Leon Conrad
Leon Conrad is a Story Structure Consultant, Storyteller, and Writer, based in London, UK. His book, 'Story and Structure: A complete guide' won ten awards including the IPNE Nonfiction Book of the Year 2022 and was a finalist in The People's Book Prize. Leon is the Author of the Year Award recipient 2024 (Corporate LiveWire).
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He is Founder of The Unknown Storyteller Project (www.leonconrad.com), Founder and Lead Tutor at The Traditional Tutor (www.traditionaltutor.co.uk), Co-Founder and Lead Trainer at The Academy of Oratory (www.academyoforatory.com), and Affiliate at the Next Society Institute (www.nextsocietyinstitute.com). He teaches historic needlework technique and publishes through his embroidery business,
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Donald Firesmith
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Before retiring in 2020 to devote himself full-time to his novels, Donald Firesmith earned an international reputation as a distinguished engineer, authoring seven system/software engineering books based on his 40+ years spent developing large, complex software-intensive systems.
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Carolyn Summer Quinn
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M.A. Quigley
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Jennifer J. Coldwater
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Stephanie Rowe
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R.S. Hampton
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Ana Maria Luisa
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C.G. Fewston
The American novelist CG FEWSTON has been a Visiting Scholar at the American Academy in Rome (Italy), a Visiting Fellow at Hong Kong’s CityU, & he’s been a member of the Hemingway Society, Americans for the Arts, PEN America, Club Med, & the Royal Society of Literature. He’s also been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA) based in London. He has a B.A. in English, an M.Ed. in Higher Education Leadership (honors), an M.A. in Literature (honors), and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing & Fiction. He was born in Texas in 1979.
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Chris Cole
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Born and raised in Southeast Idaho, Chris has always had a love of stories: whether reading them, watching them, or telling them. Throughout school, ze always found time to write and be creative in multiple endeavors. From yearbook to choir to English assignments, Chris always found joy in creating.
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Jennifer Gasner
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Elena Joannides
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Since childhood, she has been fascinated by Greek mythology and has been writing stories as far back as she can remember – no, not all the way back to the days of Homer! Growing up bilingual, Elena has always had a genuine love of languages and a fervour for exploring new places.
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Clio Gray
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M. N. Rosen
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Dennis Altman
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He has written eleven books exploring sexuality and politics, and their inter-relationship in Australia, the United States, and now globally. These include The Homosexualization of America, AIDS and the New Puritanism, Rehearsals for Change, The Comfort of Men (a novel), and his memoir Defying Gravity. His book Global Sex (Chicago University Press) has been translated into five languages. Most recently he published Gore Vidal’s America (Polity), 51st State? (Scribe)and The End of the Homosexual? (UQP).
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