Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Garth Stein

January 31st, 2017 - Posted in

Garth Stein’s newest novel is A Sudden Light, published by Simon and Schuster in September, 2014.  He is the author of three previous novels:  Raven Stole the Moon, How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets, and The Art of Racing in the Rain.  The Art of Racing in the Rain has sold more than 4 million copies in 35 languages, and spent […]

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – James Lyons-Weiler

January 17th, 2017 - Posted in

Dr. Lyons-Weiler is the CEO and Director of The Institute for Pure and Applied Knowledge, which exists to conduct research in the public interest without profit motive. He is best known for contributions to advances in medical bioinformatics, and for his three books, “Ebola: An Evolving Story,” “Cures vs. Profits: Successes in Translational Research,” and […]

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Matthew Alan Thyer

January 14th, 2017 - Posted in

Matthew Alan Thyer is an SFF author who’s fiction has appeared in Oriental Excess, Windrift Books, Future Chronicles, and Kindle Worlds anthologies. He is an Army veteran who served as a signals intelligence analyst. He also worked as an operations engineer, wild-land firefighter, back-country ranger, kayak guide and river rat. Matt’s hobbies include trail running, […]

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Will North

December 13th, 2016 - Posted in

Over the years, and under a different name, for Will North is a pen name, I’ve written more than a dozen non fiction books. Somewhere along the line, I also became a ghostwriter—for an American President, a Vice-President, a famous mountaineer and explorer, a team of Everest climbers, a group of dinosaur-hunters, and a pioneering […]

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Charley Henley

November 15th, 2016 - Posted in

  Born in Maryland, Charley Henley bounced around as a child, living everywhere from a back-to-the-land community in Eastern Washington to rural Rankin County, Mississippi, disparate locales and people that have fueled the stories of this present volume. He attended the University of Montana, studying philosophy, working in restaurants, and wandering in the woods. He […]

Benjamin Studebaker is a PhD student at the University of Cambridge. He writes at benjaminstudebaker.com and can be followed and contacted on Facebook at facebook.com/bmstudebaker and on Twitter at @BMStudebaker.

Benjamin Studebaker is a PhD student at the University of Cambridge. He writes at benjaminstudebaker.com and can be followed and contacted on Facebook at facebook.com/bmstudebaker and on Twitter at @BMStudebaker.

ROB CARNEY, a Washington native, earned a BA in English from Pacific Lutheran University, an MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University, and his PhD at the University of Louisiana-Lafayette. He is the author of four books of poems, most recently 88 MAPS from Lost Horse Press (http://www.losthorsepress.org/catalog/88-maps/), and he is on the Editorial Board of and […]

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Danielle Ofri

July 7th, 2016 - Posted in

Danielle Ofri, MD, PhD, is a physician at Bellevue Hospital, the oldest public hospital in country, and associate professor of medicine at NYU. She writes about medicine and the doctor-patient connection for theNew York Times, and other publications. Her lectures to medical and general audiences are renowned for her use of dramatic stories (and avoidance of […]

Prose, Poetry & Purpose – Karen Cushman

June 17th, 2016 - Posted in

  Karen Cushman lives, works, and procrastinates on misty green Vashon Island near Seattle.  She has published eight books since she started writing at age fifty, including the Newbery Award winner The Midwife’s Apprentice. Ms. Cushman loves the rain and when the weather turns warm and dry, she grumbles and blames the weatherman. She is crazy […]