Kathrin Lake is the author of the well reviewed book, Writing with Cold Feet, as well as many other books in non-fiction and fiction. She is an award-winning playwright, screenplay writer, and teacher. Kathrin lives in Victoria and Mexico where she facilitates writing retreats through the VSW, and teaches workshops at writing conferences globally. She has a degree in film and theatre from Simon Fraser University. http://kathrinlake.com
For over 15 years Michele worked as Producer/Director at CBC producing the weekly Arts & Entertainment segment on CBC Halifax’s supper hour news show, and award-winning TV and radio promotions for Canada’s National Broadcaster.
In more recent years, Michele has focused on storytelling in the written word and is the author of three books currently available on Amazon. She now coaches first time authors in writing, editing and publishing their books and is the Executive Director and Host of the podcast Boomer Bedtime Stories. https://boomerbedtimestoryradio.com
Martin’s debut novel, My Temporary Life, has been downloaded over two hundred thousand times and became an Amazon bestseller. Martin spun the novel into a trilogy with My Name is Hardly and All Good Men Must Fall. See his Amazon page for other books. Martin is dedicated to helping independent authors globally and taught at VSWs Bestsellers Weekends. He also runs his owns highly successful book promotions company bookdoggy.com. https://martincrosbie.com
Eileen Cook is a multi-published author specializing in YA fiction and romantic comedy with her novels appearing in eight different languages. She is both traditionally published (Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster) as well as indie published. Her books have been optioned for film and TV. You can read more about Eileen, her books, and the things that strike her as funny at www.eileencook.com. Eileen lives in Vancouver.
Susan Pieters writes in a variety of genres and has won awards for her short stories and essays. She wears many editorial hats as a principal editor at Pulp Literature magazine, a quarterly short fiction anthology based in Vancouver, B.C. as well as a freelance editor for writers. http://pulpliterature.com/
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