Author
Sarah Lovett's
five best-selling novels have been translated into 11 different
languages and have been optioned for film and television. They include
Desperate Silence, Dantes' Inferno, and most recently Dark Alchemy. She
has studied writing for page, stage, and screen with Sam Shepard,
Robert McKee, Christopher Vogler, Irene Fornes, Natalie Goldberg and
Tom Jenks. In addition to her best-selling fiction, Sarah's
non-fiction books include the award-winning "Extremely Weird"
children's series, which aired as a television special.
Her short
fiction and how-to pieces are included in anthologies, and she has
worked as a freelancer for newspapers, magazines, and National Public
Radio.
Sarah is a
graduate of Coach U and Authentic Happiness Coaching. In
addition to coaching writers, Sarah
teaches creative writing and works as an editorial consultant. She
brings her experience, connections, and resources as a professional
writer and lifelong creative to her work.
Sarah lives
in Santa Fe with her husband Michael and their daughter Pearl.
Workshops & Panels:
Time: Friday 10:30am
Interested in tackling the world of non-fiction writing for children? Learn about breaking in and what it takes to stay in the game from an author who walks both ends of the fiction/non-fiction tightrope.
Time: Saturday 10:30am
Walk in with paper & pen, walk out with a work-in-progress! Jumpstart your next novel via a series of exercises designed to guide you through character creation and development. You will come away with new characters, scenes, situations, themes, and possibly the blueprint of your next book.
Moderators:
Time: Friday 1:30pm
What does it take to make a thriller? Join this best-selling group to look at the brains, the guts and the heart of thriller-writing – and selling it once it’s written.
Panel:
Maggie de Vries,
Lee Edward Fodi,
Michael Katz,
Sarah Lovett,
James McCann,
Anica Mrose Rissi,
Kris Rothstein,
Crystal Stranaghan,
Meg Tilly,
Eric Walters,
Susan Chang Time: Sunday 9:30am
A frank discussion among authors, editors and publishers about the world of kid lit.