Greater Haverhill Poets – is a group of people that enjoy reading and writing poetry. They meet to discuss poetry and writing in general. Their meetings take place every third Saturday of the month at 10:00 a.m. in the Haverhill Public Library, Haverhill Massachusetts. Their meetings often have guest speakers and include field trips and are open to the public. The Greater Haverhill Poets currently has approximately 21 members from Haverhill, the surrounding communities and out of state. Members include: Steve Beiras, Jane Lapierre Davenport, Anna M. Soria, Charles Ames Fischer, Meg Gilvar, Lillian C. Schiavoni, L.M. Nelson, Edith Karelis, Maureen Cleary, Maureen Pascucci-Mura, Raymond Davenport, Helen Morris, Liz Arakelian, Olga Kronmeyer, Judith Larmay, Larry Fisher, Valbona Ndrecka Lavdari, Harriet Lincoln Mirsky and others listed below. Works include: Pen and Brush, Poetic Fairy Tales. The Greater Haverhill Poets are co-sponsoring this event.
Haverhill Cultural Council - The mission of the Haverhill Cultural Council is to improve the quality of life of the citizens of Haverhill by funding cultural and artistic events, programs and trainings; promoting the arts in general; and contributing to the overall conditions, quality and character of the cultural atmosphere in and around the city of Haverhill. The Haverhill Cultural Council is co-sponsoring this event.
Coralie Hughes Jensen - Author of seven novels including Passup Point and Lety’s Gift, taking place in Newfoundland/Labrador, Two mysteries, L’Oro Verde and The Pukeko, and Winter Harvest, a historical novel about the Shakers in the 1830s. Short stories have appeared in the anthology, Nobody, and in magazines.. Visit her website at www.coraliehughesjensen.com Coralie is one of three people organizing this event.
Lynn Murphy - Chairperson, Haverhill Cultural Council; Publisher of Sacred Pathways Magazine, Lynn is one of three people organizing this event.
Christopher Obert – Owner of Pear Tree Publishing, a publishing company specializing in helping authors and groups self-publish. (Pear Tree’s newest book is Pen and Brush for the Greater Haverhill Poets.) Chris is the author of Thanks for the Memories – the Serra Family Tree and Stories; he is a published poet: Reflections and The Visual Side; Member - Greater Haverhill Poets; Freelance writer with works appearing in Numismatic News. Chris is one of 3 people organizing this event.
Marylin Lytle Barr - Published poet: Unexpected Light and Concrete Considerations; Member - Greater Haverhill Poets
Elisabeth Brink worked in publishing, high-tech marketing, and counseling before earning a PhD in American Literature in 1993. Since then she has taught writing and literature at Harvard, Tufts, and Boston College. Her stories and essays have appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Manoa, The Fiddlehead, and other publications. Save Your Own, her first novel, is a Booksense Notable Book. It has been recommended by USA Today, People, San Francisco Chronicle, Boston Globe, Seattle Times, Rocky Mountain News, and other publications. Elisabeth lives in Newburyport, Massachusetts, with her husband and two children. Visit www.elisabethbrink.com
James Craig - Author of Fitz H. Lane: An Artist’s Voyage through Nineteenth Century America
Cindy Davis - Author of Voice from the Ashes www.cdavisnh.com
Christopher Golden - Author of such novels as The Myth Hunters, Wildwood Road, The Boys Are Back in Town, Strangewood, Of Saints and Shadows, and the Body of Evidence series of teen thrillers, and co-author of the youth fantasy series OutCast, which has recently been optioned by Universal Pictures. Golden has also written or co-written a great many books revolving around such pop culture properties as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, X-Men, Hellboy, and The Justice League of America. In the comic book field, he has written tales of Batman, Spider-Man, Doctor Fate, and many others, and he co-created the hit independent series Talent, also in development at Universal. Please visit him at www.christophergolden.com
Scott T. Goudsward - is the author of numerous short stories, screen plays and novels. He has had an avid interest in the horror genre since seeing the horror classic, Friday the 13th, when he was only 13. His book, Trailer Trash, is being published by DarkHart Press in November, 2006. www.goudsward.com/scott
Aine Greaney - Author of The Big House www.ainegreaney.com
Brenna Lyons – SF/F/Horror, straight genre and cross-genre dark romance, poetry, articles, children’s Five time EPPIE finalist Brenna Lyons is the President of EPIC and a member of EWAG, BroadUniverse, TELL, and ERWA. She’s an award-winning bestseller in Indie press, and has taken second place in the PEARL to NYT Bestseller Angela Knight. Reviewers agree that a Lyons book is “not a ‘feel good’ light kind of read” and that she “delves into the depths of what makes a world or culture exist. Her world building is thorough and her stories not only tease the imagination but tear at the heart.” www.brennalyons.com
Julie MacShane – Author of the adult fiction novel Soot and Sweat on Flesh. The novel tells the tale of female firefighter Bette Maguire and how she makes her way through the all-male, big-city fire department in New Hampshire. The sequel Torch is a mystery about a serial arsonist stalking Bette. They both show how important it is to help each other even through the darkest and hardest of times. They’re also fun to read with a lot of fireman banter, friendship, and romance. www.juliemacshane.com
Pam Marin-Kingsley - Writer and a graphic artist/designer who lives in Bradford, Massachusetts. Her company, Electric Forest Publishing LLC (www.electricforest.com ), offers design, editing and publishing services in the US, and The Derwent Press (www.derwentpress.com ) offers similar services in the UK. Two other publishing imprints affiliated with Electric Forest are Lightning Rider Press (www.lightningriderpress.com) and DarkHart Press (www.darkhartpress.com) which both launched in November 2006, publishing 4 original books by local authors. A native of Minnesota, she is now a passionate New Englander. Pam’s art can be seen at and purchased at: www.far-angel.com.
Ed Marshall – Published poet: Lilacs and Sandalwood; Member - Greater Haverhill Poets and the Powow River Poets www.jasminepress.com
Anne Martineau - Published writer of fiction, poetry, essays, she sings and composes music, acts, directs and has done professional modeling. Her short fiction currently appears in the upcoming Nobody anthology from DarkHart Press, and she has ghost-written a children’s holiday story, Secrets of Season’s Greetings©, coming out in 2007. In her “spare time” she creates jewelry and artwork for her web-site, www.mermaidisland.com. Currently, when not serving the muse of short-story inspiration, she is working on a paranormal romance novel and a one-woman multi-media show on the issue of rape response and recovery. She is a member of Essex Writers and Artists’ Guild. www.aemartineau.myspace.com
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Evelyn Nathan - originally from right there in Grovetown, author of Train to Skaville.
Tempa Pagel - Author Here’s the Church Here's the Steeple www.tempapagel.com
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Mellisa Sherlin - Mellisa has always thought writing was magic, and she didn’t try her hand at the craft until her second grade teacher, Mrs. Hargraves taught the class how to properly punctuate dialoged with the challenge, “Now, write a conversation yourself.” To the amazement of her teacher, Mellisa finished her homework that night. And while the other children turned in two or three scribbled sentences, Mellisa turned in a five page story based on her favorite book, she entitled Mr. Toad and Mr. Frog Go to the Store that she had painstakingly typed on her mother’s manual type writer.
Sybil Smith - Author of Hannah Dustin’s Sister http://sybilsmithwriter.com
Richard Smyth - has been publishing the poetry journal Albatross for over 20 years now through the small press called the Anabiosis Press, which publishes chapbooks as well. He is also a published poet himself, having published poems in such journals as Tampa Review, Florida Review, Southern Poetry Review, Appalachee Quarterly, Kansas Quarterly, and others, and he is featured as one of three poets in Poems from the Heron Clan Volume II. He holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Florida and is currently a Library Media Specialist at Cathedral High School in Boston. His homepage is at www.anabiosispress.org/rsmyth.
Dan Speers - Author of Master Spies and Muzzy Spooks www.masterspies.com
Anna Vojtech - Illustrator (Children’s books) The First Strawberries, a Cherokee Story retold by Joe Bruchac; Ten Flashing Fireflies by Philemon Sturges; Marushka and the Month Brothers, retold by Anna Vojtech and Philemon Sturges; Over in the Meadow by Olive Wadswotrh; All Things Bright and Beautiful by Frances Alexander; and Wildflowers For All Seasons features 190 of her botanical watercolors. www.avojtech.com
Blair Gracie Woodman – published poet Pen and Brush, member of the Greater Haverhill Poets, member of the Write Group