authors

INWG has chosen the new “Featured Author of the Week” – Joan M. Kop is a long-time member and supporter of the Guild, a memoirist and autobiographical writer, as well as a poet.

Joan has been a contributing member of the Guild for many years, and our meetings have benefitted greatly from her timely and thoughtful input. She is another writer who has reminded us that we can support each other in our work and still try to outsell everyone else. Joan is a poet, wrote a book about her ancestor – The Freedom Chaser – and is about to re-release her memoir – Spies, Lies & Psychosis. Joan also shares her thoughts with readers through her newsletter.

Visit her website here for more information, and keep an eye out for further news of her book release.

We’re pleased to announce a visit with author Jeff Ayers who will talk to us about his writing history and his new novel – Leave No Trace – co-written with Jon Land (hence J.A. Landau).

This event will be held via zoom at 2 pm Pacific Time. The link may be requested from Linda at lindathewriter@gmail.com.

Jeff Ayers has been a freelance writer and reviewer since 1999. He has reviewed for Library Journal, where he is a former Fiction Reviewer of the Year, for Booklist, and for The Associated Press.

Jeff recently retired from his reference librarian position after almost 30 years after interviewing hundreds of authors in print, audio, and video, including James Patterson, Harlan Coben, and Dan Brown. In addition to this and moderating panels at BookExpo America, ThrillerFest, and various other conferences, he has published several titles in both fiction and nonfiction, including Voyages of Imagination: The Star Trek Fiction Companion, where he covered over 550 novels and interviewed over 350 people, including William Shatner. He currently has several manuscripts out for submission and is under contract for a nonfiction book for Grand Central Publishing.

Jeff is a Co-Executive Director of ThrillerFest, the annual conference for the International Thriller Writers.