Pittsburgh to Host Writers Conference with Best-Selling Author Lisa Scottoline

    PITTSBURGH, PA, February 10, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- New York Times best-selling author Lisa Scottoline will deliver the Friday evening keynote address at Pennwriters 22nd annual writers' conference, scheduled for May 15-17 at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott.

The multi-genre conference will feature 30 hour-long workshops in three tracks of simultaneous sessions for both aspiring and published authors of fiction and nonfiction, as well as genre-specific read-and-critique sessions.

Pittsburgh author and poet Timons Esaias, who is adjunct faculty in Seton Hill University's master's in writing popular fiction program, will speak at the Saturday conference luncheon.

"Both Lisa Scottoline and Tim Esaias have a real gift for helping and encouraging new writers," said Pennwriters conference coordinator Annette Dashofy. "Writers of any level will find valuable advice and inspiration."

Attendees will have the opportunity to meet one-on-one to pitch their manuscripts to literary agents Lucienne Diver of the Knight Agency, Colleen Lindsay of FinePrint Literary, Paige Wheeler of Folio Literary Management, Uwe Stender of TriadaUS and Becca Stumpf of the Prospect Agency, as well as editors Esi Sogah of Avon Books and Matt Holliday of "Pennsylvania Magazine." Agent/editor appointments and read-and-critique sessions are available in limited numbers on a first-registered, first-assigned basis.

The registration fee of $214 for Pennwriters members and $254 for nonmembers covers tuition for the three-day conference, read-and-critique session and agent or editor appointment, Saturday breakfast and lunch, and a copy of Scottoline's April 2009 hard-cover release, "Look Again." The cost for the Friday keynote dinner is $49 for members and $55 for nonmembers. Conference registrations received after April 17 require a $15 late fee.

For more information or to register, visit www.pennwriters.com, e-mail to [email protected] or call Annette Dashofy at 724 255-7955.

About Pennwriters Inc.

Pennwriters Inc. is a not-for-profit, multi-genre writers organization with more than 450 members from Pennsylvania and other states. The organization's annual writers conference location alternates between eastern and western Pennsylvania from year to year.

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