Marianne de Pierres
Marianne de Pierres is an award-winning author who publishes novels in the science fiction, fantasy, crime and young adult genres. Her stories have been translated into other languages, adapted into a role playing game and an animation. Visit her websites at mariannedepierres.com, tarasharp.com and burnbright.com
Marianne will be presenting two workshops; Stranger in a Strange World – Writing Sci Fi and Nothing Sweet About Me – Writing Crime
Louise Cusack
International award-winning fantasy author Louise Cusack is a favourite writing workshop presenter and mentor amongst Queensland writers. Her best-selling Shadow through Time trilogy, selected as ‘Editor’s Choice’ by the Doubleday Book Club, will be released Internationally by Pan Macmillan’s Momentum Books as ebooks in 2012. Louise has been a QWC Writer in Residence and key regional tutor, and has a reputation for inspiring, constructive residencies and retreats teaching all genres of fiction to both adult writers and school students. Visit her website at louisecusack.com. Louise is conducting this years’ Masterclass.
Kaz Delaney
In her sixteen years as a published author, Kerri Lane has written over 5o titles for the education market, and writing as Kaz Delaney has had 10 Young Adult novels published in both the Australian and US trade markets. Her YA books My Life as a Snow Bunny and Princesses Don’t Sweat were lead titles for Dorchester’s (NY) Smooch imprint. Her current YA is entitled Dead, Actually (Allen & Unwin) - the first in the Dead Series - and is a March 2012 release. In the past two years she has sold eighteen education titles to major publishers such as Macmillan Education, Blake and Pearson. She has also written education titles for Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press, Rigby and Longman. Visit her websites at kerrilane.wordpress.com and kazdelaney.com
Kerri will be presenting two workshops; Riding the Wave of YA Success – fangs optional and Writing For the Education Market
Dr David Craig
As part of Dr David Craig’s doctoral research, he interviewed covert operatives and those who led prosecutions against criminals caught by undercover tactics in undercover programs in Australia, the United States, Canada, the UK and the Netherlands. In addition to over 20 years of criminology experience, he now runs a consultancy for Australian and overseas agencies on covert operations, which include surveillance, informant and undercover operations. Knowing the difference between the truth and lies can be a matter of life and death in undercover operations, and this led David to write Lie Catcher; Become a Human Lie Detector in Under 60 Minutes (Big Sky Publishing).
More information can be found on:
FaceBook (Lie Catcher) http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lie-Catcher/190266744367558
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNiNTAPaDR8
http://www.bigskypublishing.com.au/
David will be presenting Can you tell if someone is lying? What if your life depended on it?
Lindy Cameron
Lindy Cameron is the founder and publisher of the independent Australian publishing house Clan Destine Press. Launched in late 2010, Clan Destine Press has already published nine paperbacks and 16 eBooks; and has another nine paperbacks for the 2012 list. Lindy’s prime objective in creating a publishing house that ‘specialises in genre fiction’ was to uncover, foster and promote new Australian genre writers; and to provide a home where already-published authors can play in new worlds. Another aim has been to republish Aussie genre fiction that shouldn’t be ‘out of print’; and help authors save their backlists from oblivion by joining the CDP eBookery. While Clan Destine Press specialises in genre fiction it also dabbles in non-fiction, of the true crime and heroic real-life story variety.
Lindy has over 25 years experience in the publishing industry – as editor and designer; and is also a writer of both crime fiction and fact. Fiction: The Kit O’Malley PI trilogy – Blood Guilt, Bleeding Hearts & Thicker Than Water; the mystery adventure Golden Relic; and the action thriller Redback. The latter is also the latest and features the kickarse action heroine Bryn Gideon. True Crime: Co-author of Killer in the Family, and Women Who Kill; and contributing Editor of Outside the Law 2 & 3, and Meaner Than Fiction. Lindy is a founding member and National Co-Convenor of Sisters in Crime Australia. To visit www.clandestinepress.com.au
Lindy will be conducting publisher/writer interviews.
Meg Vann
Meg Vann is Manager of The Australian Writer’s Marketplace published by Queensland Writers Centre, Convenor of Sisters in Crime (Brisbane Chapter), and a tutor and guest lecturer in Writing, Editing and Publishing for The University of Queensland. Meg has a special interest in supporting aspiring and emerging writers to develop their creative works and pathways to publication. Meg will be presenting The Amplified Author
