Writer and director Jan Eliasberg didn’t have a hard time putting herself in the position of her book’s protagonist in Hannah’s War, because she’s been there. As a woman in a male-dominated profession, Jan easily imagined Hannah Weiss— a Jewish physicist working...
Sara Schaefer realized, it’s not the story you’re telling, it’s how you tell it, when she was writing her memoir, Grand. If you’re a lover of memoirs, or the author of one, this probably rings familiar to you. Sara tells how she managed to...
In another partnership with Warwick’s Books Jeniffer talks with NYT best selling Thriller author, Brad Thor, about his latest book, Near Dark, and how he transitioned from TV host to prolific author. You might suspect Brad Thor’s background hosting the TV...
Q & A with Summer Festival Day Two Sponsor S. Kensington and San Diego Writers Festival SDWF: What inspired you to write Just Another Girl on the Road? SK: We all carry emotional scars. My father brought his scars back from the war and kept them in a small cedar...
Q & A with Summer Festival Day One Sponsor Jerry Yudelson and San Diego Writers Festival SWDF: What inspired you to write The Godfather of Green: An Eco-Spiritual Memoir? JY: I wanted to show how the twin threads of my life, spiritual inquiry and environmental...
