ANNA DESTEFANO Bestselling, Award-winning Author Nationally Bestselling Author Anna DeStefano is the Past President Advisor of Georgia Romance Writers (GRW), a group of over 300 published authors and aspiring writers that meets monthly in Atlanta, Georgia. Anna has successfully channeled her skills as a Senior Tech Writer into the more creative field of writing contemporary fiction. A GA Tech honors graduate with 10 years of experience working in Corporate IT, Anna applies the more analytical side of her personality to studying the craft of storytelling. But her imagination rules when it's time to let the planning go and write. The result--eleven award-winning novels published since 2004, three more scheduled for released in 2009 and 2010, and nearly half a million copies of her books in print in over 5 different languages. Her interactive workshops on the writing process--plotting through character, improvisation (drafting), and rewriting--regularly attract standingroom-only crowds wherever she speaks. Her series of communication workshops (taught independently or with her literary agent, Michelle Grajkowski, 3 Seas Literary Agency) are the latest addition to her teaching resume, and they're quickly becoming the most requested of her programs. Anna has taught for years in adult education both professionally, as a technical trainer, and in the fields of grief recovery and crisis care, teaching team coordinators and volunteers. She's presented her writing workshops to over 60 groups and conference, including: the Harriette Austin Writer's Conference at the University of Georgia; the Romance Writers of America National Conference; the Romantic Times Reader Convention; the Pacific Northwest Writers Conference in Seattle; and the Surrey International Writers Conference in British Columbia. She also teaches half-day and oneday seminars to smaller groups interested in a more intensive, interactive experience. For more information, see www.annawrites.com, or contact Anna at annawrites@mindspring.com for detailed outlines and workshop handouts.
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