Pegge Bernecker -- Fort Collins -- Spirituality, simplifying your life
Author: Pegge Bernecker

Speaking Topics: Spirituality for teens, colleage age, adults; Prayer; Simplifying Your Life

Dianne Blomberg, Ph.D. -- Denver -- Children's literature, social science resear
Author: Dianne Blomberg, Ph.D

Speaking Topics: Children's books, writing on self help, communication, psychology

Carolyn Bushong-Denver-Relationship, Mental Health
Author: Carolyn Bushong

Topics include:  Secrets to Make Your Marriage Work, How to Find that Special Person (for singles), Keeping Balance in Your Life to Be Happy, Football Widows, Getting Your Guy to Listen, Ridding Yourself of Guilt, Handling Pet Peeves, Little Love Rituals, Making Peace with Your Parents, Sex & Dating, Signs He's Leaving You, Top 10 Sex Mistakes, Why Men Lie, How Cinderella Stood Up and Left Her Prince.  Also has singing group of women:  "Sassy Divas."

Laurie Wagner Buyer -- Woodland Park -- Poetry, novel and essay writing
Author: Laurie Wagner Buyer

Speaking Topics: The West, Ranch Life, Women's Issues, A Woman's Perspective: Female Sensibility and Sensuality in Poetry and Prose; Digging Deep: The Art of Unearthing the Voice Within; Wilderness Adventures, Mentoring

Eliza Cross Castaneda -- Centennial -- Food and Architecture
Author: Eliza Cross Castaneda

Speaking Topics: Food Writing; The Writing Life; Nonfiction Book Writing; Architectural and Home Design Writing

Debbie Dadey -- Fort Collins -- Children's books
Author: Debbie Dadey

Speaking Topics: Writing for Children

Peter R. Decker -- Denver -- Colorado history, history of Ouray County
Author: Peter R. Decker

Speaking Topics: The Utes Must Go (40-min. talk and slide show); Gentrification of Ouray County

Warwick Downing - Denver - Young adult fiction, adult fiction, murder myster
Author: Warwick Downing

Speaking Topics: Creative writing, including plotting, character development, voice, point of view; turning great ideas into books; the process of getting published

Carol Ekarius -- Hartsel -- Agriculture, alternative medicine, environmental top

Speaking Topics: Small-scale agriculture, hobby farming, gardening, alternative medicine, environmental topics

Maria Faulconer -- Colorado Springs -- Children's books, magazine writing
Author: Maria Faulconer

Speaking Topics: The Making of a Picture Book from Inspiration to Final Product; Magazine Writing -- In the Trenches

Mary Peace Finley -- Boulder, Carbondale -- Children's, middle, young adult lit.
Author: Mary Peace Finley

Speaking topics:  Book Talks, Research, Writing and Synchronicity, Talk-a-Plot Workshops, Teachers-as-Writers Workshops

Carol Grever - Boulder - Adult non-fiction, memoir
Author: Carol Grever

Liz Holzemer, Health, Humor, Inspirational Stories, Memoir
Author: Liz Holzemer

Building a writer/author platform, The Holy Grail--Odyssey from Brain Tumor survivor to Book Deal (turning a personal illness into bylines), baseball.

Tom Quinn Kumpf -- Boulder -- Irish history, photography and travel
Author: Tom Quinn Kumpf

Speaking Topics: Writing from Photographs; the Documentary Writer; Conflict Resolution; The Irish Political Situation (slide show); Ireland and Its People (slide show)

Mary Beth Lagerborg-Littleton-Nonfiction, Fiction
Author: Mary Beth Lagerborg

Speaking Topics:  Dwelling Space: Living Fully from Home; Making Mealtimes GOOD times; Dwelling Well through the Holidays; The Writer's Life

Page Lambert -- Denver -- Fiction, nonfiction, poetry, humanity-related topics
Author: Page Lambert

Speaking Topics: The Literature and Landscape of the West; Landscapes of the Heart; Body Language: What Horses Teach Us; Place, Language and Landscape; Steinbeck: A Flash Course on Character Development; The Writer's Destiny: Discovering Your Passion and Fueling Your Creative Fire; Exploring Perspective: Playing Around with Point of View; Back-story: How to Keep it from Taking Over; Why Ritual and Writing Go Together.

Linda LeBlanc - Westminster -- Fiction, adventure, mountain climbing
Author: Linda LeBlanc

Speaking Topics: Trekking Nepal, The Everest Adventure, Sherpa History and Culture, slide show on Everest and the Sherpas

Centennial - Biographies, Research, Family History, Women of the West
Author: Joyce B. Lohse

Joyce B. Lohse - Centennial, Colorado - Speech topics: Colorado Pioneers, writing biographies, Lurking In Cemeteries: A Researcher's Guide, Women of the West, Family History: Truth & Mystery, and more.

Mother of Exiles

Cynthia Morris, Coaching writers, artists and visionaries
Author: Cynthia Morris

Speaking topics: Enjoying your writing; Embrace life as a creative adventure; Make your creative dreams real

Kathleen Pelley - Greenwood Village - Children's Picture Books
Author: Kathleen Pelley

Speaking Topics: Nurturing a Passion for Stories, The Writing Craft

Phyllis J. Perry-Boulder-Children's fiction, nonfiction, adult nonfiction.
Author: Phyllis J. Perry

Speaking topics:  School visits on fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books I've written. Writing workshops for kids. Library research skills for kids. Book talks with slide show in
connection with A Kid's Look at Colorado, and with two nonfiction adult books on Rocky Mountain National Park.

Silvia Pettem -- Boulder -- true crime, local history

Silvia Pettem -- Boulder -- true crime, local history
Speaking topics: Someone's Daughter, In Search of Justice for Jane Doe; Only in Boulder, The County's Colorful Characters; Separate Lives, The Story of Mary Rippon; Boulder, A Sense of Time and Place Revisited.

Gary Raham -- Wellington -- Scientific illustration, tips and inspiration for ch
Author: Gary Raham

Speaking Topics: Confessions of a Time Traveler; Confessions of a Science-Writing Junkie; Science Writing for Children

Carol McAdoo Rehme -- Loveland -- Inspirational stories, essay, literary non-fic

Speaking Topics: Write to Inspire; From Stage to Published Page (how to translate told stories to printable successes); Writing for Anthologies; Is It Soup Yet? (How to craft a Chicken Soup for the Soul series story)

Robert Root -- Lafayette -- Essays, memoir, biography, travel and nature
Author: Robert Root

Speaking Topics: Writing creative nonfiction; Family manuscripts; Traveling Colorado in the Footsteps of Isabella Bird

Mary Saracino -- Denver -- Poetry, memoir, novels, workshops and consulting
Author: Mary Saracino

Speaking Topics: Workshops on writing and the art of healing; The Divine Feminine

Crag Sodaro -- Leadville -- Playwriting, history of drama, mystery, juvenile fic
Author: Crag Sodaro

Speaking Topics: How a Playwrite Creates; Curtain Up: a short history of drama; Make it Mystery: the 10 most important elements of a good mystery

Kathleen Spring -- Lyons -- Photography, feature writing, writing workshops
Author: Kathleen Spring

Speaking Topics: Art, nature, profiles, historical, self-help, spiritual and memoir

Irv Sternberg -- Arvada -- Thriller fiction
Author: Irv Sternberg

Speaking Topics: The Writing Process: Blood, Sweat and Fears; Researching: The Good, the Bad and the Deadly; How to Become a Published Writer at Age 62

Caroline Stutson -- Littleton -- Children's books

Theresa M. Szczurek, Ph.D. -- Boulder -- Personal and business success strategie
Author: Theresa M. Szczurek, Ph.D.

Speaking Topics: Pursuit of Passionate Purpose; From $0 to $40 Million in Six Entrepreneurial Light Years; Turn Great Ideas into Innovations that Produce Real Income: Secrets to Growing Your Business; Soar: Keys to Successful Business Performance

Mary Taylor Young - Castle Rock -- Birds, wildlife, nature, environment
Author: Mary Taylor Young

Speaking Topics: Secrets of A Nature Writer; Wildlife Watching For Kids; Wildlife Watching In Colorado (where, what, how, when); Colorado Backyard Birds; Colorado Birds From Prairie To Peak; Following Rivers: A Writer's Journey

Jacqueline Tobin -- Denver -- African American history
Author: Jacqueline Tobin

Speaking Topics: African American History; the Underground Railroad

Jodi Torpey -- Denver -- Gardening, writing
Author: Jodi Torpe

Speaking Topics: How to Write Better, Faster; Planting for Pollinators; Writing on Gardening

Sureva Towler -- Steamboat Springs -- Writing local history without getting shot
Author: Sureva Towler

Speaking Topics: How to Research, Write and Publish Local History and Humor

Denise Vega -- Denver -- Children's books, young adult novels
Author: Denise Vega

Speaking Topics: Writing, character development, Internet safety & blogging

Sue Viders--Creating Characters, Plotting
Author: Sue Viders

Speaking Topics: Creating Interesting Characters, Character Archetypes, Plotting, Finding a Nonfiction Publisher, Putting Together a Card Game

Gail Waldstein, M.D. -- Denver -- Creative nonfiction, memoir, poetry
Author: Gail Waldstein, M.D.

Speaking Topics: Starting a Writing Career Mid-Life; Medicine and Writing; Finding Your Creative Voice

Sandra Ford Walston - Denver - Non-fiction; Women's Spirituality; Business
Author: Sandra Ford Walston

Speaking Topics: “Courage Actions: Do You Demonstrate Them or Are You STUCK?”; “Women and Courage: Did Someone Clip Your Wings?”; “COURAGE: The Untapped Reservoir”; “Harnessing the Energy of Courage Leadership”; “Courage Consciousness: Taking Action When You Are STUCK”; “Courage Leadership: An Inside Job”; “How to Get a Degree in Courage” (colleges/universities)

Elizabeth Wrenn -- Boulder -- Fiction, essays, magazine articles
Author: Elizabeth Wrenn

Speaking Topics: Finding Your True Voice; Journey of a Writer; Tricks to Help Use Writing as a Life-Enhancing Tool; Raising a Service Dog