Women Authors Panel

Tuesday, June 18 | 10:30am-1:30pm QUARTERLY PANEL FORMAT: WOMEN AUTHORS featuring Ellen Crosby Ellen Crosby is the author of six books in the Virginia wine  country mystery series, as well as Moscow Nights, a standalone  mystery based loosely on her time as Moscow correspondent for  ABC Radio News in the late 1980s. Before writing fiction, she also   worked as a freelance reporter for The Washington Post and as an  economist at the US Senate. Her next book, MULTIPLE EXPOSURE, will be released on August 6, 2013  by Scribner. The first in a new mystery series featuring photojournalist  Sophie Medina, the story draws on her insider knowledge of Washington  politics, her journalism background, and her stint as a Moscow reporter.  After living overseas for many years--England, Switzerland, France, Italy,  Spain, and the former Soviet Union--Crosby, who has an undergraduate  degree in political science and a masters in international affairs, now  resides in the D.C. suburbs of northern Virginia. Visit her website  at www.ellencrosby.com and follow her on Facebook and Twitter. Jeanne Dallman Jeanne Dallman has her MFA from UCLA and is the author  of novels, short stories and plays. She has been published  by Bantam Books, The BBC World Service Programme,  James A. Rock & Company Publishers, Brainstorm Books,  and Hersam Acorn Newspapers. Ms. Dallman has been an  Adjunct Professor for 23 years and has taught in the  English Department of several Connecticut colleges. In  addition, she is a national public speaker and a literary  consultant providing assistance in the writing and editing  of dramatic scripts and a wide variety of books. Ms. Dallman also served as a Copy Editor for the NBC  Network Press Department in New York City. In that  capacity she was responsible for editing forty press  releases a day, which she then sent out to various  media outlets nationwide. She also served as Official  Liaison between the Network Press Department and  Promotion Managers at the 210 NBC affiliate stations.  In that capacity she was responsible for fulfilling all  affiliate requests for press materials and programming  content. Ginger Moran A teacher, published writer and single mom of two boys, Ginger Moran's areas of expertise are in fiction and creative nonfiction, editing, coaching, and creative survival. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Houston in Literature and Creative Writing and Bachelor's and Master's degrees in English from the University of Virginia. She studied with Donald Barthelme, Phillip Lopate, Rosellen Brown, Jim and Mary Robison, John Casey, and Ann Beattie. She has published in Salon.com, Oxford American, Literary Mama, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Feminist Studies and other journals. THE ALGEBRA OF SNOW was nominated for a Pushcart Editor's Choice Award. She has written three novels, a collection of essays about her years as a single working mom, and a nonfiction book on custody. She taught at Spring Hill College and Fisk University and currently edits the University of Virginia Women's Center magazine, Iris, and serves as the associate director. The cost of the luncheon is $45.00 if you register by the Friday before the   luncheon and $50.00 if you register after the Friday before the luncheon.   No walk-ins please.