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Dena Harris
writes full-time and is the facilitator for the Novel Writers
II group. Published in over 50 national and international magazines/newspapers/web
sites, Dena writes with humor, grace, and style (or so she likes
to tell herself) on an array of subjects from networking to
gardening, rude salespeople to cunning cats. Hailed as the "Erma
Bombeck of Cat Writers," Dena's new humor book, Lessons In
Stalking…Adjusting to Life With Cats is available at www.lessonsinstalking.com.
In addition to writing, Dena teaches public speaking, creative
writing, magazine writing, and networking workshops around the
nation. She has completed a young adult ms and is currently
shopping her middle-grade manuscript, “Millicent Powers Picks
A Pet.” Visit her at www.denaharris.com.
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Doug
Hewitt is the author
of The
Practical Guide to Weekend Parenting. A native of
Mount Clemens Michigan, Doug learned the importance of parenting
when his own parents divorced the year he turned seven, but
it was not until later that he realized how tough parenting
could be. He was married in 1986 and had 3 children, but divorced
in 1993. He soon discovered he would need a battle plan to help
raise his toddlers to become responsible adults. The notes based
on weekends with his kids eventually became The
Practical Guide to Weekend Parenting. Doug now lives
in Mayodan, North Carolina. Visit his website at http://www.weekendparenting.com.
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Judith Hill
was the first President and original officer of Writers' Group
of the Triad. She is extremely active in the North Carolina
writing community and has served on the board of the North Carolina
Writers' Network. She directs the annual Wildacres Writing Programs,
a residential writing workshop in the Blue Ridge mountains near
Little Switzerland, NC. Judi has published numerous short stories
and articles, including a short story in "A Turn in Time: Piedmont
Writers at the Millennium". She writes a humor column for a
local paper, has completed her first screenplay and is now at
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Ellen Elizabeth
Hunter's novel, Murder,
Southern Style, is being represented by Donald Maass
and is under consideration at Avon. A second novel, Dead
Ringer, is being read at New American Library, part
of Penguin/Putnam. Hunter has studied creative writing at New
York University and at Duke University. She is a member of the
National Trust for Historic Preservation, the Wilmington Historical
Foundation, Writers' Group of the Triad, and Carolina Crime
Writers. She was editor of the WGOT mystery anthology, "Deadly
Plots," published in September 2002, and contributed two mysteries
to the anthology, "Moving Day," and "Justice Takes a Holiday."
Ellen Elizabeth Hunter has combined a passion for historic preservation
with a love of mystery and humor in her writings.
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Stephen D. Hyers
is the director/founder of the Greensboro Playwrights' Forum
which began in 1993 as part of the growing programs of the City
Arts Division of the Greensboro Parks & Recreation Department.
He is extremely active in the North Carolina playwrights community.
His original plays have been presented at High Point University,
Carson-Newman College, Spare Parts Theatre Co., High Point Theatre
and Playmakers Repertory Theatre. He works professionally as
a freelance actor, director and fight choreographer. He is an
adjunct instructor at Elon University. Visit his web site at
www.playwrightsforum.org. |
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Emily
Izzell has been a member
of the Childrens Writers group for two years. She loves to write
animal stories, especially about mice. She has one book published,
by Publish America, entitled Hattie’s Big Move. Hattie
is a mouse that lived in the Cape Hatteras Light House when
they moved it to its present site. This book is available through
the publishing company’s web site. She has a magazine article
coming out in the March-April issue of Angels on Earth.
Emily earned honorable mention in the Burlington Writers Contest
in 2004 for her story of “Zachariah’s Gift,” about a mouse who
lived in the stable where Jesus Christ was born. She also received
second place for “Reflection,” a light verse poem. She enjoys
writing scripts for the puppet ministry for her church and soliloquies
for the drama club. Emily is now writing a Civil War novel for
teens and has enjoyed the research for the project. She lives
in Greensboro, is married, has three children, eight grandchildren,
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Kristy Jackson,
an accomplished keyboard player and vocalist, is one of WGOT's
newest members. She has attended both the Greensboro and Winston-Salem
NSAI songwriters chapters. She is author of Little Did She
Know (She'd Kissed a Hero), with a foreward written by Pennsylvania's
State Senator Jane Orie. The book is based on Kristy's song
written shortly after September 11, 2001. Kristy received over
5,000 emails from persons from around the world who were inspired
by her song. The book includes 160 of the most powerful stories
of courage, hope and inspiration. Born in Charleston WV, and
raised in Darien CT, she maintains a residence both here and
in Nashville. She is a member of BMI's Millionaire Club as one
of her songs, "Take It Back," recorded by Reba McEntire, has
logged more than 1,600,000 performances to date. Her book, not
yet available in stores, is available from her web site: www.kristyjackson.com. |
NOTE: How does one get to be included on this list? Being
an author or novelist and a member of Writers' Group of the Triad
will get you in for sure. Published WGOT writers with national magazine
credits or writers with stories published in anthologies also helps.
Being a facilitator of one of our genres or a WGOT board member
also gets you in. As you can see, we have had difficulties with
some of the photos, and we appreciate your patience and understanding.
We are still trying to get this sort of thing worked out. If you
are listed here without a photo or wish to have a different photo
used than the one on the website, please email a digital copy (.jpg
files preferred) to Webmaster Karen McCullough at karen@kmccullough.com.
Please put "WGOT" in the subject line. If you are not
listed here but want to be, please forward a short bio (not to exceed
100 words) and photo to the same address.
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