Writing Class

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author, Heather Graham, majored in theater arts at the University of South Florida. After a stint of several years in dinner theater, back-up vocals, and bartending, she stayed home after the birth of her third child and began to write. Her first book was with Dell, and since then, she has written over two hundred novels and novellas including category, suspense, historical romance

She was a Cinematography Fellow at the American Film Institute in Los Angeles, and was one of the first camerawomen in the news business. She also spent a number of years working in the NBC TV Art Department. She wrote The Burn Patient, Deadly Focus, & The Mermaid Brokers to name a few.

An award-winning poet, literary historian, and editor residing in Washington, DC. Author of five books of poems, editor of two anthologies, and co-editor of the web exhibit DC Writers’ Homes.

She’s an artist, a designer, and a freelancer for Amelia Islander Magazine. Mandy worked for twenty-six years for Vanderbilt University Medical Center before deciding to run away to Amelia Island.Walking the Wrong Way Home was a finalist for the 2017 Tartt Fiction Award and chosen as a bonus book for the 2019 Pulpwood Queen Book Club Reading List. Sharp as a Serpent’s Tooth Eva and Other Stories was chosen as a bonus book for the 2020 International Pulpwood Queens and Timber Guys Book Club Reading Nation List

She began her publishing career in London as an assistant at the Darley Anderson Literary, TV and Film Agency. Carly joined Toronto-based P.S. Literary Agency in 2010. She represents award-winning and bestselling authors in the adult fiction and non fiction categories, and select children’s books.

She is known for her long-term vision for her authors and being an excellent collaborator with a nose for commercial success

Pat writes ficiton works that are outstanding. She has written two books since quarentine began. Learn Pat's process.

Ann Leslie Tuttle joined DG&B in 2017 after working for 20 years at Harlequin Books where she worked on an extensive and varied list of bestselling and award-winning titles in romance and women's fiction. She received her B.A. degree from the College of William and Mary and an M.A. from the University of Virginia.

Diane has come out with a new book that will be a series of novels. She is an author, an editor, and a former reader for a literary agent. It all shows in her new book.

Adele Royce (a pen name concocted from two middle names) has had quite a journey so far. She fell in love with advertising at an early age – mostly from watching daytime reruns of Bewitched – this when skipping class through some feigned ailment. And, although Adele prefers Darrin 2 to Darrin 1, she was interminably fixated on the hilarity of mixing witchcraft with the invention of advertising campaigns, and the drama surrounding it.

Ron Charles Washington post book reviewer & Laurie Fisher of fuse literary agency and San Fransico Writer's Conference discuss the future of the publishing world.