can do it.

Read my "how-to" guide book, Give the Gift of Story: TellTale Souls'
Essential Guide to Tap Memory & Write Memoir in Five Acts, available for
purchase only on website or in person!

Current story collection: TellTale Souls: Daughters Keeping Mothers'
Spirits Alive One Memoir at a Time. Co-editor and presenter with Kate
Farrell: Wisdom Has a Voice: Daughters Remember Mothers anthology and
workshops.

Teresa LeYung Ryan
Writing-Career-Coach & Manuscript Consultant
www.WritingCoachTeresa.com
www.LoveMadeOfHeart.com


Teresa LeYung Ryan has been helping writers since her mother-daughter
novel Love Made of Heart was released. Her motto:  "You can be happily
published by being yourself and using your natural talents."  As a
writing-career-coach and manuscript consultant, she helps her clients
identify themes and archetypes, choose the right publishing route, and map
out their success. As a community spirit, Teresa speaks out for public
libraries, honors immigrant-stories, advocates compassion for mental
illness, and, helps survivors of family violence find their own voices
through writing.   www.WritingCoachTeresa.com  offers resources for
readers and writers.


The book:  LOVE MADE OF HEART -- An immigrant daughter's journey to
self-forgiveness

. archived in the San Francisco History Center
. recommended by the California School Library Association and the
California Reading Association
. used in Advanced Composition/English-as-a-Second-Language classes

www.LoveMadeOfHeart.com

Marsha Toy Engstrom
Book Club Cheerleader
www.bookclubcheerleader.com

Marsha Toy Engstrom, The Book Club CheerleaderT, has been shaking her
pompoms since 5th grade-which coincidentally is also when she began her
writing career as editor of the Center School Gazette. A recovering
Corporate Trainer/Human Resource-Type, Marsha holds a Bachelor's degree in
Marketing, and a Master's of Arts in Management and Organizational
Development.

The Book Club CheerleaderT uses her background in coaching, team-building
and group dynamics to help put the 'group' back in book groups. Focusing
on three perspectives: The People, The Fun and The Books, she facilitates
workshops and coaches book clubs to get the most out of their experiences
together. Her motto is, "They come for The Book, they stay for The Fun,
and they leave if you screw up The People part." She is the editor of
www.bookclubcheerleader.com and is working on her first book, Celebrating
Book Clubs: The Book Club Cheerleader's Guide to Building a Winning Book
Club.

Marsha lives in Northern California with her husband and two black cats,
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. When she is not coaching book clubs,
celebrating authors, or practicing her splits, she is curled up with a new
book (or alternatively catnapping) with Butch and Sunny.

 

Adina Sara
adinasara.com

Bay Area garden columnist Adina Sara has recently published a garden
memoir - The Imperfect Garden (Regent Press 2009) - a series of essays,
poetry and garden photographs following her decades-long relationship with
an unruly garden.  Her first book, 100 Words Per Minute: Tales from Behind
Law Offices Doors (Regent Press 2006), chronicles her unintentional career
as an office worker.  Sara sings with an a cappella international folk
music group, Mozaik (myspace.com/mozaikvoices) and has produced several
cd's of original music.  Sara's books and cds are available at
www.adinasara.com.

Barbara Whittaker
Stanford University
Member of WNBA since 2000. Publicity Chair for WNBA events. Writer of
short fiction and children's stories.
Email: babsywit@yahoo.com

Patricia Volonakis Davis
Harlots' Sauce Radio e-magazine and podcast
www.patriciaVdavis.com,
 www.harlotssauce.com

Patricia V. Davis's first non-fiction book, Harlot's Sauce: A Memoir of
Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece is an Award-Winning Finalist in the
Multi-cultural Non-fiction category of the National Best Books Awards,
sponsored by USA Book News, and has ranked in the top five in its category
on amazon.com.

Patricia is the founder and editor-in-chief of the non-partisan Harlots'
Sauce Radio e-magazine and podcast at www.harlotssauce.com, and her
essays, opinion articles and celebrity interviews have appeared in various
newspapers and magazines nationally and internationally. Patricia has
authored a number of poems on women's issues, including, "If This Woman is
Being Operated Recklessly," which appeared alongside Laurence
Ferlinghetti's work in New Press magazine.(Her fondest achievement to
date.) In the mid-90's, Patricia emigrated to Athens, Greece, where she
founded an education service, Serafim Books, named for "a good book is
like a guardian angel." Serafim Books gained international acclaim for its
dedication to education and its philanthropic work with organizations such
as Make-A-Wish Greece chapter and TESOL Greece, where Patricia served as
vice-chair. During this time, Scholastic International, publishers of
children's books and educational materials, appointed Patricia their
exclusive representative of Greece, Cyprus and Turkey.

Shulamit  Sofia
Soul Strength Seminars
www.soulstrengthseminars.com

Shulamit Sofia is an elder who has walked the spiritual path from her
earliest days.  Her formal education in Psychology, Political Science and Psychiatric Social Work complement the lifelong spiritual journey she has navigated between the demands of Ego and the needs of Soul.  Her formal education focused on teaching ways of Ego adaptation in individual coaching as well as classes, workshops
 and seminars; her informal education encompassed learning ways of living an authentic soulful life.


Shulamit Sofia has been a life long pilgrim who has walked the path she is
now ready to guide others along.  For the past twenty-five years Shulamit
Sofia has studied intensively with renowned Jewish mystics and teachers.
exclusive representative of Greece, Cyprus and Turkey

Mary E. Knippel
Creativity Mentor
CopyWriter & Co.


www.openuptoyourcreativity.com
www.copywritermaryeknippel.com

Mary E. Knippel, writer, Creativity Mentor, speaker and workshop leader,
conducts workshops on California's beautiful San Mateo coast in which
participants connect with their creativity, focus on fun and pursue play
as a proven method to de-stress and cope with life's challenges.
Throughout her writing and presentations, Mary delivers one consistent
message:  don't wait until a health crisis to take care of yourself.

Mary is working on a memoir and book of personal essays. Her writing has
appeared in publications in California, Colorado and Minnesota. As an
editor, Mary participated in the 2009 San Francisco Writer's Conference
"Book Doctor" panel and helped numerous aspiring writers with their book
projects and edited a book on wedding protocol, "It's Your Wedding - Not
Theirs." Mary has worked with the Peninsula Branch of the California
Writer's Club (CWC), the San Francisco Chapter of the Women's National
Book Assn (WNBA-SF) as well as various religious and community groups in
California and Minnesota as a Creativity Mentor, speaker and workshop
facilitator. She served as president of WNBA-SF from 2006-09 and has
served on the board of the CWC. A breast cancer survivor, Mary donates a
portion of the proceeds from each workshop to breast cancer research.

                                                        

Ellen Bass
www.ellenbass.com

Ellen Bass's most recent book of poetry, The Human Line (Copper Canyon
Press, 2007), was named a Notable Book of 2007 by the San Francisco
Chronicle.  She co-edited the groundbreaking No More Masks! An Anthology
of Poems by Women (Doubleday, 1973) and has published several volumes of
poetry, including Mules of Love (BOA, 2002) which won the Lambda Literary
Award.  Her work has been published in many journals including The
Atlantic Monthly, The American Poetry Review, The New Republic, The
Progressive, and The Kenyon Review. Among her awards are a Pushcart Prize,
the Elliston Book Award, The Pablo Neruda Prize from Nimrod/Hardman, the
Larry Levis Prize from Missouri Review, the New Letters Prize, the
Greensboro Award, the Chautaqua Poetry Prize, a Fellowship from the
California Arts Council and a Fellowship from the Virginia Center for the
Creative Arts. Her nonfiction books include Free Your Mind: The Book for
Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth and Their Allies (HarperCollins, 1996), I
Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse
(HarperCollins, 1983) and The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors
of Child Sexual Abuse (HarperCollins, 1988, 2008). She teaches in the MFA
writing program at Pacific University and at conferences and workshops
nationally and internationally.

Linda Joy Myers
The National Association of Memoir Writers
www.namw.org 
www.memoriesandmemoirs.com

Linda Joy Myers, Ph.D.,is the President and founder of the National
Association of Memoir Writers. She is the author of the prize-winning
memoir Don't Call Me Mother: Breaking the Chain of Mother Daughter Abandonment.


Her new book, The Power of Memoir-How to Write Your Healing
Story will be available in January 2010 through Jossey Bass publishers.

Linda has been a therapist in Berkeley for the last thirty years, and
received her MFA at Mills College. Through her workshops, online coaching,
and speaking engagements, Linda integrates the principles of healing and
creativity in presenting the powerful healing process of writing true
stories. Her first book Becoming Whole: Writing Your Healing Story has
been used as a text by therapists, ministers, and writing coaches, and was
a finalist in the ForeWord magazine's 2008 Book of the Year Award. Linda's
prize-winning nonfiction and poetry has been published in various literary
journals.  Her novel excerpt, Secret Music, a novel about the
Kindertransport, music, and redemption was a finalist in the San Francisco
Writing Conference contest. The complete novel is seeking publication.
Linda is past-president of The California Writers Club, Marin branch, and
former Vice-President of the Women's National Book Association.