A handsome physician. A devout Mennonite nurse. And an Argentinian activist. Welcome to CALLED… Against the backdrop of World War II, Nazi uprisings, political unrest in Argentina and Paraguay, and the scourge of leprosy left untreated, Dr. John and Clara Schmidt are...
Q & A with Summer Festival Sponsor Helga Conklin and San Diego Writers Festival SDWF: What inspired you to write The Trinity Knot? HC: I became curious about my ancestry and started reading about the UK. I already loved European fairy tales and Greek...
Q & A with Summer Festival Sponsor Jim Moreno and San Diego Writers Festival SDWF: Please tell us about the inspiration behind your collection of poetry Dancing in Dissent. JM: Over a period of time, I found myself becoming more alarmed about...
Q & A with Summer Festival Sponsor Linda Griffin and San Diego Writers Festival SDWF: What inspired you to write Guilty Knowledge? LG: As often happens with me, two different subjects I had been considering fit together for the plot. In this case one...
Q & A with Summer Festival Sponsor Chris Vannoy and San Diego Writers Festival SDWF: Please tell us about The Rest of It. CV: “The Rest Of It” is a mix of performance prose poetry and storytelling. It is the second book in the...
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...
