We are ending strong, folks. With SIX truly spectacular people. So, it is now my complete pleasure to announce the final 2015 Writers For Hope donors!
Sonia Hartl
Sonia Hartle is a YA writer represented by Rebecca Podos of
Rees Literary Agency. She's a member of SCBWI, and her work has appeared in The Writers Post Journal, Boston Literary Magazine, and the anthology Bearing North.
Learn more about Sonia on her
website and follow her on
Twitter!
Donation: Query, Synopsis and Full Manuscript Critique Package
Fiona McLaren
Fiona McLaren is a full time freelance writer and editor. She has published over 300 separate items - from articles, early learner books, short stories, ghost written novels, scripts, and web content (and much more!). She's interned with two literary agencies, reading everything from middle grade through YA, all the way to every adult genre going. She's previously written a script for a children's DVD, and is working as the script writer for a full length animation currently in production. She's a proud Pitch Wars Mentor, and Pitch Madness reader.
She lives in the sunny island of Cyprus with her parter Xristos, her sleepy German Shepherd Hugo, and her comical horse Roger. She will wrestle you for the last can of Coca Cola in the room!
Learn more about Fiona on her
website and follow her on
Twitter!
Donation #1: Query AND First Three Chapter Critique
Donation #2: Synopsis Critique
Gail Nall
Gail Nall lives in Louisville, Kentucky with her family and more cats than necessary. She once drove a Zamboni, has camped in the snow in June, and almost got trampled in Paris. Gail is the author of the middle grade novel BREAKING THE ICE (Aladdin/S&S). She is also the co-author of the upcoming middle grade novel YOU'RE INVITED, with Jen Malone (Aladdin/S&S, May 19, 2015). Her young adult debut is EXIT STAGE LEFT (HarperTeen Impulse) which will be out in Summer 2015. She is represented by Julia A. Weber of
J.A. Weber Literaturagentur, and is a contributing blogger for Kidliterati and the Fearless Fifteeners.
Learn more about Gail on her
website and follow her on
Twitter!
Donation: Signed Hardcover of BREAKING THE ICE, along with a bag of book swag!
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Stacey Trombley
Stacey Trombley lives in Ohio with her husband and the sweetest Rottweiler you'll ever meet. She thinks people are fascinating and any chance she has, she's off doing or learning something new. She went on her first mission trip to Haiti at age twelve and is still dying to go back. Her "places to travel" list is almost as long as her "books to read" list.
She wants to bring something new to the world through her writing, but just giving a little piece of herself is more than enough.
Keep a look out for her debut novel NAKED, coming from Entangled Teen in July 2015.
Learn more about Stacey on her
website and follow her on
Twitter!
Donation #1: Full Manuscript Critique
Donation #2: Signed ARC of NAKED
Laura Zats graduated from Grinnell
College with degrees in English and anthropology. While completing her studies,
she took advantage of her love of Young Adult (YA) literature and wrote a
thesis on identity formation in YA. She’s been working as an editor since 2011
and has held positions at companies in both the US and the UK. In 2013, Laura
joined Team Red Sofa as an intern but quickly became more of an apprentice,
leveling up to Associate Agent in the same year.
Even though she loved YA books first,
titles that are Middle Grade, romance, and Sci-Fi/Fantasy have been slowly
taking hold. Picking a favorite genre now would be like choosing between
puppies and kittens. In her free time, Laura likes to craft, swing dance, bake,
and binge on Netflix marathons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Doctor Who.
Learn more about Laura on the Red Sofa
Literary
website and follow her
on
Twitter!
Donation: Query Critique
The Great Courses
The Great Courses are uniquely crafted
for lifelong learners like you, with engaging, immersive learning experiences
you can’t get in a lecture hall.
The
secret ingredient is YOU. Our
customers are involved at every step of the process, helping to choose course
subjects and select professors from the thousands we screen each year.
The course creation process that follows
involves so much more than just placing a camera in the back of a classroom. We
surround the world’s greatest teachers with a team of experts who collaborate
on crafting a customized and entertaining educational journey that’s both
comprehensive and fascinating.
Learn more about The Great Courses on
their
website and
follow them on
Twitter!
Donation #1: The Art of Storytelling:
From Parents to Professionals
Donation #2: Writing Great Fiction:
Storytelling Tips and Techniques
Donation #3: Analysis and Critique: How
to Engage and Write About Anything
Donation #4: Writing Creative Nonfiction
Thirteen days of donor introductions - my lucky number! And I do feel quite lucky to have gotten the chance to work with all the lovely, generous folks.
So, there they are. All FORTY FIVE of our
truly outstanding donors. Use the weekend to make sure you’ve gotten to know
them all and come back on Monday for the auction rules!
And only one day left to get your Writers for Hope t-shirts! Check out the links below!
T-shirts for both writers and book lovers supporting this campaign are now available on Tfund!
