This week we have the pleasure of introducing you to our incoming WNBA New York Chapter President, Professor Jane Kinney-Denning! Erica and Hannah: Congratulations on your appointment as the new President of the WNBA-NYC chapter! Can you tell us a bit about your involvement with the organization so far and…
Amy Hill Hearth is the author or co-author of seven nonfiction books, including Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years, a New York Times bestseller for 113 weeks. Her first novel will be published by Atria/Simon & Schuster on October 2. Hannah and Erica: Congratulations on the completion of…
This spring is as busy as ever for our WNBA-NYC members! Read below for all the exciting things they’ve done – and the interesting things they have coming up. Deborah Batterman published a new Kindle e-book, just in time for Mother’s Day. Because My Name is Mother reminds us in brief linked essays…
Carole DeSanti, a WNBA-NYC member and a panelist on the upcoming Historical Fiction Panel, is Vice President, Editor at Large at Viking Penguin. She is known for championing original voices in women’s fiction, including Dorothy Allison, Melissa Bank, Terry McMillan, Ruth Ozeki, Marisha Pessl and Deborah Harkness. Her debut novel,…
This week, we’d like to introduce you to some of the newest members of the NYC chapter! Amy Hill Hearth‘s first novel, Miss Dreamsville and the Collier County Women’s Literary Society, will be published by Atria/Simon&Schuster on November 6. Amy is the author or co-author of seven nonfiction books, including…
This week, we decided to highlight one of our most prestigious past members, Constance Lindsay Skinner. Skinner was a playwright, critic, editor, and author active from early in the 20th century until her death in 1939. She was also one of the first women to hold a major editorial position…
The days have been getting longer, the temperatures have been getting warmer, and we may have wanted to spend every minute outside soaking in some much needed sun, but WNBA-NYC members have been hard at work. Check out some member updates below. Lorraine Abramson will be speaking at the 92nd Street…
Susannah Greenberg is President of Susannah Greenberg Public Relations, //bookbuzz.com, a book publicity firm in the Greater New York City area. Her clients are authors, publishers, and book industry organizations. She has represented best selling authors including Spencer Johnson and Alan Dershowitz; launched the campaign for April is National Poetry…
Our outstanding members are becoming best selling authors, starting new careers, and launching websites – just to name a few of the many things they are doing! Read below for more. Deborah Brodie, freelance editor and book doctor, moderates the New School Forum on Writing for Children. Tuesdays, 6:30-7:30 p.m.…
In honor of tomorrow’s much anticipated Query Roulette, this Member Monday interview spotlights Helen Wan, who found her agent at a previous Query Roulette! Read about her experience, her new book, and her advice to Query Roulette attendees below. Helen Wan is a writer whose first novel, tentatively titled THE…
