PUBLISHED MEMBERS
Members of the California Writers Club, Berkeley Branch who are published writers, authors, poets and qualified bloggers are listed here with links to their work.
Members, please check this page regularly and send updates to berkeley.cwc@gmail.com with “Member Page” in the subject line. Members may request a posting be added via the form at http://tinyurl.com/cwcbb-published-author.
JoAnn Smith Ainsworth
Matilda’s Song • Out of the Dark
“The author’s attention to detail and dialogue make this a book I would highly recommend.”—Affair de Coeur Review Magazine
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Beth Barany
The Writer’s Adventure Guide: 12 Stage to Writing Your Book • Overcome Writer’s Block: 10 Writing Sparks to Ignite Your Creativity
• Henrietta The Dragon Slayer (Five Kingdoms #1)
“…very satisfying to read about a girl heroine fighting the good fight.” —Amazon Review
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Adelia (Dee) Barber
Many Lessons (order copies for $20 from 4945 Hidden Dune Ct. San Diego, CA 92130)
The first refrigerator…the first car…life on the farm and struggles of the country
through the 20th century through the eyes of a teacher who helped shape the times.
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Lucille Bellucci
The Year of the Rat • Journey From Shanghai • Stone of Heaven • The Snake Woman of Ipanema • A Rare Passion (ebook); story collections Pastiche: Stories and Such, Farrago: More Stories.
My short stories and essays have won eight first-place awards.
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Evangeline Canonizado Buell
Twenty Five Chickens and a Pig for a Bride: Growing Up in a Filipino Immigrant Family • Filipinos in the East Bay (Arcadia Publishing)
“Vangie Buell writes enticingly and vivaciously about her richly textured life.”—Al Young, California Poet Laureate
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Kristen (Baumgardner) Caven
Perfectly Revolting: My Glamorous Cartooning Career • The Reason She Left and Other Stories • Sammy Sperm’s Guide to Safe Sex • On the Wings of Self-Esteem (with Dr. Louise Hart) • The Souls of Her Feet – blook & musical • Wandering Pie – blog
“”Kristen Caven brings the disciplined imagination of a thousand ballerinas and the incisive wit of a Gary Larson to her graphic essays on life, love, education, and the real meaning of everything.” —Libby Comeaux
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Alysa Chadow
Portrait of a Traveler in TWO PLUS FOUR EQUALS ONE: Celebrating the Relationship Between People With Disabilities and Their Service Animals • A Particular Dog in Norway (poem) in KALEIDOSCOPE Magazine, Summer/Fall 2011
I’m a poet and a storyteller who’s always on the move for a new way to say things about things dog and disability.
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Deborah Susan Frisch
A Mango for the Teacher: Running the Beach and Running a School in Cancún’s Early Days
““A Mango” is a delicious dish…a memoir of dreams, hopes and learning….” Rene Colato Lainez, prizewinning author of “Playing Lotería”
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Irv Hamilton
A 20-Minute War, a Cold War novel
Experience includes a long list of non-fiction assignments: articles, white papers, speeches, and cookbooks.
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Francine Thomas Howard
Page from a Tennessee Journal • Paris Noire • The Sisterhood Hyphen
Page from a Tennessee Journal: ʺRemarkable…as suspenseful as it is rich in detail.ʺ USA Today
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Kymberlie Ingalls
Neuroticy.com (opinion) • KymberlieIngalls.com (memoir) • BayAreaStories.com (news source) • facebook.com/WriterOfTheStorm
A pioneer in blogging, having self-published online since 1997. Works include personal essay, prose, short fictional stories, and a memoir in progress. Beware of the occasional falling opinions.
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Dodie Katague
“There is something about those [college] years which keeps a hold on us for the rest of our adult lives…something which the writer has caught very well.” —Sgt Mom, Amazon Book Review
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Jeffrey Kingman
Moto Girl, a novel
Moto Girl is a tense family drama about a 12-year-old girl learning to ride motocross.
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Lloyd Lofthouse
My Splendid Concubine (with Anchee Min) • sequel, Our Hart, Elegy for a Concubine • The Concubine Saga • iLook China blog
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Colleen Rae
Mohave Mambo • Chihuahua Enchilada • Shiloh Speaks • A Therapy Dog’s Memoir of Unconditional Love
All books are on Colleen’s website with descriptions.
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Bill Roller
Author of four books in psychology, one novel, two bilingual children’s books (Spanish and English) and producer of videos about group process and human rights. A regional writer, he writes stage plays about the people of the southern mid-west and his native Illinois.
The Promise of Group Psychotherapy (Blog)
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Alon Shalev
The Accidental Activist • A Gardener’s Tale • Left Coast Voices – blog
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David Simmons
“Eachdraidh – Culloden Field” “Where History Lives in Song”
Author, Entertainer, Singer, Songwriter.
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Elizabeth Wagele
The Enneagram Made Easy • Are You My Type, Am I Yours? • The Enneagram of Parenting • The Happy Introvert • Finding the Birthday Cake • The Career Within You • The Beethoven Enneagram (CD) • Blog #1 (Psychology Today blog) Blog #2 (Enneagram…Exploring Your True Self)
Most of my books are published by HarperCollins publishers on the Enneagram personality system. Reviews can be found on my web site under the titles of my books.
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Dirk Wales
“A Lucky Dog • Further Adventures of A Lucky Dog • Penny House • Jack London’s Dog
“I don’t know what it is about DOGS, but all the books seem to be about them. And, I have a white cat at home.)”
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James D. Wiseman
Tales from a Wise Man
The author, born and raised in London before and during World War II, offers Short Stories, some drawn from his experiences living and working in seven countries.
