Published Members

Active Members of the California Writers Club, Berkeley Branch (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 • Polite Enemies • The Farmer and the Wood Nymph • Expect Trouble • Expect Deception • Expect Betrayal

“Ainsworth has penned a riveting story full of mysticism, intrigue, and nail-biting suspense.” —Affaire de Coeur Review Magazine

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Karen Arlen

They Came Singing: Songs from California’s History (bk & CD) • Days of Gold! Songs of the California Gold Rush (bk & CD) • Tutokanula: A Yosemite Legend (Musical Historical Play & CD)

I am co-author and publisher of books, CDs and plays on California History Through Song. These are of particular interest to educators, musicians and historians.

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John Byrne Barry

When I Killed My Father: An Assisted Suicide Family Thriller
Bones in the Wash: Politics is Tough. Family is Tougher • Wasted: Murder in the Recycle Berkeley Yard

I write “page-turners with a conscience” — entertaining novels that move with the pace of a thriller, but with three-dimensional characters, a believable plot, and a whiff of literary merit.

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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 • Pastiche: Stories and Such • Farrago: More Stories • Meow’s Way (FREE!) • Meow’s Way Redux

Lucille’s short stories and essays have won eight first-place awards.

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Sheryl J. Bize Boutte

Books: A Dollar Five: Stories From A Baby Boomer’s Ongoing Journey • A Kiss Under The Mistletoe • The Dog With The Old Soul • All That and More’s Wedding • Running For The 2:10 – More Stories From a Baby Boomer’s Ongoing Journey • Talking In Class blog

“Full of such imagery I felt I had been there.” — Publisher’s Weekly.

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Gurnam S. Brard

East of Indus

“Dr. Brard is a masterful raconteur and very knowledgeable about the social, cultural, religious and political factors affecting life in India.”—Dr. R. Cardin, Newport Beach, CA

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Kacey Carpenter

My Journey with Bernie

A roller-coaster ride and personal story and lessons learned from people he met during the 2016 Presidential campaign, at caucuses and primaries, and conventions.

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Kristen Caven

The Vesuvian Affair • The Souls of Her Feet – book & musical • Perfectly Revolting: My Glamorous Cartooning Career • The Reason She Left and Other Stories • Sammy Sperm’s Guide to Safe Sex • The Bullying Antidote, The Winning Family, On the Wings of Self-Esteem (with Dr. Louise Hart)

“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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Ralph Dranow

Poetry books: A New Life • Love in Unexpected Places • Tenderloin Voices • Green Leaves for Hair • Sunday Ritual • The Woman Who Knocked Out Sugar Ray, a collection of short stories

The mystery and wonder that lie just beneath the surface of our everyday lives.

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Gary Durbin

Nano-Uncertainty brings to life the strange world of high-tech in the Bay Area, while presenting the real danger of an unconstrained artificial intelligence.

“…will delight both thriller fans and sci-fi lovers.”

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Keith Mark Gaboury

Hello Universe Lovers • Oakland, I’m Not Dead

“Hello Universe Lovers is a time-bending journey into the ‘unmapped atmosphere’ where the ‘cosmos is alive.'” — Jennifer K. Sweeney

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Henry Hitz

White Knight, or how one man came to believe that he was the one who caused the San Francisco City Hall killings and the Jonestown Massacre

ʺA powerful tale set in San Francisco during the turbulent late ‘70s…An elegant debut novel.”— Clifford Irving, author of Final Argument and Trial

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Francine Thomas Howard

Page from a Tennessee Journal • Paris Noire • The Sisterhood Hyphen

(Photo by Barbara Vail.)

ʺRemarkable…as suspenseful as it is rich in detail.ʺ — USA Today

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Penn Hughes

Back to Oakland, a novel of diverse lives interweaving along Lake Merritt.

“…engaging, moving, enlightening, fun to read…” -Martin Nicolaus

“Sensitive portrayal of character…” -Wilma L. Espinosa

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Kymberlie Ingalls

My Blog Book • Bridges

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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Tim Jollymore

Listener in the Snow • Observation Hill, a novel of class and murder • The Advent of Elizabeth

Readers’ Favorites, “This is elegant storytelling that packs a punch.”

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Bobbie Kinkead

Rhyonna’s Fright – a Faery Tale

“…it was empathizing, it felt deeply from the heart. What a wonderful achievement!” Linda Wall, Librarian and Storyteller

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Lily Iona MacKenzie

Novels: Freefall: A Divine Comedy • Fling! • Curva Peligrosa •
Poetry Collections: All This & No More Kings • blog for writers and readers

FREEFALL draws you in, shakes you up, and spits you out, more aware of the world than you might have consciously been bargaining for.

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Sue Mote

Hmong and American

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Leena Prasad

iT felt Like A kiss: glimpses of art in the Mission District of San Francisco • not exactly haiku

I write because, well, I don’t remember a time when I was not a writer…

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Cindy Rasicot

Finding Venerable Mother: A Daughter’s Spiritual Quest to Thailand

A soulful and engaging memoir that reminds readers when we go forward with a truly open heart, faith, forgiveness, and love are possible.

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Jan Steckel

Like Flesh Covers Bone • The Horizontal Poet • Mixing Tracks • The Underwater Hospital

“A retired pediatrician, Steckel is unflinchingly accurate, whether describing an erotic scene or vascular surgery… These poems are much more than scientific renderings of the body: They are stories about people loving, aging, getting sick, being born, and dying, and they are compassionately and eloquently told.” – Lucille Lang Day, author of 13 poetry collections, a children’s book, a textbook, and a PEN-literary-award-winning memoir.

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