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Written by Debra Staples
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2004-10-19 |
San Francisco Writers Conference Adds Several Major Authors to its 2005 List of Presenters The 2005 San Francisco Writers Conference is offering an extraordinary 3-day program taught by a faculty of best selling authors, agents, and editors from the West Coast and New York. The event will be held at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel over President's Day Weekend--February 18-20 th , 2005. The list of 2005 San Francisco Writers Conference presenters includes: John Lescroart ( The First Law) , Karen Joy Fowler ( The Jane Austen Book Club ), Lemony Snicket ( A Series of Unfortunate Events ), Joyce Maynard ( To Die For ), Mary Roach ( STIFF, The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers ), Adair Lara ( Slowing Down In A Speeded-Up World) , April Sinclair (Coffee Will Make You Black) , Katharine Kerr ( Daggerspell) , Leonard Schlain ( The Alphabet Versus The Goddess) , Tess Uriza Holthe ( When the Elephants Dance ), Jewelle Gomez ( The Gilda Stories) and Candace Hern ( Once A Scoundrel) . The list of presenters teaching at the conference continues to grow and impress even its own creators, Elizabeth Pomada and Michael Larsen of the Larsen Pomada Literary Agency. Check the website www.SanFranciscoWritersConference.com for more event information. |