"I have learned many things about writing that I learned through various different authors here at Young Writer’s Camp. The thing I have learned about writing that stuck to me the most is to write, especially when you don’t want to." - 6th grader
July 8:
July 9: Audrey Smith is a writer and teacher based in Greensboro, North Carolina. She is a graduate of the University of Iowa, where she received a BA in English and Creative Writing, and of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she completed her Master’s degree in Education. Audrey's creative nonfiction has appeared in DASH Literary Journal, Hippocampus Magazine, and Nat. Brut.
July 10: Holly Schindler is an award-winning and critically acclaimed writer of books for young readers. She has received starred reviews in Booklist and Publishers Weekly, won silver and gold medals in ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year and the IPPY Awards, respectively, been featured on Booklist’s Best First Novels for Youth and School Library Journal’s What’s Hot in YA, and chosen as a PW Pick of the Week. She also made the Master Lists for several children’s book awards, including the Missouri Mark TwainAward.
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July 12: Dr. Andrew Brod is the president of Brod Forensic Economics, a consulting firm he founded in 1997. He works as an economics expert witness in personal-injury and commercial litigation throughout the eastern United States. In other consulting work, Dr. Brod conducts research in regional economics, including economic-impact analyses, industry studies, and regional profiles.
In addition, Dr. Brod writes a monthly column on economic policy in the Triad Business Journal and has written for Home Furnishings Retailer and the Greensboro News & Record. Dr. Brod has served on a series of committees for the City of Greensboro, most notably the Living Wage Study Committee, which he chaired. He is a frequent speaker in the community and was named Outstanding Conference Speaker for 2009 and 2010 by the North Carolina Association of CPAs. |
July 15: Deonna Kelli Sayed is an internationally published author, TEDx speaker, and podcast producer. She is the author of Paranormal Obsession: America’s Fascination with Ghosts & Hauntings, Spooks & Spirits. Her essays and short stories have appeared in various anthologies, including Everywhere Stories: Short Fiction From a Small Planet. Deonna has received state and national multimedia awards for her podcast production. Her work has appeared in Yes!Weekly and in lifestyle magazines in the Kingdom of Bahrain. She is the Membership Coordinator for the North Carolina
Writers’ Network, and the Festival Coordinator for Greensboro Bound: A Literary
Festival.
Writers’ Network, and the Festival Coordinator for Greensboro Bound: A Literary
Festival.
July 16: Rose Himber Howse is a current MFA candidate in fiction at The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where she is the fiction editor of The Greensboro Review. Her work as appeared on Dead Darlings and Writers' Headquarters, and received an honorable mention in The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2018. She is currently at work on a collection of stories inspired by folktales of the Southern Appalachian region of the United States. Before pursuing her MFA, she taught high school English and adult literacy.
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