WNBA, San Francisco Showcase at Hayward Lit Hop

 

 

Concha Delgado Gaitan

Concha Delgado Gaitan works emphasize social justice issues of unrepresented communities.  In her capacity as a professor, she lectured on her books and has worked with communities including Latino, Russian Refugees, Alaskans, Native students, Hmong, and transnational populations in Mexico, Canada, and Spain. She’s written 10 nonfiction books. her latest being Wings of a Firebird: The Power of Relationships in Our Later Years–This book marks the beginning of a new direction in her writing, a focus on issues of older adults in our society.  In her book Prickly Cactus: Finding Sacred Meaning in Chronic Illness she turns the lenses inward and describes the role of family and community in healing her life and health. 

Maxine Rose Schur

Maxine Rose Schur is an award-winning children’s book author and travel essayist. She’s twice won the Lowell Thomas Award from the Society of American Travel Writers for excellence in travel writing. Her travel memoir, Places in Time was named Best Travel Book of the Year by the North American Travel Journalists Association and was awarded the Gold (First Place) for Travel Literature by the Society of American Travel Writers.

 

 

 

Sheila Smith-McCoy is an award-winning poet, fiction writer, and filmmaker. Her full-length poetry collection, The Bones Beneath is a haunting new work from Black Lawrence Press. In addition to her poetry and fiction, Smith McKoy has authored and edited numerous scholarly works. Her books include the seminal text in understanding white race riots, When Whites Riot: Writing Race and Violence in American and South African Cultures. She is co-editor of Recovering the African Feminine Divine in Literature, the Arts, and Performing Arts: Yemonja Awakening (2020), and editor of The Elizabeth Keckley Reader: Writing Self, Writing Nation (2016) and The Elizabeth Keckley Reader: Artistry, Culture and Commerce (2017). Smith McKoy has also written, produced, directed or served as executive producer for four documentary films.

 

 

Geri Spieler, the author of Housewife Assassin, is a journalist and investigator reporter who wrote for the San Francisco Chronicle, the Los Angeles Times, Huffington Post, Westways, and Forbes. She received praise and three awards, including the Smart-Writ Best Non-fiction award at the 2010 Mensa Annual Conference for her book, which uncovered the truth behind the life of Sara Jane Moore, the woman who attempted assassination of Gerald Ford, the President of the United States, in January 2009, Palgrave Macmillan, NY.