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Saturday, October 8
 

11:00am

Remembering Robert Sheckley

The legendary Robert Sheckley (1928-2005) is recognized as science fiction's seminal humorist. This panel will examine his massive career and the future life of his work.

Speakers

Gail Dana

Gail Dana Sheckley is the widow of science fiction writer Robert Sheckley. A local journalist, she’s written for The Oregonian, Willamette Week, The Portland Business Journal, Portland Magazine, Oregon Magazine, Portland’s Best Places, and for several small papers and literary journals. She currently teaches at Portland Community College.

Edward Morris

Edward Morris is a 2005 British Science Fiction Association Award nominee, also nominated for the 2009 Rhysling Award. He has lived in Portland eleven years, and in that time has sold over eighty stories and ten books worldwide. Morris co-runs a writing workshop, the Willamette Valley Sorcerers, through the live-work gallery Secret Hideout Studio, with local artist Serena Blossom Appel, his partner of seven years.

Martin Olson

Martin Olson is a comedy writer, composer and author living in Hollywood and Boston. His encyclopedic satire ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF HELL was published by Feral House (July 2011) and the film rights were sold to Warner Bros. Olson has received an Emmy nomination and an Ace Award for television writing and two Emmy nominations for song writing. He collaborated with the late science fiction master Robert Sheckley on two television series, a live-action video game and the upcoming novel ON THE GOOD...
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Saturday October 8, 2011 11:00am - 12:00pm
Oregon Cultural Trust Stage (Oregon Convention Center)
  Oregon Cultural Trust Stage, Conversation

12:00pm

Book Trailers: A Driving Force?

How effective are book trailers and what makes a good one? A publisher and two authors discuss the ups and downs of book trailers and more.

Speakers

Linda Kuhlmann

Linda Kuhlmann is an Oregon author. Her new mystery novel, THE RED BOOTS, takes place in both Ireland and Oregon and has a YouTube book trailer that she created as a promotional tool. Her fictional writing career started after she retired from her job as a Systems Analyst, where she taught computer software classes. Her first novel, KOENIG’S WONDER, is partially based on her family history. In addition to her writing, she volunteers on a Job Shadow Program for teens interested in a career...
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Manuel Muñoz

Manuel Muñoz is the author of the novel WHAT YOU SEE IN THE DARK, and two collections of short stories, THE FAITH HEALER OF OLIVE AVENUE and ZIGZAGGER. Manuel was a recipient of a a 2009 PEN/O Henry prize, a 2008 Whiting Writers Award, a Constance Saltonstall Foundation Individual Artist’s Grant for fiction, a National Endowment for the Arts literature fellowship, a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, and was a finalist for the 2007 Frank O’Connor International Short Story...
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Vania Stoyanova

Vania Stoyanova is a photographer and book trailer producer based out of Atlanta area. She uses social media as a means to promote reading and great books and authors. When not reading, she can be found talking about all things teen and fun on Twitter or sharing exciting news and books on her blog. Twitter: @VLC_Photo

Dave Weich

Dave Weich is the president and founder of Sheepscot Creative, where he fosters profitable communication among businesses, colleagues, consumers, and fans. At Powell’s Books, Dave directed marketing and development efforts that established Portland's leading indepedent bookseller as a formidable national brand; online sales increased from 1.5% of total corporate revenue to more than 30%, and traffic grew from 1,000 unique visitors per day to a peak of more than 90,000. As the creator of Out of...
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Saturday October 8, 2011 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Oregon Cultural Trust Stage (Oregon Convention Center)
  Oregon Cultural Trust Stage, Conversation

1:00pm

Graphic Novels: Not Just for Geeks

Graphic novels are now prevalent in almost every genre. Our panelists will discuss why they used this medium to document a variety of genres.

Speakers

Vera Brosgol

Vera Brosgol lives in Portland, Oregon, where she draws storyboards for feature animation at Laika Inc. On evenings and weekends she produces comics and illustrations, some of which can be seen on her website. Her first graphic novel, ANYA’S GHOST, was published by FirstSecond Books in June 2011. In her spare time she likes to knit, garden and bake cookies, in addition to other septuagenarian pursuits.

Darren Davis

Darren Davis made his way in the world by marketing the entertainment industry at companies like E! Entertainment Television and USA Networks. He left to pursue his creative dreams in publishing, taking on a position at Wildstorm Studios, which shortly after joined with comic book conglomerate DC Comics. Following several years with Wildstorm, Davis took the next step toward creative freedom and formed his own publishing company, known as Bluewater Productions, in which he created many...
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Lili Ristagno

Local outsider artist Lili Ristagno tells a carefully researched vintage crime story in her graphic novel SHORT FUSE.

Shannon Wheeler

Shannon Wheeler is the Eisner Award–winning creator of TOO MUCH COFFEE MAN, which has appeared internationally in newspapers, magazines, comic books, and opera houses. He has contributed to a variety of publications that include The Onion newspaper and The New Yorker magazine. Wheeler currently lives in Portland with his cats, chickens, bees, girlfriend, and children. He publishes comics daily at www.tmcm.com.

Saturday October 8, 2011 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Oregon Cultural Trust Stage (Oregon Convention Center)
  Oregon Cultural Trust Stage, Conversation

2:00pm

Vera Brosgol & Jonathan Hill
Speakers

Vera Brosgol

Vera Brosgol lives in Portland, Oregon, where she draws storyboards for feature animation at Laika Inc. On evenings and weekends she produces comics and illustrations, some of which can be seen on her website. Her first graphic novel, ANYA’S GHOST, was published by FirstSecond Books in June 2011. In her spare time she likes to knit, garden and bake cookies, in addition to other septuagenarian pursuits.

Jonathan Hill

Jonathan Hill is a cartoonist and illustrator living in Portland. AMERICUS will be his first graphic novel. AMERICUS Website: http://www.saveapathea.com Twitter: @oneofthejohns

Saturday October 8, 2011 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Oregon Cultural Trust Stage (Oregon Convention Center)
  Oregon Cultural Trust Stage, Reading

3:00pm

Read My Lips: Telling Stories Through Food

Two authors discuss the role of food in their writing, and how it helps tell the story of place, passions and people.

Speakers

Diana Abu-Jaber

BIRDS OF PARADISE author Diana Abu-Jaber has also published, most recently, ORIGIN and THE LANGUAGE OF BAKLAVA. She was a finalist for the PEN/Hemingway Award, and has won the American Book Award, the PEN Center USA Literary Award and other prizes. Her writing appears in Good Housekeeping, Ms., Salon, Vogue, Gourmet, the New York Times, The Nation, the Washington Post and the Los Angeles Times. She is frequently featured on National Public Radio. She divides her time between Coral Gables...
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Mark Bitterman

Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan is a New York based writer. Born and raised in Singapore, Tan crossed the ocean at age 18 to go to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. An active member of the Asian American Journalists Association, she served on its national board for seven years, ending in 2010. Her memoir A TIGER IN THE KITCHEN is about discovering her Singaporean family by learning to cook with them. Tan has been a staff writer at the Wall Street Journal, In Style magazine, and the...
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Saturday October 8, 2011 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Oregon Cultural Trust Stage (Oregon Convention Center)
  Oregon Cultural Trust Stage, Conversation

4:00pm

Marjorie Sandor & Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan
Speakers

Marjorie Sandor

Marjorie Sandor is the author of four books, including a new memoir, THE LATE INTERIORS: A LIFE UNDER CONSTRUCTION. Her linked story collection PORTRAIT OF MY MOTHER, WHO POSED NUDE IN WARTIME: STORIES won the 2004 National Jewish Book Award in Fiction. Her previous book of essays THE NIGHT GARDENER: A SEARCH FOR HOME won the 2000 Oregon Book Award for Literary Nonfiction. Sandor’s work has appeared in Best American Short Stories, In Brief: Short Takes on the Personal, and the...
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Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan

Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan is a New York based writer. Born and raised in Singapore, Tan crossed the ocean at age 18 to go to Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. An active member of the Asian American Journalists Association, she served on its national board for seven years, ending in 2010. Her memoir A TIGER IN THE KITCHEN is about discovering her Singaporean family by learning to cook with them. Tan has been a staff writer at the Wall Street Journal, In Style magazine, and the...
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Saturday October 8, 2011 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Oregon Cultural Trust Stage (Oregon Convention Center)
  Oregon Cultural Trust Stage, Reading

5:00pm

Speaking in English--Dreaming in Spanish

What does it mean to be Latino living in the US? Members of Los Porteños will read from their own bilingual work and the works of other Latino writers who inspire their dreams.

Speakers

Frank Delgado

Frank Delgado was born in Texas, raised in LA and currently lives in Portland. He is on a quest to give voice to the indigenous community and the humble people of the earth. He has a degree in economics and is a driver for TriMet. Delgado is a traveler, not a tourist, to Latin America.

Mary Meredith Drew

Mary Meredith Drew grew up in San Francisco’s Mission District, and was not a good Catholic girl after all. She is a teacher, editor, and writer, as well as a member of Los Portenos writing group. Drew will be reading an excerpt from Esmeralda Santiago’s book ALMOST A WOMAN, followed by a reading from her memoir-in-progress FULL OF GRACE.

Joaquin Lopez

Joaquin Lopez is a poet, musician and songwriter; he writes in both Spanish and English. His passion also includes producing creative events: El Planeta de los Dinosaurios with Filmusik; the annual show VOZ ALTA, an evening of poetry and music created for Portland Latino Gay Pride; and Taste of Mexico, a Mexican food and culture exposition this year at the Portland Art Museum. He is also a partner in the catering company Mayahuel, featuring chef-inspired Mexican cuisine. His bread and...
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Octaviano Merecias

Octaviano Merecias-Cuevas was born in Oaxaca, Mexico. A graduate of Oregon State University, Merecias also holds an MA in Contemporary Hispanic Studies from The School of Language, Culture and Society at Oregon State University. As a trilingual Mixtec poet, socio-linguist, researcher, filmmaker and community educator, Merecias has provided mentoring and guidance to youth and families in Mexico and the United States. His poetry has appeared in Prism, El Tecolote and La bloga. Mr. Merecias...
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Emma Oliver

Emma Oliver is from Guadalajara, Mexico. Her fiction has been published in English and Spanish. She is a member of Los Porteños.

Saturday October 8, 2011 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Oregon Cultural Trust Stage (Oregon Convention Center)
  Oregon Cultural Trust Stage, Conversation
 
Sunday, October 9
 

11:00am

Stalking the Elusive Guy Reader

Reportedly far more women read fiction than men. Can an author deliberately court the male market?

Speakers

Jonathan Auxier

Jonathan Auxier earned an MFA in Dramatic Writing from Carnegie Mellon University. Since graduation, he has worked across a variety of writing mediums, including plays, film, television, comics and fiction. His debut novel, PETER NIMBLE & HIS FANTASTIC EYES, was published this fall by Abrams Books and Penguin Canada. Auxier also created and runs TheScop.com, a website dedicated to exploring the connections between children‘s books old and new. He lives outside Los Angeles with his wife...
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Chelsea Cain

Chelsea Cain is the author of the New York Times best-selling thrillers THE NIGHT SEASON, EVIL AT HEART, SWEETHEART and HEARTSICK. All take place in Portland, Oregon, and focus on Detective Archie Sheridan, journalist Susan Ward and beautiful serial killer Gretchen Lowell. Cain’s books have been published in over 25 languages, recommended on “The Today Show,” appeared in episodes of HBO’s “True Blood” and ABC’s “Castle,” and named among Stephen King’s top ten favorite...
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J.C. Geiger

J.C. Geiger writes fiction, is the Artistic Director of No Shame Eugene, and blogs with Bryan Bliss and Steve Brezenoff at boysdontread.com.

Peter Mountford

Peter Mountford’s first novel, A YOUNG MAN’S GUIDE TO LATE CAPITALISM, was published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2011. His short fiction has recently appeared in Best New American Voices 2008, Conjunctions, Michigan Quarterly Review, The Normal School, and Boston Review. Winner of grants from the Elizabeth George Foundation and the city of Seattle, he is a two-time fellow of Yaddo and has won a variety of other awards and honors. Twitter: @petermountford

Sunday October 9, 2011 11:00am - 12:00pm
Oregon Cultural Trust Stage (Oregon Convention Center)
  Oregon Cultural Trust Stage, Conversation

12:00pm

Johnny Shaw & Scott Sparling
Speakers

Johnny Shaw

Johnny Shaw was born and raised on the Calexico/Mexicali border, the setting for his debut novel DOVE SEASON. Shaw attended both University of California, Davis and University of California, Santa Barbara for his undergraduate studies. He received his MFA in screenwriting from the prestigious School of Theater, Film, and Television at UCLA. His work has won numerous awards, including the $100,000 King Arthur Screenwriters Award. Intrigued by all writing media, it was only a matter of time...
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Scott Sparling

Scott Sparling lives outside Portland with his wife and son. His first novel is WIRE TO WIRE, a story of train-hopping, glue-sniffing and love in Northern Michigan in the late 1970s. WIRE TO WIRE was published by Tin House Books in June 2011. It was called “well crafted and thrilling” by Publishers Weekly and “Smart, thrilling and darkly funny” by The Oregonian. Sparling’s short story WALKING was a winner in the 2006 Wordstock fiction contest.

Sunday October 9, 2011 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Oregon Cultural Trust Stage (Oregon Convention Center)
  Oregon Cultural Trust Stage, Reading

1:00pm

Redrawing the Universe

How does language redraw the line between dream and reality? Members of Los Porteños will read from their own bilingual work and the works of Latin American writers who have dared to reimagine the world.

Speakers

Catherine Evleshin

Catherine Evleshin is a choreographer, ethnologist, former PSU professor, and a member of Los Portenos writing group. She will be reading the work of Cuban poet Juan Francisco Manzano’s, followed by a reading from her novel-in-progress RIVERS STILL RUN.

Cindy Williams Gutiérrez

Poet-dramatist Cindy Williams Gutiérrez collaborates with artists in theatre, music, and visual art. Her collection, THE SMALL CLAIM OF BONES, is forthcoming from Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe (Arizona State University). Her CD, “Emerald Heart,” features her Aztec-inspired poetry accompanied by pre-Hispanic music. She has performed her work at AWP, through Washington Humanities, and at colleges, museums and libraries throughout the Northwest. Other recent collaborations include...
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Alberto Moreno

Alberto Moreno is a member of Los Porteños, Portland-area Latino writers group.

Enrique Patlan

Enrique Patlan is a member of of Los Porteños, the Portland-area Latino writers group.

Ivonne Saed

Graphic designer, photographer, and writer, Ivonne Saed has extensively explored the crossroads between the visual and the textual within the humanities, both in her own professional creation as well as in teaching. She published the novel TRIPLE CRÓNICA DE UN NOMBRE (Triple Chronicle of a Name), and the nonfiction book SOBRE PAUL AUSTER.AUTORÍA, DISTOPÍA Y TEXTUALIDAD (On Paul Auster: Authorship, Dystopia and Textuality). She co-authored the books LITERATURA: IMAGINACIÓN, IDENTIDAD Y...
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Sunday October 9, 2011 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Oregon Cultural Trust Stage (Oregon Convention Center)
  Oregon Cultural Trust Stage, Conversation

2:00pm

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Teens may love books about the paranormal or dystopian worlds, but one trend that will never go away in YA lit is the contemporary novel.

Speakers

Lindsey Leavitt

Lindsey Leavitt is a former elementary school teacher and present-day writer/mom to three (mostly) adorable little girls. She is married to her high-school lab partner and lives in Las Vegas. She is the author of the PRINCESS FOR HIRE series and SEAN GRISWOLD’S HEAD.

Sara Ryan

Sara Ryan is the author of the Oregon Book Award-winning YA novels EMPRESS OF THE WORLD and THE RULES FOR HEARTS, as well as the graphic novel BAD HOUSES, forthcoming from DC Vertigo with art by Carla Speed McNeil.

Lisa Schroeder

Lisa Schroeder writes for both the middle grade and young adult set. Her middle grade titles include IT’S RAINING CUPCAKES and SPRINKLES AND SECRETS, both published with Aladdin. Her young adult titles include I HEART YOU, YOU HAUNT ME; FAR FROM YOU; CHASING BROOKLYN and THE DAY BEFORE, all with Simon Pulse. Lisa lives with her family in Beaverton, Oregon. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lisaschroederbooks

John Corey Whaley

John Corey Whaley grew up in the small town of Springhill, Louisiana, where he learned to be sarcastic and to tell stories. He has a BA in English from Louisiana Tech University, as well as an MA in Secondary English Education. He taught public school for five years and is now a full-time writer. WHERE THINGS COME BACK is his first novel. He currently resides in Louisiana, where he is working on his second novel. He is obsessed with movies, music and traveling and he owns an orange...
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Sunday October 9, 2011 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Oregon Cultural Trust Stage (Oregon Convention Center)
  Oregon Cultural Trust Stage, Conversation

3:00pm

William M. Adler & Christopher Phillips
Speakers

William M. Adler

William M. Adler has written for many national and regional magazines, including Esquire, Rolling Stone, Mother Jones and the Texas Observer. In addition to THE MAN WHO NEVER DIED, he has authored two other books of narrative nonfiction: LAND OF OPPORTUNITY (Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995), an intimate look at the rise and fall of a crack cocaine empire, and MOLLIE’S JOB (Scribner, 2000), which follows the flight of a single factory job from the US to Mexico over the course of fifty...
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Christopher Phillips

Christopher Phillips, a foremost specialist in the Socratic Method. CONSITUTION CAFÉ: JEFFERSON’S BREW FOR A TRUE REVOLUTION is Phillips’s manifesto for modern day politics. Phillips is founder and Executive Director of the Democracy Café and the Society for Philosophical Inquiry. In addition to being a civic activist and bestselling author, Phillips is also an educator. He holds a PhD in communications and masters degrees in the humanities, natural sciences, and education. Phillips...
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Sunday October 9, 2011 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Oregon Cultural Trust Stage (Oregon Convention Center)
  Oregon Cultural Trust Stage, Reading

4:00pm

From Playboy to the Bible: Adapting Writing for Screen and Image

A cartoonist, a humorist and a filmmaker sit down to discuss collaboration between writers and artists in visual mediums.

Speakers

Andy Mingo

Andy Mingo is Portland-based director/producer of six shorts and one feature length film, THE ICONOGRAPHER. He gained recognition when several of his films were included at national film festivals and screenings such as The Northwest Film & Video Festival, the PDX Film Festival, the Longbaugh Film Festival and Northwest Tracking- Journal of Short Film V.11. He is currently in production on a film adapted from Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk‘s recent story “Romance.“

Nora Robertson

Nora Robertson‘s poetry and nonfiction has appeared in Plazm, Redactions, Alimentum, Monkeybicycle, Citadel of the Spirit: Oregon’s Sesquicentennial Anthology, Portland Monthly and elsewhere. Her recipe poem, “How to Boil an Egg,” was nominated by Redactions for the 2007 Pushcart Prize. She hosts and writes the New Oregon Interview Series, which explores Portland’s evolving creative culture. She and video artist Jason Bahling recently released a short film based on her...
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Mark Russell

Mark Russell is a writer and sometime cartoonist. His work has appeared in McSweeney‘s, Jam Magazine and the Bear Deluxe. He is currently working on a book, GOD IS DISAPPOINTED IN YOU, which will be released by Top Shelf Productions in 2012.

Shannon Wheeler

Shannon Wheeler is the Eisner Award–winning creator of TOO MUCH COFFEE MAN, which has appeared internationally in newspapers, magazines, comic books, and opera houses. He has contributed to a variety of publications that include The Onion newspaper and The New Yorker magazine. Wheeler currently lives in Portland with his cats, chickens, bees, girlfriend, and children. He publishes comics daily at www.tmcm.com.

Sunday October 9, 2011 4:00pm - 5:00pm
Oregon Cultural Trust Stage (Oregon Convention Center)
  Oregon Cultural Trust Stage, Conversation

5:00pm

Nancy Rommelman & Jennifer Lauck
Speakers

Jennifer Lauck

Jennifer Lauck is an award-winning journalist, celebrated teacher and the author of the New York Times best seller BLACKBIRD. When featured on The Oprah Show, Winfrey told her audience, “This should have been a Book of the Month book. Read it now!“ Frank McCourt, author of the Pulitzer Prize winner, ANGELA’S ASHES, wrote of Blackbird: “Written gloriously and movingly.“ The London Times wrote: “Lauck has constructed a riveting narrative from the awful mess of her life. That she...
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Nancy Rommelmann

Nancy Rommelmann was born in New York City, raised in Brooklyn, and did an 18-year stint in Los Angeles, where she became a journalist after the movie star thing did not work out. She has published two books: THE BAD MOTHER, a novel about street kids in Hollywood; and FORTY BUCKS AND A DREAM, a collection of essays about Los Angeles. Rommelmann writes about people and how they do and do not fit themselves into culture, their dreams, delusions, and sometimes criminal behavior. Her work has...
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Sunday October 9, 2011 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Oregon Cultural Trust Stage (Oregon Convention Center)
  Oregon Cultural Trust Stage, Reading
 

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