The Writers’ Conference, at Hunter College, is widely considered one of the finest fiction and non-fiction conferences. In addition to keynote speakers Adam Gopnik and Erica Jong, the Writers’ Conference 2013 will feature eleven panels with distinguished writers, editors, publicists and literary agents. Ben Cheever (Memoir), Edward Hirsch (Poetry) and Alan Furst (Historic Espionage Fiction) will conduct intensive workshops in the days leading up to the conference.

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2013 Writers' Conference Fee Schedule

Writing Intensives 2013

Wednesday, June 5 - Friday, June 7, 2013
6:00-9:00pm

Intensive Instructors:

Memoir with Ben Cheever- The Plagarist; Selling Ben Cheever

Poetry with Edward Hirsch- For the Sleepwalkers; The Night Parade

Historic Espionage Fiction with Alan Furst- Night Soldiers; Mission to Paris

Writers' Conference

Saturday, June 8, 2013

Check-in and Breakfast: 8:30am-9:00am

Session I: 9:00 am – 10:00 am

Comic Books and Graphic Novels Panel

Jason Starr, Moderator- Anthony award-winning novelist and comic book writer
Panelists:
Megan Abbott- Edgar award-winning novelist and comic book writer
Will Dennis- senior editor, DC Comics
Jeanine Schaefer- editor, Marvel Comics
Duane Swierczynski- Anthony award-winning novelist and comic book writer

Editors Panel

Ed Brown, Moderator- publisher, Laptop Magazine
Panelists:
Colin Harrison- senior editor, Scribner/Simon&Schuster
Kathryn Livingston- former editor, Town & Country; author, Lilly: Palm Beach, Tropical Glamour, and the Birth of a Fashion Legend
Pola Rosen- publisher, Education Update
Anjali Singh- senior editor, Simon&Schuster
Alix Strauss- columnist, The New York Times

Self-Publishing Panel

Betty Sargent, Moderator- founder, BookWorks.com
Panelists:Cevin Bryerman- publisher, Publisher's Weekly
Joel Friedlander- blogger; author, A Self Publisher's Companion
Sumner Glimcher- founder, Westminster Productions
Ron Martinez- founder and CEO, Aerbook
Kristen McLean- founder, Bookigee
Eric Rayman- intellectual property lawyer

Keynote Speaker: 10:15 am – 11:00am
Adam Gopnik, Through the Child's Gate: A Home in New York

Session II: 11:15 am – 12:15 pm

Non-Fiction Panel

Lewis Burke Frumkes, Moderator - author, Favorite Words of Famous People
Panelists:
Gina Barreca- author, Make Mine a Double: Why Women Like Us Like to Drink (Or Not)
Nancy Kelton-  author, Writing From Person Experience: How to Turn Your Life Into Salable Prose
Susan Konig- author, Why Animals Sleep So Close to the Road (and other lies I tell my children)
Patricia Marx-  author, Starting From Happy

Suspense Panel

Carol Higgins Clark, Moderator- author, Gypped
Panelists:
Megan Abbott- author, Dare Me
Chris Grabenstein- author, Tilt-a-Whirl
Judith Kelman- author, The First Stone
Kitty Pilgrim- journalist; author, The Stolen Chalice
Jason Starr- author, Cold Caller

Small Publishers Panel

Susan Tepper, Moderator- author, From the Umberplatzen and What May Have Been
Panelists:
Stephanie Dickinson- editor of Skidrow Penthouse; author of Half Girl and the Lust Series
Ralph Pennel- founding editor, Midway Journal
Bill Yarrow- author, Pointed Sentences; editor at THIS Magazine

Keynote Speakers and Lunch: 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Erica Jong, Fear of Flying

Session III: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Memoir and Biography Panel

Patricia Volk, Moderator- author, White Light and Stuffed: Adventures of a Restaurant Family
Panelists:
John Bacchia- author, Augie: Stalag Luft VI to the Major Leagues
Ben Cheever- author, Strides: Running Through History With an Unlikely Athlete
Lucette Lagnado- author, The Arrogant Years: One Girl's Search for Her Lost Youth, from Cairo to Brooklyn
Daphne Merkin- author, Dreaming of Hitler

The New World Of Publishing Panel

Bernie Starr, Moderator- author; columnist; radio show host
Panelists:
James Altucher- self-published author, I Was Blind But Now I See
Jonathan Askin- Internet and New Media law
Jon Fine- Director of Author & Publisher Relations, Amazon.com
Jo Ann Miller- editor, ghost writer, and coach
Maria Murnane- successful self-published author, Perfect on Paper; traditionally published author

Poetry Panel

Barry Wallenstein, Moderator- poet; teacher; author, Drastic Dislocations
Panelists:
Danielle Blau- poet and teacher
John de Cuevas- poet, Eye Rhymes
Ed Hirsch- poet and president of the Guggenheim Foundation
Helen Houghton- teacher; anthologist; Board of the American Academy of Poets
John Simon- noted critic and poetry scholar

Session IV: 3:15 pm – 4:15 pm

Fiction Panel

Margot Berwin, Moderator- author, Scent of Darkness and Hothouse Flower and the 9 Plants of Desire
Panelists:
Michiko Clark- publicity director, Pantheon Books
Grace F. Edwards - author, The Viaduct and the Mali Anderson Series
Susan Isaacs- author, Goldberg Variation and As Husbands Go
Yona Zeldis McDonough- fiction editor, Lilith Magazine; author, A Wedding in Great Neck

Agents Panel

Sam Hiyate, Moderator- president, The Rights Factory
Panelists:
Laura Biagi- Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency
Markus Hoffman- Regal Literary Agency
Molly Reese- The Einstein Thompson Agency
Bridget Smith- Dunham Literary, Inc.
Tom Wallace- TC Wallace Literary Agency

Networking Reception: 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm