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2011 Fall Workshop Teachers:
Katherine (Kat) Newman (Fiction) graduated from the University of Vermont with a BA in English Literature. She worked as an administrative assistant, substitute teacher and coach at Soldan High School for three years and as a writing instructor and substitute teacher for one year at Lift for Life Academy middle and high school. Kat grew up in St. Louis and was graduated from Crossroads College Prep, where she got her first (and by no means last) encouragement to pursue Creative Writing from an English teacher who, according to Kat, “Knew I could do more than what I was showing her in class. She was right, but at 16 I didn't want to admit that.” Since then, Kat has taken several workshops, not only through St. Louis Writers Workshop, but also with Washington University's Summer Writer's Institute. She is working on her third novel, the second Young Adult piece. “Once I graduated from university, I knew that I wanted to work with young adults; I never forgot my high school English teacher telling me that I could write, no matter what the grade at the top of my paper said, and then telling me next time she expected an A.”
Ryan Smith (Poetry) is a poetry candidate in the MFA program at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. His work has appeared on the website of the St. Louis monthly reading series Chance Operations. Besides writing, he works as a tutor in the UMSL Writing Lab and as an assistant editor for the nationally recognized literary journals Natural Bridge and WomenArts Quarterly Journal. He also works with the Writers in the Schools program, which conducts writing activities and discussions about writing in St. Louis area classrooms. Previously, he was a proofreader for the Kentucky State House of Representatives, where he was commissioned as a Kentucky Colonel for his services.
Ryan Trattles (Short Fiction) is an MFA candidate at the University of Missouri – St. Louis. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with a BS in Secondary Education/English. There he worked as the budget manager for the Wisconsin Review, as well as assisted in founding the UWO Creative Writers Society. Ryan currently is a reader for Women’s Arts Quarterly, and is joining the editorial staff of Natural Bridge. Aside from fiction, Ryan also works in the web/marketing office at UMSL where he produces webpages and edits web copy. He tutors students in writing.
One-On-One Editor/Coach:
Susan Newman (Features, Profiles, Editing, and Business Writing) has been a freelance writer/editor since the mid '90s and has the unusual distinction of having practiced as a clinical social worker in her first career, with experience in medicine and psychiatry. Susan is a feature writer for Barnes-Jewish Cornerstones Magazine, has written for St. John's Mercy Medical Center and edits health-related material for the general public. She specializes in helping professionals express themselves more comfortably to either a professional or lay audience when English is their second language. In addition, Susan writes lifestyle and shelter features, focusing on interior design, architecture and what's happening in St. Louis. She contributes regularly to St. Louis Magazine, as well as the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, St. Louis Homes & Lifestyles, Ladue News and various trade magazines. Susan received her MSW from Virginia Commonwealth University and was graduated with a BA degree in sociology from the University of Texas.
Debbie Taryle (Editing) holds a BA in English and Secondary Education from Bradley University, an MEd from the University of Missouri-Columbia, and reading certification from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Debbie taught high school English for twenty-nine years, the last eighteen years at Ladue Horton Watkins High School. She has published academic papers on teaching reading and writing in Humanities Software Direct Access and The Writing Notebook. While at Ladue, she created and authored various curriculum projects, including one purchased by the National Council of Teachers of English for MAP testing. She has presented Reading Strategy workshops and Thoughtful Education Strategies workshops at Ladue Horton Watkins High School, MICDS, Parkway South High School, Greater St. Louis English Teachers Association workshops, Maryville University, and Washington University. Other special experiences include mentor and sponsor for new English teachers, cooperating teacher for student teachers, Grader for Missouri Writing Assessment, Grader for MAP (Missouri Assessment Program) tests, Thoughtful Education Learning Club Leader, Founding Member of Ad Hoc Multicultural Infusion Committee and Named to Who’s Who in American Education. Currently, Debbie has helped edit three novels and has tutored high school students.
Our Other Teachers, Editors, Coaches, and Consultants:
Denise Pattiz Bogard (Novel, Short Fiction) is founder
and coordinator of the St. Louis Writers Workshop. Denise has been writing professionally for 33 years and has been published in Oklahoma Literary Review, Lady's Circle, Teacher Magazine, St. Louis Magazine, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, P-D Magazine and the anthologies, Are We Feeling Better Yet? Women's Encounters with Health Care in America and the newly released Winter Harvest. Denise coordinates the writing program and teaches writing at Lift for Life Charter Middle and High School. She received her Masters in Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing at the University of Missouri-St. Louis, a journalism degree at Indiana University, and is certified as a "Distinguished Teacher" in English/Language Arts, 5th-12th. Denise has completed two novels that are in the hands of her literary agent and which have been named semi-finalists in the national William Faulkner-William Wisdom novel writing competition. She has begun work on a third novel.
Debra Finkel (Corporate Communications, Public Relations) has 30 years of experience as a public relations practitioner, editorial consultant and media writer. She is owner, founder and principal of her own public relations/marketing communications firm and teaches media writing as an adjunct instructor at Webster University. A graduate of the University of Missouri-Columbia's School of Journalism, Debra has won numerous local, regional and national awards over the years for her writing and public relations campaigns. Her work continues to appear extensively in a wide variety of corporate and consumer magazines, newspapers, newsletters, Web sites and marketing publications.
Janet Goddard (2001, Fiction). Janet’s works include short stories, essays, her first novel, Shake the Middle Tree, which received honorable mention for novel excerpt in the 2006 Charles and Lois Cook Writing Prize (KOMENAR Publishing). Janet’s short stories, “Beare’s Widow” and “Old Tyme” have been recognized by the University of Missouri-St. Louis’ annual “Best Fiction” competition. Her story “I.A.C. Technical Support” was a finalist for Hourglass Books. The Associated Writing Programs recognized Janet’s creative non-fiction piece “The Bee Weeks” in their “New Beginnings” competition. Janet has been teaching English and writing courses in a variety of venues for the past 10 years, including University of Missouri-St. Louis, Washington University, St. Louis Community Colleges at Meramec and Forest Park, along with serving as creative writing Resident Artist for Young Audiences of St. Louis. Presently, Janet tutors for One-on-One Tutoring and teaches English and creative writing full time at Visitation Academy. Janet is working on her second novel, The Mechanical Cat.
James Stone Goodman (Poetry, Creative Non-fiction, Essay Writing) is a rabbi who serves two congregations in the St. Louis area, Neve Shalom Congregation and Central Reform Congregation. He is a poet, an essayist, and a musician. His special field of interest is the Kabbalah, Jewish mysticism. Rabbi Jim has toured widely with a photography and performance art show combining visual images, story, and music. He received his MFA degree in poetry from the University of Missouri-St. Louis. He is working on the integration of music with poetry, and has just finished his fifth CD.
Jeff May (Short Fiction, Novels) is an award-winning writer with short stories, poems, and articles published in the US, UK, and Canada. His 2008 novel, Where the River Splits, was favorably reviewed in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and his story "The Wells Creek Route" has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. With degrees in English, psychology, education, writing, and more than 30 years experience, he is well-grounded in traditional techniques and open to experimental work. He enjoys working with experienced and aspiring authors. Jeff climbed mountains from Alaska to Colombia, wrote and performed a short story for Washington University radio, and was a consultant to a St. Louis theatre company. As an educator, he published feature articles and appeared in radio and television spotlights. As a technical data engineer, he wrote corporate procedure and writing guides. Jeff is a freelance editor, speaker, writing coach, and fly-fishing guide and instructor. His website is www.askwritefish.com.
Colleen McKee (Poetry, Personal Essay) earned her MFA from the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL). She has taught and tutored writing at UMSL and Webster, Washington, and Lindenwood Universities. Her essays have appeared in anthologies such as Under the Arch: St. Louis Stories (Antares) and Without a Net: The Female Experience of Growing Up Working Class (Seal/Avalon). Her poems have appeared in journals such as Delmar, Eclipse, and Confluence.
Katherine Pickett (Editing, Publishing) holds a BA in English from Loyola University Chicago and has been an editor for more than 12 years. In 2006 she started P.O.P. Editorial Services, providing copyediting, proofreading, and developmental editing to authors and publishers across the country. Her experience includes five years as a production editor with McGraw-Hill Professional, the trade-book division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, and two years in the production department with Elsevier Inc., guiding projects from manuscript to bound book. Although the majority of her experience lies in nonfiction trade books, she has also worked extensively with children's, young adult, and adult fiction; academic books and journals; and global finance reports.
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