The Speakers Bureau of the Virginia Writers Club (VWC) is a program to facilitate matches between (1) Club members who are interested in giving presentations on their writing or the art and craft of writing and (2) Club chapters or outside organizations desiring speakers for their programs. The Club will maintain a list of speakers (limited to Club members) and will make this list available to VWC Chapters, other interested parties, and the general public.

Booking speakers is not a service of the VWC; rather, it is up to any interested parties to contact and deal directly with prospective speakers, including but not limited to negotiation of any fee or honorarium, or reimbursement for travel expenses.

Alphabetical Listing of Speakers

P. M. H. Atwater: Dr. Atwater, L.H.D., Ph.D. (Hon.), is one of the original researchers of the near-death phenomenon. Several of her findings have now been clinically verified in prospective studies and appear in... more

Patsy Anne Bickerstaff: Patsy Anne is an accomplished poet and writer of prose. Many of her poems have won awards and been published. Her book, Mrs. Noah’s Journal, was released by San Francisco Bay Press... more

Austin S. Camacho: Austin is a military journalist and public affairs specialist for the Department of Defense. He has published three detective novels - Blood and Bone, Collateral Damage, and The Troubleshooter - in the... more

John Conlee: John is a professor of English at the College of William & Mary. He specializes in medieval literature, especially Chaucer, the Arthurian legends, and Beowulf. He has a broad background in... more

Charles F. Finley, Jr.: Charlie is a writer, editor, and the proprietor of Verbatim Editing, a company which offers full editorial services to writers. He can speak about... more

Paul Fleisher: Paul is a writer and teacher. He has written about 30 books for young people and educators. His most recent books are Ice Cream Treats, Evolution, and... more

Linda Goodman: Author/Storyteller/Playwright Linda Goodman shares her loosely autobiographical stories with audiences throughout the country. The Albuquerque Journal has called her "one of the great living masters of... more

Sarah C. (Sally) Honenberger: A transplanted Northerner, Sally writes fiction about ordinary people with extraordinary problems from her farmhouse in the shadows of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The recipient of a fellowship... more

Karen Jones: Karen is an author, educator, and broadcast journalist. Her novel, Kingdom of Hearts, was her publisher's best seller in 1997. Her second book, Up the Bestseller Lists, is a hands-on guide to... more

Joanne Liggan: Joanne is a novelist, public speaker and instructor, and is the founder of the Hanover Writers Club, the Hanover Book Festival, and P.A.L. She is also a writer of award-winning... more

Kathleen Mix: Kathleen is a novelist and nonfiction writer. Her articles have appeared in regional and national sailing and travel magazines. One is included in The Best of Sail: Commonsense Cruising (Sheridan House). Avalon Books published her first... more

James W. Morrison: Jim, who is retired from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, is a writer of history, drama, international affairs, short stories, essays, and poetry, some of which have been... more

Becky Mushko: After retiring from Roanoke City Schools, Becky Mushko taught English at Ferrum College from 1999-2006... more

Brad Parks: Brad is a mystery novelist and recovering journalist. His first novel, Faces of the Gone, featuring the exploits of a sometimes-dashing investigative reporter, was published by St. Martin's Press in December 2009. It landed on several... more

Mary Montague Sikes: Monti is a writer, photographer, and world traveler. She is the author of Hotels to Remember, a book filled with the history and color photographs of some of the most memorable hotels... more

Sofia M. Starnes: Sofia is a poet and manuscript editor. Her poetry has been published in over 100 journals, and she has won many poetry awards and prizes (Aldrich Poetry Competition, Transcontinental... more

Jack Trammel: Jack is adjunct professor and administrator at Randolph-Macon College in Ashland, Virginia. He is an active Civil War historian and scholar of disabilities, writing both for popular venues... more

L. Peter Wren LCDR USNR ret: Peter, a retired U. S. Navy lieutenant commander, is author of two self-published books, Those in Peril on the Sea (1999) and We Were There (2002). The latter book was inspired by... more

Michael S. Zbailey: Mike is a freelance writer of non fiction--mostly history with a focus on personalities. His work has been published in The Washington Post Sunday Style section (feature article), Providence... more

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