The L Life articles, news, reviews, and more! http://literature.l-word.com Thu, 03 Jul 2008 19:27:37 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://literature.l-word.com/images/M_images/mambo_rss.png http://literature.l-word.com The L Life articles, news, reviews, and more! http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=140&Itemid=45 Email Lynne Jamneck (mailto:lynnejamneck@xtra.co.nz) Growing up in the mountains of North Carolina, KG MacGregor dreaded the summer influx of snowbirds escaping the Florida heat. The lines were longer, the traffic snarled, and the prices higher. Now that she’s older and slightly more patient, she’s thrown in the towel and joined them, dividing her time between Miami and Blowing Rock. A former teacher, KG earned her PhD in mass communication and her writing stripes preparing market research reports for commercial clients in the publishing, television and travel industries. In 2002, she tried her hand at writing lesbian fiction and discovered her... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=137&Itemid=45 Deadline: May 31, 2007RedBone Press seeks well-written personal stories by black lesbians on the subject of coming out while married to a man. Looking for journal entries, personal essays, creative autobiographical fiction, poetry or whatever way the words come together to describe your coming out. This book is intended to be a resource for black women coming out of marriage, and for the women who love them.Some questions to address are: How did you tell him? (The honey, can we talk speech?) What language did you use to communicate your secret? Did you know your orientation before you... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=136&Itemid=45 Email Lynne Jamneck (mailto:lynnejamneck@xtra.co.nz)Nicola Griffith (www.nicolagriffith.com) is a native of Yorkshire, England, where she earned her beer money teaching women's self-defense, fronting a band, and arm-wrestling in bars, before discovering writing and moving to the US. Her immigration case was a fight and ended up making new law: the State Department declared it to be in the National Interest for her to live and work in this country. This didn't thrill the more conservative powerbrokers, and she ended up on the front page of the Wall Street Journal, where her case was used as an example... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=138&Itemid=45 Email Lynne Jamneck (mailto:lynnejamneck@xtra.co.nz)ANDREWS was a radio broadcaster in NYC in morning drive; she spent years as creative director for large ad agencies before joining one of the largest movie studio conglomerates in the world, where she managed network programming. She left the movie studio to form her own production company with Austin, developing and writing screenplays for studios and independents. After a decade in Hollywood, she joined an international entertainment and publishing powerhouse as a division president overseeing television production. Andrews is an accomplished writer, producer and public speaker.AUSTIN is a talented writer/producer, a former on-air talent, and co-founder... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=135&Itemid=45 Email Lynne Jamneck (mailto:lynnejamneck@xtra.co.nz)Widely recognized as one of the key players in the 1990s indie film scene, Guinevere Turner started her career as the co-writer, co-producer and star of Rose Troche's landmark lesbian ensemble film Go Fish. Born in Boston on May 23, 1968, Turner has starred in a variety of diverse films such as Preaching To The Perverted, Stray Dogs and Dogma. In 2000, Turner earned due credits as co-writer of the film adaptation of Brett Easton Ellis' American Psycho, a film in which she also had a supporting role. As co-writer on the first and second season... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=134&Itemid=45 Email Lynne Jamneck (mailto:lynnejamneck@xtra.co.nz)Katherine V. Forrest is twice winner of the Lambda Literary Award for best mystery (The Beverly Malibu and Murder by Tradition), and has been honored with the Pioneer Award from the Lambda Literary Foundation. She has been profiled in virtually every major lesbian and gay publication in America, as well as in numerous magazines and newspapers abroad including The Queensland Pride, (Australia), Lesbienne, (France) and Tetu (Germany). She was the senior fiction editor at Naiad Press from 1984 to 1994 and teacher of many classes and seminars on the craft of writing.Forthcoming books include the long-awaited... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=133&Itemid=45 Interview by Lynne Jamneck http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/ (http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/)Joan Opyr is the author of Idaho Code: Where Family Therapy Comes With a Shovel and an Alibi. She is a regular columnist for New West Magazine (www.newwest.net (http://www.newwest.net)), Stonewall News Northwest (www.stonewallnews.net (http://www.stonewallnews.net)), and a number of other newspapers and magazines. She lives in Moscow, Idaho with her partner of fourteen years, their two children, four dogs, sixteen chickens, and a complete set of in-laws. Opyr’s next book, From Hell to Breakfast, will be published in March 2007. http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=132&Itemid=45 For all of you lesbians who have contributed already and have been wondering, the Lee Lynch/ Renee LaChance Butch Cookbook is still alive and well except for one small thing.We need more recipes So, this is a second call to all you butches who do--or don’t -- like to cook, to send us up to three of your favorite recipes. Or any of you femmes who know bashful butches-- partners, exes, gay Aunt Maud, or others--and would like to send their recipes, we welcome them. We want to hear about who you cooked it for, how people liked it, if... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=131&Itemid=45 Interview by Lynne Jamneck http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/ (http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/) Linda Crist is the evening shift supervisor in the Legal Response Department at the U.S. Small Business Administration, and is a former section editor at the Dallas Times Herald. She has a Journalism degree from The University of Texas at Austin, where she was awarded a scholarship position with the Lady Longhorns sports information office. She began writing while in preschool, drawing picture stories on the bulletin during church. Her foray into lesbian romance writing began when she wrote several volumes of alternative Xena fan fiction, for which she has won numerous on-line... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=130&Itemid=45 Interview by Lynne Jamneck http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/ (http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/)Alison Dubois is a second generation, Dutch-American, author of many erotic stories published in various Alyson anthologies, including the soon to be released Ultimate Lesbian Erotica 2007.A Pacific Northwest native, she is currently touring and promoting her book, She Kissed Me, across America. http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=129&Itemid=45 Interview by Lynne Jamneck http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/ (http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/)Born and raised in Southern California, Mickey Minner has lived in New Mexico, Washington and, for the past several years, in western Montana. Since childhood, she has enjoyed a love of the old west and of writing and living in the Rocky Mountains gives Mickey plenty of opportunity to enjoy walking in the woods, fishing, camping and spending time just enjoying the beautiful scenery. Her friends tell her she has a wicked sense of humor, and loves to have her on their side for a game of Trivial Pursuit because of her endless knowledge of... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=128&Itemid=45 Interview by Lynne Jamneck http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/ (http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/)T.R. Gilmore was born May 26th 1978 in Portland Oregon. Being a PK, she moved around probably just as much as a military family, never staying anywhere longer then 10 months before moving to a different church in a different town. After her parents divorced at the age of 21, she moved to Australia for two years. T.R traveled back and forth to Australia until she met her wife and moved to Canada to marry her. http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=127&Itemid=45 Georgia Beers was born and raised in Rochester, New York. After high school, she attended college in Pennsylvania at Mansfield University, where she earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications. Always believing she wanted to be involved in television or radio somehow, she tried her hand at both after graduation, and decided rather quickly—and much to her own horror—that she didn’t like either one.For as long as she can remember, Georgia has always written stories. After discovering the internet and the surprisingly large world of writing that exists on it, she met a fellow writer in the year 2000 to... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=126&Itemid=45 DO YOU HAVE A KNACK FOR CRIME A SPOOKY CRIME TALE?Check out the submission guidelines below and submit!You'll be competing with professional writers; I'm looking for the best of the best of the best. Here's your chance to break into the market and see yor name up against well known authors in the field. Read the guidelines. Be Inspired. I look forward to reading your submissions.Lynne Jamneck EditorWho blogs here: http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/ (http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/)Call for Submissions http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=125&Itemid=45 Interview by Lynne Jamneck http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/ (http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/)Karin Kallmaker, the author of more than twenty romances and fantasy-science fiction novels, recently expanded her repertoire to include explicit erotica. As Karin says, Nice Girls Do. Her works include the award-winning Just Like That, Maybe Next Time and Sugar. Short stories have appeared in anthologies from publishers like Alyson, Bold Strokes, Circlet and Haworth, as well as novellas and short stories with Bella Books. She began her writing career with the venerable Naiad Press and continues with Bella Books. She and her partner are the mothers of two and live in the... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=124&Itemid=45 Interview by Lynne Jamneck http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/ (http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/)Jennifer L. Jordan is the author of the Lambda Literary Award nominated Kristin Ashe mystery series. The series includes: A Safe Place To Sleep, Existing Solutions, Commitment To Die, and the just-released Unbearable Losses. The fifth book in the series, Disorderly Attachments, will be available from Spinsters Ink in December 2006. Jennifer is working on number six, Selective Memory. Self-employed since the age of twenty-one, Jennifer has created and run five successful small businesses. She’s worked as a technical writer and business consultant and has taught thousands of women how to start and run their... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=123&Itemid=45 Jane Vollbrecht Interview by Lynne Jamneck http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/ (http://www.lynne-jamneck.blogspot.com/)Jane's first novel, Picture Perfect, was a finalist in the Debut Author category for the 2005 Golden Crown Literary Society Awards. Her short story, Samhain was included in Call of the Dark (Bella Books, July, 2005,) an anthology of supernatural tales; her short story, My Favorite Mechanic, appeared in the Romance for LIFE anthology (Intaglio Publications, February, 2006.) Jane was born and raised in a farming community in northwestern Minnesota, where she received her elementary education in a one-room country schoolhouse (obviously, more than just a few... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=122&Itemid=45 Nancy Griffis was born and raised all over Massachusetts, USA. The only place she didn't live, really, was the western part of the state. Part Gypsy? Who knows? Certainly Boston Irish. She went to college for a long 1.5 years and did well but was bored out of her gourd and broke, so she dropped out. Formal education and Ms Griffis, it seemed, didn't mix.From MA, Nancy moved to GA just for the hell of it. There were a lot of good experiences in Atlanta and she totally loves the city to this day; she would move back in a... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=121&Itemid=45 Justine Saracen has been a lifelong fantasy writer. Her first fantasy, Magic Carpet, written at the age of six, was a runaway favorite with her mother and father. Outside reviews were mixed. While the urge to write persisted, public success did not come until twenty five years later, with the publication of a scholarly book on Thomas Mann, Salvation in the Secular (Herbert Lang Verlag, Bern) and a wide range of literary critical articles in both American and foreign journals. Writing became fun again with the advent of fan fiction, when she wrote: Lao Ma's Kiss,... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=120&Itemid=45 Kim Baldwin is an Emmy-award-winning former network news executive who escaped to the north woods of Michigan after 20 years in journalism and began writing fiction in 2001. She is the author of three books: Hunter’s Pursuit, a 2005 Golden Crown Literary Award finalist in the Intrigue/Mystery category, and the romances Force of Nature, and Whitewater Rendezvous. She is also a contributing author to the 2006 Lambda Literary Award Winner Stolen Moments: Erotic Interludes 2, Lessons in Love: Erotic Interludes 3, and the upcoming Erotic Interludes 4: Extreme Passions. Nature, romance and adventure are passions that make frequent appearances in... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=119&Itemid=45 Merry Shannon lives in the sunny mountains of Colorado, where she works full time for county social services. She spends most of her free time writing, sewing glittery costumes, and spending time with friends. An avid reader since childhood, Merry has been writing for as long as she can remember, and she has a particular fondness for fantasy and adventure stories. Sword of the Guardian is her first published novel. Visit her at http://www.merryshannon.com/ (http://www.merryshannon.com/) http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=118&Itemid=45 JLee Meyer utilizes her background in psychology and speech pathology in her work as an international communications consultant. Spending time in airports, planes and hotel rooms allows her the opportunity to pursue two of her favorite passions: reading and writing lesbian fiction.JLee, her life partner, and Bo, the wonder dog, celebrate their lives together on the east and west coasts of the US. Her website is www.jleemeyer.com (http://www.jleemeyer.com/) and Bo has her own blog. http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=117&Itemid=45 Lindy Cameron is the author of three novels featuring Melbourne Private Investigator Kit O'Malley. The first, Blood Guilt, is now available worldwide thanks to her American publishers Bywater Books. The sequel Bleeding Hearts (HarperCollins) won the Readers' Vote in both the Ned Kelly Awards (2001) and Davitt Awards (2002); and its sequel, Thicker Than Water, won the 2004 Davitt Readers' Vote. Both books will be published by Bywater in the next 12 months. Golden Relic, featuring Detective Sam Diamond and archaeologist Dr Maggie Tremaine, was commissioned by the Museum of Victoria to promote the prestigious International Council of Museums Conference... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=115&Itemid=45 JD Glass was born in the Holy Land of Brooklyn and moved to the Forgotten Borough of Staten Island before she was old enough to use four letter words properly. She has since recovered and curses fluently in American English (such as it is).She lives in New York, the city she loves so well, with her beloved partner, their spoiled doggie and their crotchety cat and is the lead vocalist and guitarist of Life Underwater. http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=116&Itemid=45 Ronica Black, author of In Too Deep, lives in the desert southwest where she enjoys writing, drawing and photography. She lives to create but also cherishes the time spent with family and friends as well as hiking with her dogs and traveling. Her second book, Wild Abandon is now available from Bold Strokes Books. http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=114&Itemid=45 Jean Stewart grew up in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She lives near Seattle with her partner Susie, three badly behaved dogs and a reclusive Maine Coon cat named Emily Dickinson. She has published five books in The Isis Series, and a stand-alone novel, Emerald City Blues . She has had stories published in numerous anthologies. She has been nominated for three Lambda Literary Awards, a Spectrum Gaylactic Award, and was awarded a Goldie by the Golden Crown Literary Society. Her last two books are Wizard of Isis, and Winged Isis.... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=112&Itemid=45 Lee Lynch has been proudly writing lesbian stories since the 1960s when she was a frequent contributor to The Ladder, the only lesbian publication at the time. Since then she has published a dozen books, her stories have appeared in a number of anthologies, and she has written reviews and feature articles for The Lambda Book Report and many other publications. Her syndicated column, The Amazon Trail, has been running since 1986. http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=113&Itemid=45 Gun Brooke is a native of Sweden. A former NICU nurse, she has always enjoyed writing, and her first love was poetry in her native language. In 2001, she received an International Library of Poetry Award for her poem, The Taste of Your Name. Gun first explored Internet writing when Star Trek Voyager and fan fiction captured her imagination. Since most fan fiction was written in English, this experience led to her interest in creating original novels for the English reading population. Her first published novel was Course of Action (Romance/Bold Strokes Books 2005),a high-stakes romance... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=111&Itemid=45 Born in beautiful New Zealand and subsequently a longtime resident of Australia, Jennifer now lives in the Midwest with her partner and a menagerie of animals. Jennifer has published twelve lesbian novels, under her three pen names, and when she is not writing or reading, she loves to explore the mountains and prairies near her home, a landscape eternally and wonderfully foreign to her. She is the mother of one daughter whom she considers her best work, to date. Her book trade experience dates back twenty years. Starting out as a librarian, she became a bookstore owner, literary critic,... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=109&Itemid=45 Originally from Cuba, Ali Vali has retained much of her family's traditions and language and uses them frequently in her stories. That combined with her love for New Orleans where she lives with her long time partner infuses her stories with charm, humor, and the eccentricities that the south is known for. She has discovered that living in Louisiana and running a non-profit provides plenty of material from which to draw when creating her novels and short stories. Bold Strokes Books just released her first novel, The Devil Inside this January, with plans to release Carly's Sound in July, and... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=110&Itemid=45 Jane Fletcher is a GCLS award winning writer and has also been short-listed for the Gaylactic Spectrum award. She is author of two fantasy/romance series: the Lyremouth Chronicles - The Exile and The Sorcerer, The Traitor and The Chalice, and The Empress and The Acolyte (all to be published by Bold Strokes Books in 2006) and the Celaeno series - Walls of Westernfort, Rangers at Roadsend and The Temple at Landfall. Her love of fantasy began at the age of seven when she encountered Greek Mythology. This was compounded by a childhood spent clambering over every example of ancient masonry... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=107&Itemid=45 Kiera Dellacroix spent the Clinton Administration years abroad and now once again resides in the United States. A free spirit and a bit of a wanderer, she finds the time to write now and again. http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=108&Itemid=45 Many visitors to this site know a bit about how it was conceived through either the special features story on the L word Season 2 DVD or through our Second Anniversary retrospective (http://www.l-word.com/anniversary_1.php). It was season 7 of ER that sent me looking for what I now know as a “fan sites” and it was fan fiction that made the lack of air time for “Kim and Kerry” tolerable. Here is a new piece of our “story”... We are absolutely delighted to be publishing in our Fan Fiction Archive the stories that lead me to fall in love with fan... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=100&Itemid=45 Michele Hale looks as though she's been ripped from one of her novels. A native Texan, Michele spent her early years in San Antonio before her family moved to Maine. Long winters kept her indoors where she discovered the works of Stephen King. After reading Cujo at a very young age, Michele decided that she wanted to become a writer. After moving back to Texas in 1988, Michele focused more on school and soon had aspirations for college with a career in Athletic Training. After one year at Louisiana State University, Michele called it quits... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=45 Gabrielle Goldsby grew up in Oakland California. At the age of nine a childhood illness left her confined to bed for weeks. It was then, thanks to her mother's efforts to save her own sanity; that she discovered a love of reading. After receiving a Bachelor's Degree in Criminal Justice Administration from San Diego State, she spent time as a Gang and Drugs Prevention Counselor, a Flooring Specialist for a large home improvement store, a Facilities Manager inside some of San Francisco's largest and most powerful law firms, and an Administrative Assistant for a finance company. These varied occupations have... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=89&Itemid=45 Randye Lordon is the author of the award winning Sydney Sloane Mystery Series that explores family relationships vis-à-vis murder. Originally from Chicago, Randye moved to Manhattan where she studied theatre at The American Academy of Dramatic Arts and worked at the Corner Loft Theatre with Jose Ferrer. Aside from her novels, Lordon's short stories have been published in mystery magazines, anthologies, newspapers, and recorded for a Canadian radio station. She resides now in East Hampton.Books in the Sydney Sloane Series:~ Brotherly Love (Publisher: St. Martin’s Press)~ Sister’s Keeper (Publisher: St. Martin’s Press)~ Father Forgive Me (Publisher: Avon)~ Mother May I... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=83&Itemid=45 Elizabeth Sims is the author of four novels comprising the Lillian Byrd Crime Story series: Holy Hell (http://www.elizabethsims.com/about.shtml#HH#HH) (#1), the Lambda Award-winning Damn Straight (http://www.elizabethsims.com/about.shtml#DS#DS) (#2), Lucky Stiff (http://www.elizabethsims.com/about.shtml#LS#LS) (#3) and Easy Street (http://www.elizabethsims.com/about.shtml#ES#ES) (#4), all from Alyson Books of New York. Two of her short stories appear in the collections A Woman's Touch (http://www.elizabethsims.com/about.shtml#WT#WT) and Best Lesbian Love Stories 2004 (http://www.elizabethsims.com/about.shtml#WT#WT). Other of her stories and poems have been published in literary magazines, and she has written about the bookselling business for LOGOS: Journal of the World Book Community (http://www.elizabethsims.com/Logos.shtml) (UK). She's served on the editorial board of a... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=63&Itemid=45 Carrie Brennan, known online as zuke, began writing TV scripts at eight and forcing her friends to act them out. The natural progression from that literary start was getting a master's degree in English from UC Berkeley and then becoming an IT consultant. ( Natural progression being applied loosely.) She currently lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband and two rambunctious cats. When not writing she works (and still writes during boring meetings) and cycles (and still writes during the uphill bits). http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=62&Itemid=45 A New Voice in the Universe of Female-Oriented Adventure and Romance, Leya –an Irish Bard, makes her debut with Amazon Tale. Her motivation to explore the Amazon world? Frustration. “Portrayals have jumped between Xena and Wonder Woman. I wanted to show them as a Society in a time when women were considered property.” Readers of her Tale have described it as “Wonderful, Well-Written, Character Rich, Entertaining and Fun.” Fun? “Yes. A good sense of humor is a survival skill …in their world as much as ours.”theLlife.com is very proud of Irish Bard, one of the most popular writers... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=58&Itemid=45 Tracey Shellito works full time in administration for that renowned institution National Savings Investments - Premium Bonds. She is 42, currently single, has one surviving parent (mother) one younger sister, two nephews, one niece and assorted cousins, aunts and uncles. She was in no way remarkable until somebody finally took her writing seriously and published Personal Protection in July 2005. She still lives in the house where she has spent all but 18 months of her life. At the moment she crams writing into her every spare minute between a five day working week, eating, sleeping, catching the... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=45 Patty G. Henderson is a Tampa, Florida native and still lives in South Tampa. She started reading Edgar Allan Poe in junior high school. After reading all she could on Poe, she discovered H. P. Lovecraft and was hooked.“Poe was deliciously morbid, but I’ll never forget the feeling Lovecraft’s stories left me with. Even though his writing style is less than admired today, it captured my imagination. When I started writing, I wanted to imitate Lovecraft. And I did, until my creative writing teacher told me to drop the Lovecraftian style if I wanted to succeed. With mentors like Poe... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=35&Itemid=45 Lori L. Lake has published five novels (Gun Shy, Under The Gun, Have Gun We'll Travel, Different Dress, and Ricochet In Time) and a book of short stories, Stepping Out. She edited the 2005 Lammy finalist The Milk of Human Kindness: Lesbian Authors Write About Mothers and Daughters. Lori teaches queer fiction writing at The Loft Literary Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota and is currently at work on her seventh novel. Her sixth novel, Snow Moon Rising, will come out in February 2006. You can visit her website at www.lorillake.com (http://www.lorillake.com/) http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=34&Itemid=45 Interview by Lynne JamneckTherese Szymanski is an award-winning playwright, and has been a finalist for a Lammy twice (so far) in two different categories —Lesbian Mystery and Erotica. She's written seven books in the Lammy Finalist Brett Higgins Motor City Thrillers and edited Back to Basics: A Butch-Femme Anthology (which made the Publishing Triangle's list of notable lesbian books for 2004) and Call of the Dark: Erotic Lesbian Stories of the Supernatural. She wrote A Butch in Fairy Tale Land for the Lammy finalist Once Upon a Dyke: New Exploits of Fairy Tale Lesbians and By the... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&Itemid=45 Interview by Lynne JamneckRadclyffe has written numerous best-selling lesbian romances (Safe Harbor and its sequels Beyond the Breakwater and Distant Shores, Silent Thunder; Innocent Hearts, Love's Melody Lost, Love's Tender Warriors, Tomorrow's Promise, Passion's Bright Fury, Love's Masquerade, shadowland, and Fated Love), two romance/intrigue series: the Honor series (Above All, Honor; Honor Bound, Love Honor, Honor Guards, and Honor Reclaimed) and the Justice series (Shield of Justice, the prequel A Matter of Trust, In Pursuit of Justice, Justice in the Shadows, and Justice Served), and the Erotic Interlude series: Change of Pace and Stolen Moments: Erotic Interludes... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=45 Lynne Jamneck is a writer/photographer from South Africa. Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in various markets and anthologies in the UK, USA, Canada, and South Africa. Her first mystery, Bella Books (http://www.bellabooks.com/). She is the creator and editor of published (http://publishedwork1lynne.blogspot.com/) numerous short stories in various genres, and regularly contributes to non-fiction markets. Her photography has been published in amongst others DIVA Magazine, Curve, Gobshite Quarterly, SHOTS and The Sun Magazine. She trembles at the thought of reader feedback—the good and the bad stuff—so you can feel free to pop her a note at samskellar@gmail.com (mailto:samskellar@gmail.com) http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=45 Email Lynne Jamneck (mailto:%20lynnejamneck@xtra.co.nz)http://www.clairemcnab.com/ (http://www.clairemcnab.com/)Claire McNab has had over 50 books published, and is known in her native Australia for crime fiction, children's novels, young adult science fiction, self-help and English textbooks. She moved to Los Angeles just in time to experience the 1994 earthquake. She is a past president of Sisters in Crime, an international organization supporting women's mystery writing. She is the author of three series—the Detective Inspector Carol Ashton mysteries, the Denise Cleever undercover agent thrillers, and, most recently, the comedic adventures of Kylie Kendall from outback Australia, who inherits a PI business in LA and decides... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=45 Email Lynne Jamneck (mailto:lynnejamneck@xtra.co.nz)After spending twelve years as a kitchen manager at a large sorority at the University of Minnesota, it was either do the real thing or commit murder on paper. Hence, Ellen Hart became a mystery writer. Since 1989, she has penned twenty mysteries in two different series. Ellen is a five-time winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Best Lesbian Mystery, and a two-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award for Best Crime Fiction. In the spring of 2005 during the Saints Sinners Literary Conference in New Orleans, she was made an official GLBT Literary... http://literature.l-word.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=9&Itemid=45 The language and literature department will hold its first Writers Read program of second semester 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 3, in Martin Chapel of the seminary building at EMU.