2010 Conference Speakers

Here's a list of the more than 100 authors, agents, editors, publishing professionals and other presenters who will be speaking at the 2010 San Francisco Writers Conference. To find out more about each of them, click on the underlined name.

KEYNOTERS:
Jacquelyn Mitchard, bestselling author of Deep End of the Ocean and other novels
Steve Berry, bestselling author of The Charlemagne Pursuit and other thrillers
Dan Poynter, author of The Self-Publishing Manual

PRESENTERS:
Susan Wiggs, author of Fireside
Tamim Ansary, author of West of Kabul, East of New York
Cara Black, author of Murder on the Left Bank
Michelle Richmond, author of The Year of Fog
Frances Dinkelspiel, author of Towers of Gold
Douglas Rees, author of Vampire High
Monte Schulz, author of This Side of Jordan
Herbert Gold, author of Still Alive!
Wendy Tokunaga, author of Midori by Moonlight
Jane Ganahl, author of Naked On The Page
Victoria Zackheim, author of The Other Woman
Wendy Merrill, author of Falling Into Manholes
Kate Perry, author of Chosen By Desire
Diane Gedymin, author of Get Published!
Kemble Scott, author of SOMA
Cherie Turner, author of Nob Hill Gazette
Kevin Smokler, author of Bookmark Now
Chris Soth, Screenwriter
Joanne Weir, television host and cookbook author
Barbara Santos, author of Maui Onion Cookbook
Elisa Southard, author of Break Through the Noise
Teresa LeYung Ryan, author of Build Your Name, Beat the Game: Be Happily Published
Philippa Burgess, co-founder of Creative Convergence
Jerry Cimino, Director of the Beat Museum                
Rusty Shelton, Phenix Publicity
Deborah Davis, author of Not Like You
Penny Warner, author of How to Host a Killer Party
Patricia Volonakis Davis, host of Harlot's Sauce Radio
Holly Payne, author of Kingdom of Simplicity and writing coach
Geri Spieler, author of Taking Aim at the President
Fan Wu, author of Beautiful as Yesterday
Mary Mackey, author of The Widow's War
Donna Levin, author of Get That Novel Written
Adair Lara, Naked Drunk and Writing
Kathi Kamen-Goldmark, author of And My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You
Sam Barry, Marketing Manager at HarperOne
Jacob Morgan, Social Media guru
Georgeanne Brennan, author of A Pig In Provence
Rachelle Chase, author of Men on Fire 
Andy Jones, UC Davis professor and poet (co-author of Split Stock)
Joan Gelfand, poet and author of A Dreamer's Guide to Cities and Streams
Brad Henderson, UC Davis professor and poet (co-author of Split Stock)
Kristen Tracy, author of Lost It
Michael Neff, Web del Sol founder, magazine publisher and author
Amy Machnak, Food Writer for Sunset Magazine
Elizabeth Jennings, author of Pursuit, Dir. Int'l Women's Fiction Festival (Matera, Italy)
Keith Ogorek, AuthorSolutions
Matt Stewart, author of The French Revolution (the first tweeted novel)
Lynda & Jim O'Connor, publicity professionals
Robert San Souci, children's book author
Linda Lee, Founder of Askmepc-webdesign & Smart Women Stupid Computers
Stephanie Chandler, author, online marketing and social networking guru
Bill Pack, author of The Bottom of the Sky
Peggy Kennedy, author of Approaching Neverland
Claudia Pruett, author of Cooking Dinner: Simple Italian Family Recipes Everone Can Make
Nina Amir, independent editor & author of The Kabbalah of Conscious Creation
Rocky Lang, author of How I Broke into Hollywood
Ransom Stephens, author of The God Patent
Dom Sagolla, co-creator of Twitter and author of 140 Words
Ann Seymour, author of I've Always Loved You, Nob Hill Gazette journalist
Kirk Boyd, author of 2048
Robert Dugoni, author of Wrongful Death
Mark Coker, Smashwords
Lea Beresford, independent editor
Gabrielle Harbowy, independent editor & Associate Publisher of Dragon Moon Press
Marcia Naomi Berger, author of The Marriage Meeting Program
Jess Ponce, Producer, “View From the Bay,” KGO
CindyPavlinac, Sacred Land Photography
Victoria Hudson, freelance writer

 
EDITORS:
Caitlin Alexander, Editor at Random House
Jeanette Perez, HarperOne
Jane Friedman, Editor at Writers Digest Books
Alan Rinzler, Executive Editor at Jossey-Bass/Wiley & Sons
Margaret O'Neill Marbury, Editor at Mira Books
George Gibson, Publisher of Walker Books
Daniela Rapp, Editor at St. Martin's Press
Brooke Warner, Editor at Seal Press
Jennifer Heddle, Editor at Pocket Books (S&S)
Deena Drewis, Senior Editor at FlatManCrooked
Jeevan Sivasubramaniam, Berrett-Koehler
Jaime Levine, Grand Central Publishing
Julie Romeis, Chronicle Books
Kim Robinson, University of California Press

AGENTS:
Rebecca Oliver, William Morris Endeavor (NY & LA)
Meg Ruley, Jane Rotrosen Agency (NY)
Stephany Evans, Fine Print Literary Management (NY)
Cameron McClure, Donald Maass Literary Agency (NY)
April Eberhardt, Reece Halsey North (SF/NY/Paris)
Elise Capron, Sandra Dijkstra Literary Agency (LA)
Jill Marsal, Marsal Lyon Literary Agency (LA)
Andrea Brown, Andrea Brown Literary Agency (SF)
Ted Weinstein, Ted Weinstein Literary Management (SF & NY)
Robert Shepard, Robert Shepard Agency (LA & SF)
Verna Dreisbach, Dreisbach Literary Management (Sacramento)
Laurie McLean, Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (SF)
Elizabeth Pomada, Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (SF)
Michael Larsen, Larsen/Pomada Literary Agents (SF
Katharine Sands, Sarah Jane Freymann Agency (NY)
Andy Ross, Andy Ross Literary Agency (SF)
Deborah Warren, East/West Literary Agency (LA)
Christine Witthohn, Book Cents (West Virginia)
Regina Brooks, Serendipity Literary (NY)
Paul S. Levine, Paul S. Levine Literary Agency (LA)
Ken Sherman, Ken Sherman & Associates (LA)
Laura Rennert, Andrea Brown Literary (Palo Alto)
Gordon Warnock, Andrea Hurst Literary (Sacramento)
Minju Chang, Bookstop Literary (Santa Rosa)
Mary Kole, Andrea Brown Literary (Palo Alto)
Wendy Keller, Keller Media (LA)
Mary Gray James, East/West Literary Agency (LA)