Local Author Spotlight – T. Greenwood

Local Author Spotlight – T. Greenwood

T. Greenwood, author of SUCH A PRETTY GIRL, interviewed by Leslie Ferguson, for the San Diego Writers Festival, April 2023: 1. What inspired your historical novel, SUCH A PRETTY GIRL? I grew up in the 1970s and have wanted to write a story about what it was like for...
Interview with 2022 Kowit Award Winner Julia B. Levine

Interview with 2022 Kowit Award Winner Julia B. Levine

Interview with 2022 Kowit Award Winner Julia B. Levine by Tania Pryputniewicz 1) Congratulations on your beautiful 2022 Kowit Award winning poem, “The Extra Angels.” Can you tell us about the poem and your process of writing it? Thank you for the congrats and support...
Interview with San Diego Poet Laureate Ron Salisbury

Interview with San Diego Poet Laureate Ron Salisbury

Interview with San Diego Poet Laureate Ron Salisbury by Tania Pryputniewicz   1)     Congratulations on serving as San Diego’s first Poet Laureate. What did you find the most challenging and rewarding about being San Diego’s Poet Laureate? There is no instruction...
Interview with San Diego Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez

Interview with San Diego Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez

Interview with San Diego Poet Laureate Jason Magabo Perez by Tania Pryputniewicz 1)    Congratulations on being chosen as San Diego’s second Poet Laureate! Can you tell us about the poetry journey that brought you to this role? How did you fall in love with poetry?...
Q&A with 2022 Festival Sponsor- Author Sherrie Miranda

Q&A with 2022 Festival Sponsor- Author Sherrie Miranda

Why did you choose to sponsor the San Diego Writers Festival? I chose to sponsor the San Diego Writer’s Festival because of my history with Marni and my gratitude for all she and her workshops have done for me. When I put my wishes and dreams out there, they came to...
LOCAL WRITER SPOTLIGHT: NEIL KENDRICKS

LOCAL WRITER SPOTLIGHT: NEIL KENDRICKS

Interview with writer/artist Neil Kendricks and composer/musician Mike Mare on Temple of Story by Caroline Gilman I didn’t know what to expect as I drove down the coast to the Oceanside Museum of Art. I was pleasantly surprised by the museum and the impressive...