Speaker's Bureau

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Welcome to the Women Writing the West Speaker's Bureau. This list contains current members who are available for presentations, with basic information about background and speech topics. Specific information can be found through links to member websites, and by contacting the individuals privately. Current WWW members are welcome to join the list, which is updated annually.

For more information, contact the WWW Administrator at WWW1@lohseworks.com.

Archer, Jane
TX OK
www.janearcher.com
· Native American myths/legends/history
· Native American Women & Society
· Texas & Oklahoma history

Bair, Julene
CO WY KS NE High Plns
www.julenebair.com
· Memoir
· Creative Nonfiction
· Environmental Writing

Brotherton, Velda
AR MO OK KS
www.authorsden.com, veldabrotherton.com
· Writing Craft
· POV
· Characterization

Brown, Corinne Joy
CO
www.corinnebrown.com
· Scots In The West
· Western Pop Culture
· Western Apparel, music, art, video

Buyer, Laurie Wagner
CO WY MT NM TX
www.lauriewagnerbuyer.com
· Creative Inspiration
· The Natural World
· Poetic Techniques

Clark, LaVerne Harrell
SW States, TX AZ NM
www.artisticnetwork.net/artist/349
· Turning Folklore Into Fiction
· The Short Story
· The Novel

Cleary, Rita
NY CO
· American Revolution
· Lewis & Clark
· Why Write

Copeland, Kathy
NM TX OK AR LA CO TN
www.anniesbook.com
· Writing About Native Americans
· The Cherokee Indians
· The Trail of Tears

Cornell, Virginia
CO AZ
www.manifestpub.com
· specialty: older audiences
· about books
· humor and aging

Coyle, Stacy Gillett
CO, Douglas/Denver Cos.
· Environmental Writing
· Poetry
· Water & The West

Douglas, MD, Deborah
TX, Central & South
www.the3-daybook.com
· Humor
· Working Women
· Breast Cancer Awareness

Druchunas, Donna
Anywhere
www.sheeptoshawl.com
· Internet marketing for writers
· Lithuanian knitting and history
· Lace knitting with qiviut (musk ox down)

Duckworth, Liz
CO, Western States
www.lizduckworth.com
· Inner Strength In Difficult Times
· Abundant Living
· Creative Igniters for Writers

Elliott, Diane
NW States
· Organic Gardening: From Soil To Plate
· Historical Fiction
· High Altitude Gardening

Farmer, W. Michael
SE States, Rio Grande Corridr
www.wmichaelfarmer.com
· Southern NM History, Fountain Murders
· Sierra Madre Apaches
· Late 19th Century Weapons

Godfrey, Peggy
CO, No. NM
· Cattle & sheep ranching
· Women & ranching
· Rural living, nature

Goeres-Gardner, Diane L.
OR
www.necktieparties.com
· History of Legal Executions ...
· ... in Oregon 1851-1905

Hagen, Mary
CO, Larimer Co.
· Hiking & skiing
· History about women in Colorado
· Place name history

Harper, Jo
TX, SW
· Teachers' groups
· Schools

Hasselstrom, Linda M.
Great Plains, will travel
www.windbreakhouse.com
· Writing poetry
· Nonfiction

Holt, Ph.D., A.H.
SW, Midwest, SE
www.ahholt.com
· write, publish & promote
· Writing to Read
· Become a Writer

Howard, Lynna Prue
ID UT, Western MT
www.myweb.cableone.net/prueheart
· Art Meets Adventure TM
· Adventure Travel
· Poetry workshops

Jenner, Gail L.
No. CA & So. OR
www.gailjenner.com
· College presentations
· No. CA Writing Poject
· CA League of Middle Schools

Johnson, Sarah
will travel anywhere
www.readingthepast.blogspot.com
· Historical Fiction: Overview
· Subgenres
· Appeal

Kirkpatrick, Jane
NW States, will travel w/exp
www.jkbooks.com
· Hardiness & Hope, values of early pioneers
· Women In History
· Importance of Stones in our Love

Ladd, Louise
CT NJ, New England
www.louiseladd.net
· How To Write For Children
· The Joy Of Writing ...
· ... for schools, grade 3 & up

Lindberg, Kelley J.P.
UT, travel by arrangement
· Conducting Meaty Interviews
· Great Openings, Food Allergies
· Query Letters Workshop

Lohse, Joyce B.
CO Western US
www.lohseworks.com
· Colorado History: Truth & Mystery
· Writing, Biography, Genealogy
· Old West research, Yellowstone

Magee, Sharon S.
AZ SW
www.sharonmagee.com
· American Indians
· AZ History
· Writing workshops

Messersmith, Lyn J.
NE ND SD WY
www.leadersandlegends.com
· The Heart's Compass-pioneer women
· Leaders & Legends
· Well Behaved Women/History

Monahan, Sherry
Anywhwere
www.sherrymonahan.com
· Life In The West: gambling, drinking, food
· Victorian Era, Wild West
· Hollywood & Western Movies

Moore, Lucy
SW States
www.lucymoore@nets.com
· Cross-cultural Dynamics
· Being an "Outsider"
· Dispute Resolution

Morton, Jane
AZ CO
· The West in Poetry
· poetry readings
· poetry workshops

Moulton, Candy
West of Mississsippi
www.candymoulton.com
· Overland Migration
· Wyoming History

Niethammer, Carolyn
AZ
www.cniethammer.com
· Native American Women:
· The Ordinary & Extraordinary
· Prickly Pear Cooking

Oswald, Nancy
CO
· History of Jewish Colony ...
· ... of Cotopaxi 1882-1884

Parker, Ann
No. CA, CO
www.annparker.net
· Historical fiction

Pate, J'Nell L.
TX, Fort Worth Metroplex
· Western history, Stockyards, Cattle
· 19th Cent. Military, Mil Ft. Worth
· Cattle Drive Personalities, Ft Worth

Platt, Randall
OR WA
www.plattbooks.com
· Business of Writing
· Research
· Teen Writers' Workshop

Propst, Nell Brown
CO
· Colorado histories

Rickman, Sarah Byrn
OH MI IN KY TN GA CO TX DC
· Women In Aviation WWII
· WASP Womns Aux Ferrying Sq
· WASP Women Airforce Servc Pilots

Riehl, Janet Grace
CA IL
www.riehlife.com
· Family stories
· Memory
· Home

Romero-Anderson, J. Emerita
CO NM
· Teachers As Writers, Writers Workshops
· Lectures, Book Talks,
· Six Traits Writing Process

Sandell, Cindy
TX
www.texasvis.com
· Texas History

Schroeder, Anne
CA
· Women of the West
· California
· Social Development of West

Sikes, Shirley
AZ KS
· Ranching history
· Kansas history
· Banking

Squires, Janet
Western US, will travel
www.janetsquires.com
· Writing & Editing Process
· How A Book Is Made
· Life of An Author

Wadsworth, Ginger
CA, anywhere in West
www.gingerwadsworth.com
· Writing For Kids
· Writing
· Early Childhood Science

Waterston, Ellen
NW, all over U.S.
www.writingranch.com, ellenwaterston.com
· The "Writing Life"
· Writing Personal Memoir
· Dealing with Addiction

Weinberg, Florence
TX, NM, El Paso, San Ant
www.florenceweinberg.com
· 18th Cent history of SW & NM
· 16th Cent. French Renaissance
· Mission History in SW

Werkley, Vicki Hessel
CA, West States, AZ CO
www.starwerks.net
· writing from outside a culture
· writing, editing
· Native American topics, historical

Wilde, Jeanne
CO (Denver metro) NM
· Christmas
· Humor
· My book, Lavinia

Wink, Dawn
U.S.
www.dawnwink.com
· memoir
· nonfiction
· fiction

Witmer-Gow, Karyn
MO Apr-Sept, CA Oct-Mar
www.elizabethgrayson.com
· Writing
· Fiction subjects
· Writing as craft