The Northwest Author Series Announces 2009-2010 Lineup

Just received this announcement in my inbox, courtesy of Christina Katz:

Wilsonville’s Northwest Author Series Celebrates an Educational Third Season

• September 27, 2009 – Wilsonville, Oregon – The Northwest Author Series has selected the line-up of authors for the 2009-2010 season:
• September 27: Young adult fiction author, Laura Whitcomb – “Novel Shortcuts”
• October 18: Cookbook author, Kati Neville – “Test Market with Self-publishing”
• November 15: Memoirist, Melissa Hart – “Memoir that Sells”
• January 24: Children’s author, Amber J. Keyser, Ph.D. – “How to Use a Critique Group”
• February 21: Nonfiction author, Cindy Hudson – “The Nonfiction Book”
• March 14: Fiction author, Naseem Rakha – “Write What People Remember”
• April 18: Romance author, Deborah Schneider – “Romance 101”
• May 16: Children’s author, David Michael Slater – “Plotting Your Success”

“The emphasis this year is on education,” says the creator and host of the series, Wilsonville author Christina Katz. “Our audience has grown over the past two years to 30-50 aspiring authors eager to learn how-to tips from published authors. While creating the lineup for this year, I especially kept an eye out for authors who teach regularly, like memoirist Melissa Hart and children’s author David Michael Slater.”

Award-winning young adult author Laura Whitcomb of Wilsonville kicks off the 2009- 2010 Northwest Author Series on September 27th at the Wilsonville Public Library. Her presentation, “Novel Shortcuts,” takes place in the Oak Room from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. Tickets are available at the door for $5.00 or $3.00 for seniors/students. No advance registration is required.

“We’re in our third year,” says Katz, “and we seem to have hit our stride as a community-building event for local writers. People regularly travel from Washington, Salem, and McMinnville for our presentations.”

Books will be available for purchase and signing by the author afterwards. The series is sponsored by The Wilsonville Public Library, the Wilsonville Arts & Culture Council, and the Friends of the Wilsonville Library.

The Northwest Author Series will continue through May each month during the school year except December. Christina Katz, whose books, Get Known Before the Book Deal and Writer Mama were published by Writer’s Digest Books, created and hosts the series. She has selected Wilsonville High School senior Marina Cameron to be the student intern this season.

To learn more about Wilsonville’s Northwest Author Series, contact Christina Katz at (503) 757-2404 or e-mail her at christinakatz@earthlink.net. Or contact Patrick Duke, Wilsonville Library Director at Duke@ci.wilsonville.or.us or 503-570-1590. Please visit the series blog for updates: http://northwestauthorseries.wordpress.com/