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LORELEI ARMSTRONG's debut novel, In The Face, a mystery about the price of Hollywood fame and the pursuit of perfection in which obsessed fans and desperate stage parents seek specialized plastic surgery for their infant children in hopes of later fame, launches October from Iota Publishing. A member of the Independent Writers Caucus of the Writers Guild of America, West, Lorelei is also a story analyst for the producer of a top TV network franchise drama.

• SESSION: "Iota Publishing Roundtable" and TBA

DRUSILLA CAMPBELL writes about every day people caught up in extraordinary events that challenge everything they believe about themselves and the world. She is the author of twelve published novels, including the bestselling Hopewell Saga, Wildwood and Blood Orange. Her latest title, Bone Lake (Madison Park Press), is about the struggle to save a child from the neo-Nazi terrorists who raised her and now want her dead. Having crossed the Pacific Ocean three times before she started school, and in her twenties lived in Europe and Central America, today Dru's happy to stay at home in San Diego with her husband, the attorney and poet Art Campbell, two rescued dogs and three horses.

• IMMERSION TRACK: "The Novel Cram: Building the Better Book" (Full details)

TRAI CARTWRIGHT is a writer, producer and professional screenwriting analyst. Having produced three independent films and consulted on hundreds of scripts, she has also worked as a feature film development executive, spent eight years analyzing material for HBO, was assistant director of Leonard DiCaprio's online ventures, developed massive multi-player online role-playing environments for game publisher Explorati and helped 20th Century Fox bring ringtones to your cell phone. A mentor for young screenwriters for the Scriptwriter's Network High School Fellowship for six years, Trai has also served as a judge for numerous high-profile screenplay competitions and has had four of her own spec scripts optioned.

• SESSIONS: "Speed Date Your Ideas: How to Identify 'The One'," "Intuitive Structure: Exploiting What You Already Know" and "Rules for New World Building"
ADVANCE SUBMISSION CRITIQUE: Screenplay, all genres, first 20 pages in industry format

MARY CASTILLO was declared by Latina Magazine "an author to look out for" in 2004. Today her spirited novels continue to win raves and an ever-expanding readership. Hot Tamara was selected a Cosmopolitan Magazine Red Hot Read. In Between Men was voted Top Romance Book of 2006 by Catalina Magazine’s Book Club members. And in addition to her latest, Switchcraft, providing yet another one of her satisfyingly signature comedic romps, Publishers Weekly declares, "Effervescent style and likable characters sweeten the deal." While Mary's novellas appear in the anthologies Friday Night Chicas and the recent Names I Call My Sister, she is also a colmnist for VidaGirl.com and has contributed features to Romance Writers Report, Och Tamale and elsewhere.

• SESSIONS: "Authors Roundtable: What I Wish I Knew Before Publication"

LAUREL CORONA is the author of Until Our Last Breath (St. Martin's), with research contributed by Michael Bart, the son of Holocaust survivors who fought in the famed Lithuanian Jewish resistance movement known as the Freedom Fighters of Nekamah. Publishers Weekly calls it, "[A] powerful tale of the triumph of love under extremely difficult conditions," while Kirkus declares: "Appeals equally to the head and the heart." With an additional 20-some YA nonfiction titles under her belt from Lucent, Laurel's next book is out from Hyperion in November, The Four Seasons: A Novel of Vivaldi's Venice.

• SESSIONS: "Fact and Storytelling in Nonfiction" and "Ethics in Nonfiction Writing"

JEAN JENKINS is a freelance editor (MsRewrite.com) and consultant to writers. Having worked with a number of authors, she has successfully shepherded to print both genre and mainstream novels for publishers such as Random House, Avon, St. Martins, Rutledge Hill Press, Tor and Donald I. Fine, and maintained her popular "Ask J.J." column for San Diego Writers' Monthly for several years. Jean also "moonlights" for KPBS, Public Broadcasting, various production houses and numerous attorneys. Several recent books that she has consulted on are nearing publication with major houses.

• SESSIONS: "How to Get the Most from the Conference" and "Rewriting Novels (and Narrative Nonfiction)"
• ADVANCE SUBMISSION: Mystery and Mainstream Fiction; Narrative Nonfiction up to 20 pages double-spaced

MARLA MILLER's first book, All American Girls: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, published by Simon & Schuster, enjoyed three print runs. She is editor-in-chief of Location 3 Magazine, a lifestyle quarterly magazine that circulates in Newport Coast, California. For 18 years, she penned three columns for the Orange County Register's lifestyle magazine. She has written for the Los Angeles Times, Oxygen.com and co-hosted a radio talk show on a NPR affiliate. A former nurse practitioner, she writes about health and consults on several health care websites. Her travel pieces appear in regional magazines. Miller teaches marketing-to-writers workshops at several conferences. She also has taught narrative nonfiction workshops at the University of California, Irvine - Extension. Of her freelance editing clients, two have authored best-selling books with Miller as editor. In her monthly column, "Early Years" in Writer Magazine, she talks to notable authors about their early years in this business.

• SESSIONS: "Pitch it to Me: Let's Fix Your Book Pitch!"
Note: This workshop focuses on fixing the author's book pitch to agents and editors, in effort to secure a manuscript request. Participants should bring 1 to 3 pages to read so that Marla can openly troubleshoot.
• ADVANCE SUBMISSION: Narrative Nonfiction, Fiction up to 20 pages double-spaced

STACEY O'BRIEN is the author of Wesley the Owl: The Remarkable Love Story of an Owl and His Girl, due August from Simon & Schuster/Free Press, the original draft of which was first discovered at SCWC*LA4. Recounting her 19-year relationship with an 18-inch Barn Owl adopted from Caltech, where she worked as a lab assistant in "a kind of scientific Hogwarts where resident owls flew freely from office to office," author Sy Montgomery (The Good Good Pig) proclaims "Stacey O'Brien has captured the essence of the soul of an unforgettable owl. Affectionate, quirky, joyous and wise, Wesley shows us the Way of the Owl — the way to God and grace. This book is destined to become a classic."

• GUEST SPEAKER
• SESSION: To be announced

RAYMOND OBSTFELD is the author of over 40 books published under his own and such pen names as Pike Bishop (the western series, Diamondback), Jason Frost (the futuristic series Warlord), Carl Stevens (a mystery series), Don Pendleton (the Executioner series), and Laramie Dunaway (Hungry Women, Borrowed Lives and Lessons in Survival). His novel Dead Heat was nominated for an Edgar Award by the Mystery Writers of America, and his most recent nonfiction title, On the Shoulders of Giants, co-written with Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, was both a New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller. Anatomy Lesson, a suspense novel, is just out from Iota in hardcover.

• GUEST SPEAKER
• SESSION: To be announced

MATTHEW J. PALLAMARY's first novel, Land Without Evil, set in ancient Paraguay, has been acclaimed by readers and critics alike. A successful writer of both fiction and nonfiction, Ray Bradbury declared "Bravo!" for Matt's The Small Dark Room of the Soul, a short story collection originally self-published. His memoir, Spirit Matters, chronicling his life-long search for truth, which took him from false faith on the bloody mean streets of Boston's Irish Catholic ghetto to the discovery of spiritual affirmation in the jungles of the Amazon, is just out from Mystic Ink.

• SESSIONS: "Transformative Narrative: A Shamanic Approach to Story" and "Read & Critique"
ADVANCE SUBMISSION CRITIQUE: Horror, Fantasy, Speculative, first 20 pages double-spaced

ANDREW PETERSON is the author of First to Kill, his debut thriller out September 2008 from Dochester Publishing imprint, Leisure Books. A life-long competitive marksman having won numerous titles throughout the Southwestern United States and earned Master classification status in the NRA's High Power Rifle ranking system, Andrew started thinking seriously about writing his novel, the first in a planned series featuring former Marine Corps sniper and ex-CIA operative Nathan McBride, after attending the SCWC*PS2 event in 2005. Web: AndrewPeterson.com.

• GUEST SPEAKER
• SESSION: "The Author/Publisher Journey" (w/Tim DeYoung)

ANDREA PORTES' debut coming-of-age novel, Hick, is called by the Los Angeles Times, "A bracing drama, a study in tenacity against the gnarled teeth of domestic storms." Publishers Weekly calls it "Chilling." Before it's May 2007 release, advance buzz alone encouraged publisher Unbridled Books to order a second printing. Now a Los Angeles Times bestseller, Hick has thus far been selected a 2007/2008 BookSense Reading Group Pick, May 2007 BookSense Pick, a Midwest Connections Pick among readers, named among the best adult books for high school students by the School Library Journal and optioned for film by Steven Siebert and Christian Taylor.

• SESSIONS: "All for Naughty: Tackling Taboo Subjects," "Kill Your Ego: Taming the Inner Shrew" and "Writing in Bed: Processesing Performance"
ADVANCE SUBMISSION CRITIQUE: Literary Fiction, Young Adult, first 20 pages double-spaced

LYNN PRICE is editorial director of Behler Publications, an independent publisher with an impressive variety of award-winning titles. A 2007 Independent Publisher Book Award recipient herself, for her novel Donovan's Paradigm, Lynn's passion for working with some of the most exciting new voices in American literature, on subjects tackling medicine, aging, family issues, death, abandonment, love, prejudice and more, has produced for Behler a growing list of poignant, lauded personal journeys in both fiction and nonfiction. Recent books include Kate McLaughlin's Mommy I'm Still In Here: Raising Children with Bipolar Disorder, Chip Jacob's Wheeling the Deal: The Outrageous Legend of Gordon Zahler, Hollywood's Flashiest Quadriplegic and Douglas Light's East Fifth Bliss.

• SESSIONS: "I've Written 'The End' — Now What?" and "How to Avoid the Maalox Moment with a Publisher"
• AGENTS/EDITORS PANEL
ADVANCE SUBMISSION CRITIQUE: Fiction and Narrative Nonfiction, first 20 pages double-spaced

JUDY REEVES is a writer and teacher with more than 25 years experience as a workshop leader. She’s written four books on the craft including A Writer’s Book of Days, named a “hottest book for writers" by Writer’s Digest Magazine, and A Creative Writer's Kit: A Spirited Companion & Lively Muse for the Writing Life. Her most recent, The Writer’s Retreat Kit, was published last spring. In addition to private workshops, she teaches creative writing at UCSD and at writing conferences internationally. After a few years of off-and-on expatriat living in Barcelona, Spain, she’s once again taken up residence in San Diego where she’s working on a novel and speaking English.

• SESSION: "Little Things Mean a Lot: Using Small Details to Create Big Impact," "Writing Sensuous Prose" and Read & Critique
ADVANCE SUBMISSION CRITIQUE: Memoirs and Women's Fiction; up to 20 pages double-spaced

MIKE SIROTA is a freelance editor and author of 19 published novels including The 22nd Gear, Bicycling Through Space and Time, Demon Shadows and The Well, from such publishers as Bantam Books, The Berkley Publishing Group, Pocket Books and Zebra Books. Among his most recent client successes: Michele Scott's Tacked to Death, Jeff Sherratt's The Brimstone Murders and Dr. Paul Bernstein's Courage to Heal. He was the long-time editor and award-winning feature writer for a San Diego newsmagazine, and he presently evaluates and edits manuscripts professionally.

• SESSIONS: "Risk Points 1: Queries and Submissions" and "Risk Points 2: Story and Execution"
ADVANCE SUBMISSION: Mainstream, Adult and Y/A novels, up to 20 pages double-spaced

RAYMOND STRAIT is a freelance editor, novelist and the author of over 30 celebrity biographies, ranging from Jayne Mansfield to Bob Hope: A Tribute, which was eight years in the making. His Herb Jeffries biography, The Color of Love, is with producer Alan Sacks (prior to publication), who produced his Rosemary Clooney book. With many of his titles optioned for film, Ray is also a popular television guest, providing commentary for celebrity profiles on E-Entertainment, A&E's Biography, the Family Channel, CBS and elsewhere. He is currently working on five-time Penthouse magazine covergirl Sheila Kennedy's life story, Nobody's Pet.

• SESSION: "Read & Critique"
ADVANCE SUBMISSION CRITIQUE: Fiction and Narrative Nonfiction, up to 20 pages double-spaced

LAURA TAYLOR's acclaimed novel, Honorbound, received endorsements from authors Pat Conroy, W.E.B. Griffin, and Stephen King. The recipient of two Maggie Awards, as well as a Career Achievement Award, a Reviewers Choice Award, a lifetime achievement Award and Best Contemporary Mainstream Award from Romantic Times, she has written 22 books ranging in genre from romance to mainstream fiction, works as a freelance editor and is currently writing a true crime book. Among her recent clients' success is Andrew Peterson's First to Kill.

• SESSION: "Read & Critique"
ADVANCE SUBMISSION CRITIQUE: Mainstream and Genre Fiction, first 20 pages double-spaced

STEVEN M. THOMAS has won dozens of awards as a poet, essayist, fiction writer and journalist. His work has appeared in literary and small press magazines in the U.S. and England, including The Minnesota Review, Tampa Review, The Tennessee Review, Phoebe, Poem, The Chattahoochee Review, Haight Ashbury Literary Journal and California Quarterly. The first title in his multi-book deal with Random House, seeking to fuse crime and literary fiction, Criminal Paradise, is recently out. Its follow-up, Spiritual Criminals is due from Ballantine early 2009.

• GUEST SPEAKER
• SESSIONS: "The Power of Preparation" and TBA
ADVANCE SUBMISSION CRITIQUE: Literary Fiction, Crime, Suspense, first 20 pages double-spaced

MARALYS WILLS is the author of a dozen published books in a variety of genres, including the tecno-thriller Scatterpath, of which The New York Times said, "Her cockpit sequences all but put the reader at the controls," and four romance novels. Her nonfiction includes the critically lauded Higher Than Eagles: The Tragedy and Triumph of an American Family, which chronicles the loss of two of her sons and has been optioned for film five times, and Save My Son: A Mother and a Sheriff Unite to Reclaim the Lives of Addicted Offenders (with Michael Carona). Her latest titles include A Clown in the Trunk, a sequel of sorts to her light-hearted memoir, A Circus Without Elephants, and Damn the Rejections: Full Speed Ahead.

• SESSIONS: "Writing the Irresistible Memoir" and "Masculizing Your Book for the Male Market"
ADVANCE SUBMISSION CRITIQUE: Memoir, Narrative Nonfiction, Novels, first 20 pages double-spaced

TERRY R. COOPER is president and editor-in-chief of Iota Publishing, a prolific independent house specializing in fiction genres of suspense, thriller, mystery, and sci-fi that are written by authors in the southwestern United States, or with settings or subjects associated with the Southwest. Beyond leading Iota's corporate, production and marketing initiatives, Terry reads every manuscript considered for publication and oversees the subsequent editing and development of the book.

• SESSION: "Iota Publishing Roundtable"

KIMBERLY COLE is an editor with Iota Publishing, an independent house specializing in suspense, thriller, mystery, sci-fi and fantasy novels, and a freelance editor working and living in the Southern California area. Additionally, she does article editing and writing for Autograph Collectors and Grand Tour magazines. Kimberly's primary experience lies in mainstream/literary, mystery, suspense, young adult and chick-lit.

• AGENTS/EDITORS PANEL
ADVANCE SUBMISSION: Suspense, Thriller, Mystery, Sci-fi and Fantasy, synopsis and first 20 pages, double-spaced UNAVAILABLE

TIM DEYOUNG is the Senior Vice President Sales, Marketing, Distribution for Dorchester Publishing, a pre-eminent publisher of mass-market genre fiction. Prior to joining Dorchester, he held similar positions at both Ballantine and Penguin. During his 13-year tenure at Dorchester, he has been instrumental in building the careers of nationally bestselling authors such Christine Feehan, Lynsay Sands, Katie MacAlister, Richard Laymon, Jack Ketchum and many others. He has brought to the company two distribution lines: the award-winning Hard Case Crime line—whose authors include Donald Westlake, Charles Ardai, Christa Faust, and Laurence Block—as well as the Cosmos line of SF/Fantasy novels. He directs the sales and marketing of all Dorchester titles through all markets including bookstores, distributors, international, foreign translations, audio, e-books, libraries, and large print.

• SESSIONS: "The Author/Publisher Journey" (w/Andrew Peterson) and "Behind the Scenes: How the Publisher Sells Your Book, or Not"
• AGENTS/EDITORS PANEL
ADVANCE SUBMISSION CRITIQUE: Thriller, Horror and Westerns; up to 20 pages double-spaced UNAVAILABLE

KATHLEEN GILLIGAN is an editor with Thomas Dunne Books. Though having worked with lots of nonfiction, including Susan Konig's Why Animals Sleep So Close to the Road and I Wear the Maternity Pants in the Family, Senator Arlen Specter's NY Times bestseller Never Give In, and the South African hit Strange Nervous Laughter by Bridget McNulty, she is on the look-out for women’s fiction, "particularly with curious, genuine narrators whose quirks resonate with my own, moving literary fiction, or nonfiction projects that inspire me to cook delicious food!"

• AGENTS/EDITORS PANEL
ADVANCE SUBMISSION: Fiction, first 20 pages, double-spaced; nonfiction: overview, author bio, table of contents and sample chapter, double-spaced UNAVAILABLE

JEAN JENKINS is a freelance editor (MsRewrite.com) and consultant to writers. Having worked with a number of authors, she has successfully shepherded to print both genre and mainstream novels for publishers such as Random House, Avon, St. Martins, Rutledge Hill Press, Tor and Donald I. Fine, and maintained her popular "Ask J.J." column for San Diego Writers' Monthly for several years. Jean also "moonlights" for KPBS, Public Broadcasting, various production houses and numerous attorneys. Several recent books that she has consulted on are nearing publication with major houses.

• SESSION: "Rewriting Novels (and Narrative Nonfiction)"
• ADVANCE SUBMISSION: Mystery and Mainstream Fiction; narrative nonfiction up to 20 pages double-spaced UNAVAILABLE

MARLA MILLER’s first book, All American Girls: The U.S. Women's National Soccer Team, published by Simon & Schuster, enjoyed three print runs. She is editor-in-chief of Location 3 Magazine, a lifestyle quarterly magazine that circulates in Newport Coast, California. For 18 years, she penned three columns for the Orange County Register’s lifestyle magazine. She has written for the Los Angeles Times, Oxygen.com and co-hosted a radio talk show on a NPR affiliate. A former nurse practitioner, she writes about health and consults on several health care websites. Her travel pieces appear in regional magazines. Miller teaches marketing-to-writers workshops at several conferences. She also has taught narrative nonfiction workshops at the University of California, Irvine - Extension. Of her freelance editing clients, two have authored best-selling. In her monthly column, "Early Years" in Writer Magazine, she talks to notable authors about their early years in this business. Site: MarketingTheMuse.com

• SESSION: "Pitch it to Me: Let's Fix Your Book Pitch!"
Note: This workshop focuses on fixing the author's book pitch to agents and editors, in effort to secure a manuscript request. Participants should bring 1 to 3 pages to read so that Marla can openly troubleshoot.
• AGENTS/EDITORS PANEL
• ADVANCE SUBMISSION: Narrative Nonfiction, Fiction up to 20 pages double-spaced

JEFF MOORES joined Dunow, Carlson & Lerner in Manhattan after assisting Gail Hochman of Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents. He is currently building his own client list while assisting all agents, including representing ancillary and foreign rights. His interests include quality contemporary fiction and literature, narrative nonfiction, memoir, politics, current affairs, journalism, graphic novels, gay & lesbian, popular culture and popular science. Jeff is not interested in romance, mystery or crime/police procedurals (unless particularly literary) or prescriptive nonfiction (self-help, how-to, etc.).

• AGENTS/EDITORS PANEL
ADVANCE SUBMISSION CRITIQUE: Fiction and Narrative Nonfiction up to 20 pages double-spaced UNAVAILABLE

LYNN PRICE is editorial director of Behler Publications, an independent publisher with an impressive variety of award-winning titles. A 2007 Independent Publisher Book Award recipient herself, for her novel Donovan's Paradigm, Lynn's passion for working with some of the most exciting new voices in American literature, on subjects tackling medicine, aging, family issues, death, abandonment, love, prejudice and more, has produced for Behler a growing list of poignant, lauded personal journeys in both fiction and nonfiction. Recent books include Kate McLaughlin's Mommy I'm Still In Here: Raising Children with Bipolar Disorder, Chip Jacob's Wheeling the Deal: The Outrageous Legend of Gordon Zahler, Hollywood's Flashiest Quadriplegic and Douglas Light's East Fifth Bliss.

• SESSIONS: "I've Written 'The End' — Now What?" and "How to Avoid the Maalox Moment with a Publisher"
• AGENTS/EDITORS PANEL
ADVANCE SUBMISSION CRITIQUE: Narrative Nonfiction, Fiction up to 20 pages double-spaced UNAVAILABLE

MIKE SIROTA is a freelance editor and author of 19 published novels including The 22nd Gear, Bicycling Through Space and Time, Demon Shadows and The Well, from such publishers as Bantam Books, The Berkley Publishing Group, Pocket Books and Zebra Books. Among his most recent client successes: Michele Scott's Tacked to Death, Jeff Sherratt's The Brimstone Murders and Dr. Paul Bernstein's Courage to Heal. He was the long-time editor and award-winning feature writer for a San Diego newsmagazine, and he presently evaluates and edits manuscripts professionally.

• SESSIONS: "Risk Points 1: Queries and Submissions" and "Risk Points 2: Story and Execution"
ADVANCE SUBMISSION: Mainstream, Adult and Y/A novels, up to 20 pages double-spaced UNAVAILABLE

RAYMOND STRAIT is a freelance editor, novelist and the author of over 30 celebrity biographies, ranging from Jayne Mansfield to Bob Hope: A Tribute, which was eight years in the making. His Herb Jeffries biography, The Color of Love, is with producer Alan Sacks (prior to publication), who produced his Rosemary Clooney book. With many of his titles optioned for film, Ray is also a popular television guest, providing commentary for celebrity profiles on E-Entertainment, A&E's Biography, the Family Channel, CBS and elsewhere. He is currently working on five-time Penthouse magazine covergirl Sheila Kennedy's life story, Nobody's Pet.

• SESSION: "Read & Critique"
ADVANCE SUBMISSION CRITIQUE: Fiction and Narrative Nonfiction, up to 20 pages double-spaced

LAURA TAYLOR's acclaimed novel, Honorbound, received endorsements from authors Pat Conroy, W.E.B. Griffin, and Stephen King. The recipient of two Maggie Awards, as well as a Career Achievement Award, a Reviewers Choice Award, a lifetime achievement Award and Best Contemporary Mainstream Award from Romantic Times, she has written 22 books ranging in genre from romance to mainstream fiction, works as a freelance editor and is currently writing a true crime book. Among her recent clients' success is Andrew Peterson's First to Kill.

• SESSION: "Read & Critique"
ADVANCE SUBMISSION CRITIQUE: Mainstream and Genre Fiction, first 20 pages double-spaced

SALLY VAN HAITSMA is an agent for the Castiglia Literary Agency, which represents an international client database and has successfully placed numerous significant nonfiction and fiction titles with major publishers by first-time authors. With several award-winning writers included, these sales have also extended to film, audio, foreign, commercial and electronic rights where appropriate. Actively seeking unrecognized authors, Sally is interested in ethnic, commercial, literary and women's fiction, offbeat mysteries, science-fiction, narrative nonfiction, health, science, parenting, biography, architecture, interior design, current affairs and niche books.

• SESSION: TBA
ADVANCE SUBMISSION: Fiction, synopsis and first 20 pages, double-spaced; nonfiction: overview, author bio, table of contents and sample chapter, double-spaced UNAVAILABLE

NATANYA WHEELER is an agent with 30-year-old full-service agency Lowenstein-Yost Associates, which represents over 150 authors from New York Times bestsellers to Pulitzer Prize nominees. The agency handles most all genres, excluding cookbooks and children's books. Eager to expand her list, Natanya is specifically looking for both literary and commercial fiction, with a special interest in multicultural viewpoints, narrative nonfiction, memoir, and erotica.

• AGENTS/EDITORS PANEL
• ADVANCE SUBMISSION: Fiction and Narrative Nonfiction, synopsis and first 20 pages double-spaced UNAVAILABLE

MICHAEL STEVEN GREGORY is an independent filmmaker and WGA screenwriter of material ranging from mainstream drama and bio-pics to animated action-adventure and videogames. He has scripted series for Fox, UPN and HBO, directed television and features in a variety of genres, and been involved as a writer, producer or director in over 150 short films. His recent longform projects include the award-winning We, The Screenwriter and romantic-comedy A Valentine Carol, as well as Don King Presents: Prizefighter, a videogame for 2K Sports. He is currently at work on Border Badge: Crossing the Line, a documentary, while his book Disc Golf: All You Need to Know about the Game You Want to Play is in its third printing.

• Executive Director, SCWC   [ contact ]

WES ALBERS has spent nearly 18 years in law enforcement and is a veteran sergeant with the San Diego Police Department. A decorated officer who has been commended by the SDPD, the San Diego City and District Attorney’s Offices, the California Legislature, the Governor of California, and the Department of Homeland Security, he has consulted internationally on policing issues and recently spoke at a legislative conference with representatives from the U.S. and Mexico. His written work has been used as source material for U.S. Department of Justice publication. Additionally, his work has been used for Department training and operations manuals. Wes’s latest book, Black & White, generated immediate agent interest and is being shopped as a series. His next book is under way.

• Director, SCWC   [ contact ]

MORGAN WHITE
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CRICKET ABBOTT
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EDWIN DECKER
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