List of Authors
Valetta Anderson
valetta1918@gmail.com
http://www.linkedin.com/in/valetta
Genre: Playwriting
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult; Children
Services: Conduct playwriting workshops for K-12 students and adult beginners; conduct master classes for experienced playwrights; participate on panels and roundtables
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Tina McElroy Ansa
publisher@downsouthpress.com
www.tinamcelroyansa.com
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; conduct master classes and workshops; present special event programs
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Raymond Atkins
raymondlatkins@aol.com
www.raymondlatkins.com
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Guest lecturer and speaker; workshop instructor; readings and presentation
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on services and audience
Robert Lee Brewer
robertleebrewer@gmail.com
www.robertleebrewer.com
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult
Services: Give readings, lectures, and presentations; conduct workshops and master classes; participate in interviews and other press; serve as panelist; school visits; special event programs
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on services and audience
Brigitte Byrd
brigittebyrd@clayton.edu
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Poetry readings; Presentations
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Melisa (Misha)
Cahnmann-Taylor
cahnmann@gmail.com, cahnmann@uga.com
www.teachersactup.com
Genre: Poetry, Applied Theatre, Bilingual/Translingual Memoir
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult; Children
Services: Readings; author visits; writing workshop; competition judge; lecture; applied theatre workshop; bilingual (Spanish-English) poetry and theatre activities
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Julie L. Cannon
julie@juliecannon.info
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Readings; Special event presentations; Interviews and panels; Workshop leader
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Kevin Cantwell
kcantwell@cox.net
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Readings; master classes; workshops
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Jim Carroll
jcarroll@augusta.edu
www.allfaithsoil.com
Genre: Contemporary Fiction, Memoir
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Readings; Q and A; Discussions about Middle East
Fee Range: $100
Angela Cerrito
writerangela@outlook.com
www.angelacerrito.com
Genre: Fiction, Children’s Fiction, Plays, Historical Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult; Children
Services: Keynote speaker, workshop presenter (writing, early literacy, play writing, historical fiction), panelist, classroom presentations grades 5-12 (history: child rescues from Warsaw ghetto, research and writing)
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Sumita Chakraborty
chakrabsumita@gmail.com
www.sumitachakraborty.com
Genre: Poetry, Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Give readings, lectures, and presentations; conduct workshops and master classes; participate in interviews and other press; serve as panelist; school visits; special event programs
Fee Range: Determined case-by-case
Evelyn Coleman
evelyncolemandin@bellsouth.net
www.evelyncoleman.com
Genre: Fiction; Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult; Children
Services: Present readings and lectures; conduct master classes and writing workshops (children & adults); present special event programs; conduct motivation and creativity classes and workshops; prepare scri pt and screenwriting projects
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Edward Alan Cooper (pen name: E. A. Cooper)
edalancooper@gmail.com
http://okinawaatoll.com
Genre: Fiction; Memoir
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Speaking; readings; workshops
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on services and audience
Jackie Cooper
jkershawcooper@aol.com
www.jackiekcooper.com
Genre: Creative Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult; Children
Services: Present readings and motivational speeches; conduct workshops; present special event programs; facilitate talks concerning the literary world
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Brian Jay Corrigan
bcorrigan@ngcsu.edu
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Conduct fiction master classes
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Sandra Jones Cropsey
sjcworks@aol.com
www.tinkerschristmas.com
Genre: Fiction; Playwriting
Intended Audience: Adult; Children
Services: Readings; Storytelling; Theater workshops
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Lynn Coulter
LCoulter@comcast.net
www.LynnCoulter.com
Genre: Fiction; Creative Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult; Children
Services: Guest lecturer and speaker; workshop instructor; readings and presentations
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Patrick Cuccaro
patrickcuccaro@comcast.net
Genre: Playwriting Intended
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Prepare commissioned scripts (fictional or historical, for educational, instructional or commercial purposes); present readings of existing work (including advance rehearsals and direction); conduct group classes or one-on-one tutoring (lyrics for musical theatre); conduct workshops designed to improve writing, particularly plays
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Chad Davidson
davidson@westga.edu
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Poetry readings; literary festivals
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Paul Donnelly
pjdonnelly@live.com
Genre: Playwriting
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Conduct playwriting workshops
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Ted Dunagan
tmdunagan@aol.com
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
Intended Audience: Young Adult (Grades 5-9)
Services: School and library author visit (one hour presentation); participation in writing workshops or literary conferences and festivals or events
Fee Range: Fees are negotiable or as provided
Tom Edwards
riverhites@gmail.com
Genre: Fiction; Creative Non-Fiction; Playwriting
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult
Services: Present readings; conduct master classes and workshops; playwriting instruction and guidance; editorial services
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Eugie Foster
eugie@eugiefoster.com
Genre: Fiction; Creative Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult; Children
Services: Panelist; Guest speaker; Readings; Workshop leader
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Gregory Fraser
gfraser@mindspring.com
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Poetry readings; workshop leader; literary festivals
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Alice Friman
alicefriman@gmail.com
www.alicefriman.com
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; conduct workshops and master classes
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Anthony Grooms
tgrooms@kennesaw.edu
Genre: Fiction; Poetry; Creative Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present lectures and keynote addresses; present invitational readings; participate in panels and talks to professional organizations, colleges and community groups
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Beth Gylys
bgylys@gsu.edu
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Give readings, lectures, and presentations; conduct workshops and master classes; participate in interviews and other press; serve as panelist; school visits; special event programs
Fee Range: $0-2,000
J.J. Haas
Jeffhaas25@gmail.com
www.jjhaasbooks.com
Genre: Science Ficiton; Fantasy; Magical Realism
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult
Services: Fiction and poetry readings; creative writing workshops; speaking engagements on creative writing
Fee Range: Open
Emily Lake Hansen
emilylakehansen@gmail.com
www.emilylakehansen.com
Genre: Poetry; Creative Nonfiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Give readings, lectures, and presentations; conduct workshops and master classes; participate in interviews and other press; serve as panelist; school visits; special event programs
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Linda Lee Harper
lleeharper@aol.com
www.lindaleeharper.com
Genre: Fiction; Poetry Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; participate in panels and talks to professional conferences and organizations; conduct workshops
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Karen Head
khead@gatech.edu
lcc.gatech.edu/~head
Genre: Poetry; Creative Non-Fiction Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; Conduct creative writing classes
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
M. Ayodele Heath
ayospeaks@gmail.com
www.ayospeaks.com
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult; Children
Services: Present readings; conduct workshops; present special event programs Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Patricia Henritze
patriciahenritze@yahoo.com
Genre: Poetry; Non-Fiction; Creative Non-Fiction; Playwriting
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present plays and staged readings; prepare commissioned scripts; create plays in the community; stage original material; lead writing workshops for non-writers, spoken word writing and performance for beginners; participate as a speaker/lecturer on panels and roundtables
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Patti Callahan Henry
pattichenry@comcast.net
www.patticallahanhenry.com
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; present speeches at various locations including book festivals, writers’ symposiums, libraries, luncheons, fundraisers and private functions
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Deron Hicks
drhdad@gmail.com
www.deronhicks.com
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult
Services: Readings; Special event presentations; Interviews and panels; Literary festivals
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Ann Hite
annhiteauthor@gmail.com
http://annhiteauthor.wixsite.com/blackmountain
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Guest lecturer and speaker; workshop instructor; readings and presentation
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on services and audience
Karla Jennings
wiesenfeld@mindspring.com
www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsJ/jennings-karla.html
Genre: Fiction; Non-Fiction; Playwriting
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; conduct master classes and workshops; prepare commissions; present special event programs (sketches written beforehand if desired); assist with ghost writing and grant applications; assist with casting, script writing, finding directors and venues
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Susan B. Johnson
susan@susanbjohnson.com
www.susanbjohnson.com
Genre: Fiction; Non-Fiction; Playwriting
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; conduct speaking engagements for corporate and non-profit organizations
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Andrea Jurjević
andreajurjevic9@gmail.com
www.andreajurjevic.com
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Give readings, lectures, and presentations; conduct workshops and master classes; participate in interviews and other press; serve as panelist; school visits; special event programs
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Soniah Kamal
soniahkamal@gmail.com
www.soniahkamal.com
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Give readings, lectures, and presentations; conduct workshops and master classes; participate in interviews and other press; serve as panelist; school visits; special event programs
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Terry Kay
twkay@bellsouth.net
www.terrykay.com
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings and keynote speeches; conduct workshops
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Henry W. Kimmel
hankkimmel@mindspring.com
www.hankimmel.com
Genre: Playwriting
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Create new material for special events; stage existing or new plays; serve on advisory panels, boards or roundtables
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Bobbi Kornblit
bkornblit@aol.com
www.bobbikornblit.com
Genre: Fiction; Screenplay; Play; Business Writing; Journalism
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Conduct writing workshops including grammar classes; present invitational readings; participate in panels at literary organizations, colleges, and civic groups; and attend book club sessions as a featured artist
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Richard Krevolin
rkrevolin@yahoo.com
www.ProfK.com; www.PowerStoryConsulting.com
Genre: Fiction; Playwriting; Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult; Children
Services: Screenwriting workshops
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Mickey Kulp
michaelkulpwriter@gmail.com
www.mickeykulp.com
Genre: Poetry; Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult
Services: Readings; workshops; panel discussions
Fee Range: Negotiable depending on services and audience
Gregory Lang
gregelang@gmail.com
www.gregoryelang.com
Genre: Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult; Children
Services: Present readings; participate in panel discussions
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Aaron Levy
Alevy3@kennesaw.edu
www.aaronlevy.net
Genre: Playwriting; Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult, Young Adult; Children
Services: Readings; Workshops; Literary panels and committees
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Alice Lovelace
alovelace@mindspring.com
Genre: Poetry; Playwriting
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult
Services: Workshops; Readings; Special event presentations
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Komal Mathew
komal@threerevisions.com
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult
Services: Give readings, lectures, and presentation
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Sabrina Orah Mark
sabrinaorahmark@gmail.com
www.sabrinaorahmark.com
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult
Services: Present readings
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
James Davis May
jamesdavismay@gmail.com
www.jamesdavismay.com
Genre: Poetry; Creative Nonfiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Give readings, lectures, and presentations; conduct workshops and master classes; participate in interviews and other press; serve as panelist; school visits; special event programs
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Sandra Meek
smeek@berry.edu
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Poetry workshops; Readings; Master classes
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Michael Mejia
mmejia@berry.edu
Genre: Fiction; Creative Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; conduct workshops; serve as writing competition judge
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Tony Morris
tony@tonymorris.org
www.tonymorris.org
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; judge contests
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Pamela Bauer Mueller
pam@kiskalore.com
www.pinatapub.com
Genre: Fiction; Creative Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult; Children
Services: Conduct school author visits; present programs tailored to community groups; conduct workshops
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Kerry Neville
kerrybneville@gmail.com
www.kerry-neville.com
Genre: Fiction; Creative Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Give readings, lectures, and presentations; conduct workshops and master classes; participate in interviews and other press; serve as panelist; school visits; special event programs
Fee Range: Depends on service and audience
Linda Grant Niemann
lniemann@kennesaw.edu
Genre: Creative Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; Conduct master classes and writing
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Nick Norwood
norwood_robert@colstate.edu
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Conduct master classes and workshops
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Tom Painting
tpainting51@gmail.com
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult; Children
Services: Conduct master classes and workshops
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Lynn Pedersen
lcowell@bellsouth.net
www.lynnpedersen.com
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult Services: Readings
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Berta Platas
bplatas@directo.net
www.bertaplatas.com
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult, Young Adult
Services: Readings; Workshops; Master classes
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Andrew Plattner
asplattner@yahoo.com
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; conduct workshops in composition, creative writing and literature
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Chelsea Rathburn
crathburn@gmail.com
www.chelsearathburn.com
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; conduct master classes and workshops
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
William Rawlings, Jr.
rawlings@pascuamangement.com
www.williamrawlings.com
Genre: Fiction, Non Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Participate at all levels in writing-related events including workshops and book festivals; present speeches on writing-related topics as well as on travel, business or medical topics
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Niles Reddick
nreddick@abac.edu
nreddick@friendlycity.net
www.nilesreddick.com
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; present special event programs
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Don Russ
don-russ@earthlink.net
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult
Services: Present readings (colleges, high schools and literary groups); conduct workshops; coordinate contests
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Jenny Sadre-Orafai
jsadreor@kennesaw.edu
www.jennysadre-orafai.com
Genre: Poetry; Creative Non-Fiction; Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; conduct workshops and master classes; panelist; judge; school visits
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Danny Schnitzlein
dschnitz@mindspring.com
www.www.dannyschnitzlein.com
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult; Children
Services: Give readings, lectures, and presentations; conduct workshops and master classes; participate in interviews and other press; school visits
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on type of presentation
Donny Bailey Seagraves
donnyseagraves@gmail.com
www.donnyseagraves.com
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Young Adult; Children
Services: Present readings; conduct master classes and workshops; present special event programs
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Todd Sentell
toddsentell@hotmail.com
http://www.kunati.com/meet-todd-sentell/
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Participate in signings; present readings; participate in radio appearances and professional speaking engagements
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Megan Sexton
msexton@gsu.edu
Genre: Fiction; Poetry; Creative Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Rona Simmons
rona_simmons@bellsouth.net
www.ronasimmons.com
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; moderate or participate in panels; speak to professional conferences and organizations; conduct workshops
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Morris Smith
wmsmithva@aol.com
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; conduct writing courses
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Susan Rosson Spain
susanrossonspain@bellsouth.net
www.susanspain.com
Genre: Fiction; Creative Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Young Adult; Children
Services: Present readings; conduct workshops for adults or teens; present special event programs; perform school visits
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Patricia H. Sprinkle
patriciasprinkle@earthlink.net
www.patriciasprinkle.com
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Participate as a panel member in literary events; serve as panel moderator; conduct workshops
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Cheryl Stiles
castiles@gmail.com
cstiles@kennesaw.edu
Genre: Poetry; Creative Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; conduct workshops and master classes
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Laura Valeri
lauraevaleri@gmail.com
www.lauravaleri.com
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; conduct workshops and master classes
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Thomas Jeffrey Vasseur
jvasseur@valdosta.edu
Genre: Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings; conduct workshops; participate in author appearances
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
William Walsh
bjw@reinhardt.edu
Genre: Fiction; Poetry; Creative Nonfiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Give readings, lectures, and presentations; conduct workshops and master classes; participate in interviews and other press; serve as panelist; school visits; special event programs
Fee Range: Up to $500
Nagueyalti Warren
nwarren@emory.edu
Genre: Fiction; Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Serve as panel moderator; present poetry readings
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Elise Weston
Wweston47@comcast.net
Genre: Fiction; Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult; Children
Services: School visits focusing on World War II; Creative Writing workshops for children; Adult lectures
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Philip Lee Williams
phil@franklin.uga.edu
www.philipleewilliams.com
Genre: Fiction; Poetry; Non-Fiction; Creative Non-Fiction
Intended Audience: Adult
Services: Present readings and speeches; conduct seminars and special events programs
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on services and audience
Ralph T. Wilson
rtwilson@kennesaw.edu
rtwilson13@comcast.net
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult
Services: Present readings
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
Linda Wimberly
lindawimberly@gmail.com
www.lindawimberly.com
Genre: Poetry; Short Story; Children’s Musical
Intended Audience: Adult (poetry, song writing); Young Adult (short story and poetry); Children (musical, poetry with or without art)
Services: Readings; workshops
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on services and audience
Theodore Worozbyt
worozbyt@gmail.com
Genre: Poetry
Intended Audience: Adult; Young Adult
Services: Present poetry readings and lectures; conduct writing workshops and master classes; participate in interviews for radio and television
Fee Range: Negotiable, depending on service and audience
