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2022 Members

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Jennifer Bondzeit

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Bradley Beyer
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Dan Brehm
Dan is a BVWG Board Member. See more on the Board page. 

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Jane Butler is the BVWG President. See more on the Board Page.

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Steven Collier

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Marjorie Cook

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Peter Crooke

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Lisa Doan is a BVWG Board Member. See more on the Board Page.

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Sharon Esterly

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Victoria Flickinger

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Jorgen Flood is the BVWG Treasurer. See more on the Board Page.

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​Frederick Groya

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​John Haverty
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Jack is a retired professor and is working on a thriller set in Hong Kong and Macau

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Marie Haverty

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Sami Kaissia 

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Richard Lolla is the BVWG Vice President. See more on the Board Page.

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​Christopher Lumpkin is the BVWG Secretary. See more on the Board Page.

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Callie Marsalisi
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 Joanette McGeoch

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Andrew Moore

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Mark Mitchell, President Emeritus

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Swarna Neema

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​Paula Pierce

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Susanna M Reilly

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Heather Riley

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Scott Ocamb
Scott Ocamb is an author who tells unusual stories about growing up in a small town, the great outdoors, hiking, camping, and motorcycles. He is working on a memoir about how motorcycle trips helped him learn that forgiveness does more for the forgiver than the one being forgiven. He is also a freelance author specializing in agile and lean software delivery.
Please see https://www.scottocamb.com/ for details.​

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James F. Sassaman
James F. Sassaman has served as defense litigator before the Occupational Safety & Health Review Commission for the past 35 years. For over 20 years, he negotiated with the Building Trades and taught at Drexel University. His novel, Dempsey's Diner, has been completed and is currently being submitted to literary agents for consideration. Framed by Watergate, it is a late adolescent coming of age novel depicting the end of the hippie era.

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Laura Tamakoshi
Anthropologist. Joined BVWG to work on my creative non-fiction voice, a collection of stories about my first fieldwork in Papua New Guinea in 1982-83. Link:
The Anthropologist in the Field

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Ninette Tustin

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Kristina Winter

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Gary Zenker
Marketing strategist and implementer. Author of Says Seth: Life Observations from a Six Year Old Perspective and publisher of White Lightning Publishing.
www.ZenkerMarketing.com


In Memoriam​​


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Anthony "Tony" Conway
wayneaconway.com
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Tony was one of our earliest leaders and longest standing members. In a variety of ways, he was a generous supporter of other writers, but always in his booming voice. He met with success in his nonfiction business book Kiss, Bow or Shake Hands: The Bestselling Guide to Doing Business in 60 Countries, as wells as scores of published short stories and essays. He used to say he’d think of something clever as soon as he caught up with his deadlines. We lost Tony in 2021, but like to think we do him right with the Tony Conaway Free Library installed at our meeting place upstairs at Ryan’s Pub in West Chester. Be sure to “take a book and leave a book” to honor our lost author, humorist, mentor and friend. ​

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Bill Greenhalgh  Bill was an active Ham Radio operator and held an FCC Extra Class license with the vanity call W3DE (formerly known as W2NCN). He enriched us with stories of his experiences as a ham radio operator. He was a longstanding and loyal member of the Brandywine Valley Writers Group and is missed for his quiet but thoughtful participation.
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Past Members​


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Jim Breslin
Has published two collections of short fiction as well as the novel Shoplandia. He is the founder of the 
West Chester Story Slam as well as the Delco Story Slam. Visit him at
jbreslin.com. 
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Robb Cadigan 
Robb's debut novel, Phoenixville Rising, is a "noir and richly  emotional love letter to small-town America."
www.robbcadigan.com

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Matty Dalrymple
Matty Dalrymple is the author of the Ann Kinnear Suspense Novels and Suspense Shorts and the Lizzy Ballard Thrillers, many of which are set in and near the Brandywine Valley! Learn more at www. mattydalrymple.com.
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John Dixon
John’s debu
t novel, Phoenix Island, won a Bram Stoker award for
Superior Achievement in a Young Adult Novel and inspired the CBS TV series Intelligence. The follow-up, Devil's Pocket, garnered him a second Bram Stoker.  
www.johndixonbooks.com


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Elisabeth Flood
Liz writes a health blog sharing her passion for the healthiest foods and lifestyle through attempted humor, science and common sense. Visit:  www.ahealthyElf
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Jeff Hennely
Published his n
ovel The Power on Amazon. Look for The Ninety Five Percent in January.
www.jeffhennelly.com
Ken Lozito
Ken writes fantasy and science fiction books and is the author of The Safanarion Order series (epic fantasy) and the Ascension series (space opera/adventure). Learn more at kenlozito.com
Scott Pruden

Scott is a full-time freelance writer and the author of the novel Immaculate Deception (Codorus Press, 2010). He's currently at work on his second novel. 

www.scottpruden.com

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Samuel Lemon 
Sam has a new website: www.buckhornpress.com. In addition to his 2014 novel, Go Stand Upon the Rock, his 2017 nonfiction work, The Case That Shocked the Country, about a mysterious 1930 murder case, is posted there; along with a new blog, articles, and interviews. Sam deeply values the support, collegiality, and friendship he's experienced at BVWG. He's currently working on the sequel to Go Stand Upon the Rock.
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Annette Murray
Since 1980 Annette has been involved with printing and publishing as a typesetter, graphic designer and prepress technician at ANRO Comm. She loves to work with authors helping them to format, publish and market their books. Website Stickyearth.

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Linda M. Scott
A graduate of University of Pennsylvania in English and Creative Writing and UPenn short story award winner.  She expanded this story into a psychological thriller, “Widow of Arbor Heights”.  Her debut novel is expected to be available from Amazon in 2015. Link: lindamscott

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Nicole Valentine
Writes for young adults and children. She has an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts and enjoys speaking and writing about the future of digital storytelling.. Link: nicolevalentine  / twitter: @nicoleva

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Gary Zenker
Marketing strategist and implementer. Author of Says Seth: Life Observations from a Six Year Old Perspective and publisher of White Lightning Publishing.
www.ZenkerMarketing.com
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Ellie Searl 
Short story writer and owner of Publishista, a print and eBook design and  formatting service.
Publishista.com
Elliesearlstories.com


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Joseph Karas
Joe is a retired environmental attorney, who has published several articles in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. He writes a variety of flash fiction and short stories and is currently working on a novel. His blog, "Watching the Wheels," (josephmkaras.blogspot.c­om) discusses contemporary social issues and other life experiences.

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Jack Haverty

Jack is a retired professor and is working on a thriller set in Hong Kong and Macau


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