Club Members

K.T. Alan

K.T. Alan writes fantasy, speculative fiction, and creative nonfiction. An LGBT author, she often explores the collision of ritual, beliefs, violence,...

Anita Nahal Arya

Anita Nahal (Arya), Ph.D., is a professor, poet, flash fictionist, children's book writer, novelist, and short film maker. Finalist, Tagore Literary P...

Camilee Belloli

Just a previous Spanish and Science teacher who’s a K-drama addict but tries to dedicate her free time to fantasy writing—the little she gets while taking care of two young daughters. Querying this year, and hoping for the best!

Irene Vinyard Bennett

Irene's debut historical novel, BATTLE OF THE ARTISANS: Making the Bells of Marquis Yi, winner of the 2022 International Proverse Prize, will next app...

Colin Breedlove

I'm a new author just getting started with my first professional project, but I have been writing short stories since I was little. I've been working on my current project for about two years. I've almost completed the first edition and I would be interested in having members read what I've got so far.

Mark Brutsché

Truest Carter

Truest Carter, a 20-year resident of Northern Virginia, is a writer, USAF veteran, and pediatric nurse. She has a BSN, an MA in Liberal Studies, and a...

Published Works:
amazon.com/author/truestcarter

Michael Cohen

MICHAEL D. COHEN, PH.D. is CEO of Cohen Research Group a leading political, public affairs, and corporate research firm. He publishes the pioneering C...

Published Works:
Modern Political Campaigns: How Professionalism, Technology, and Speed Have...

Kevin Connor

Kevin is an emerging writer honing his craft and exploring the art of storytelling. He finds inspiration across multiple forms including fiction, non-fiction, music and film.

Robert Costello

I am a retired Computer Programmer who previously owned a systems integration company and served six years in the Air Force as a Security Specialist a...

Published Works:
Shroud of Darkness: A Noir Short Story Collection ("Man of My Word”, “Voice...

Chiderah Cox

Chiderah Cox is an author, worship leader, and Bible teacher based in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area with her husband and children. With a ...

Published Works:
My debut book, Jesus and the Women of the Bible, is out now - https://www.c...

John Crownover

John F. Crownover is a writer, coach, and educator whose work centers on men's emotional wellbeing, healthy masculinity, and the stories men tell them...

Robert Deigh

More than 30 years of experience as a professional writer - novelist, thousands of byline articles published in national media on every topic imaginable from media to politics to consumer affairs, to human-interest feature stories. National journalist, book author (two books), speechwriter, screenwriter. National Director of Communications for PBS TV network and 360 stations, Director of Press Relations for America Online...

Toby Dorr

Toby Dorr is an author, speaker, and advocate known for her fearless approach to life and personal transformation. In her memoir, “Living With Convict...

Lori Eaton

Writing has been a cornerstone of my professional and creative life. I have worked as a copywriter, freelance features writer, communications speciali...

Published Works:
"Museum House" published by the Virginia Writers Club in the 2022 Golden Ni...

ROBERT GABRIEL

Kate Goggin

About Kate Goggin Kathleen (Kate) Goggin is a writer, editor, and workshop leader who helps people use words to create change. She is the author of 1...

Published Works:
Author, 10 Little Rules When Good Jobs Go Bad. Learn, Grow, and Reclaim You...

Alan Hansen

The author grew up in the Midwest. After completing his military obligation, he served as an auditor-in-charge in the Office of Inspector General for ...

Published Works:
“Through a Soldier’s Eyes: The Vietnam Memoir of Lieutenant Alan Hansen”

Ed Heartney

Last year I retired from the strait-laced world of diplomacy after working around the world for 27 years. I am tapping my creative side to write shor...

Published Works:
An e-book from the Indie Authors project, includes 20 of my short stories. ...

Thomas Henning

Tom Henning is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force. He graduated from Penn State University with BA and Med degrees and earned a COA at Cambridge Univers...

Published Works:
Memoirs of a Defense Contractor Web Based Corporate Institutes The Sc...

Ron Hochstetler

Airship Design Advisor, Ron Hochstetler With over 35 years of experience in research and development, logistical support, project management, and m...

Published Works:
Magazine “Airships for the 21st Century”, IEEE Spectrum Magazine, Octobe...

Rick Hodges

Dominique Hoffman

Dominique is a clinical nutritionist with 20 years of experience handling health conditions doctors couldn't. She has hundreds of patients reverse typ...

Published Works:
The Hill of Seven Colors.

Gaea Honeycutt

Gaia Thorne is an eclectic storyteller, karaoke diva, voracious reader and new K-drama lover. Her debut project blends heartfelt storytelling with ori...

Published Works:
“Seeing Spectrum: Lower Barriers to Entry Spur Multispectral Sensor Use”...

Alok Jain

Alok is a software developer by profession and a writer by passion. His interests span a wide range of genres, from poetry, memoirs, and novels to tec...

Published Works:
Create Your Own Time -- A book on Time Management Java for Newbies -- Te...

Tim Karney

Tim Karney is the author of The Kill of the Hunt, the debut novel in the Virginia Hunt Country Mystery series. A "collector of unique experiences," Ti...

Published Works:
The Kill of the Hunt

Abderrazzak (Zak) Kouar

Abderrazzak (Zak) Kouar draws on his experience in linguistics, journalism, and public service to inform both his fiction and political writing. His d...

Published Works:
Abderrazzak (Zak) Kouar draws on backgrounds in linguistics, journalism, an...

Melody A. Kramer

Melody A. Kramer is an award-winning and Amazon bestseller author, trial lawyer, speaker, and strategist and innovator in the legal profession. Mel...

Published Works:
"Why Lawyers Suck! Hacking the Legal System, Part 1" "Green Leaves & Bro...

Julia Kurnia

Julia Kurnia has traveled all over the world, learning the languages and living with local families in India, Senegal, Kenya, Cuba, and Indonesia. In ...

Published Works:
The Song of Tiyya
Deep Calls

Audrey Lattanze

Audrey Lattanze is an indie author who writes action fantasy/monster dramas for young adult audiences. Audrey specializes in short novels and comic bo...

Published Works:
Prose: "Chomp: An anthology of short novels," available through Ingram S...

Bill Lewers

Bill Lewers began serving as a Fairfax County election officer in 1994. Two decades later he wrote The Gatekeepers of Democracy, which was dedicated t...

Published Works:
Six Decades of Baseball A Voter's Journey The Gatekeepers of Democrac...

Craig Lipman

Craig Cameron Lipman has published science fiction short stories in the Veteran Writing Community’s After Action Review, Columbia University’s The Lin...

Jason Maddux

Jason E. Maddux is an aviation attorney, who writes speculative fiction as a creative outlet each night once his two daughters are in bed. Hi...

Michelle McBeth

Michelle McBeth has been writing short and long form fiction since 2012 when she entered the Nanowrimo contest on a dare. She is recently finished her...

Carolyn McBride

Carolyn has served as president of the Northern Virginia Writers Club since 2025 and vice President in 2024. She is a native Virginian, born in Washin...

Published Works:
The Cicada Spring
Santa Overboard

Rotty Mendez

"Hey, writers’ club crew! I’m Rotty, a software dev with over a decade of experience, and a writer at heart—my own book would be Motorcycle Madness, a...

Published Works:
“I’m cooking up my own book, Motorcycle Madness, a wild ride of a story tha...

Elizabeth Merck

I'm a professional book editor who edits contemporary, literary, and historical fiction; romance; fantasy; thrillers; horror; sci fi; mystery; and the...

Isabelle Missud

Isabelle Missud joined the Northern Virginia Writers Club in the summer of 2023 in search of a community of like-minded people. She quickly found her place and was appointed Membership Coordinator the following winter, helping new members feel welcome and connected. A fantasy writer, she’s working toward publishing the first installment of her series.

Ronald Morrison

Ronald (Ron) Morrison is a lifelong science enthusiast and unapologetic science fiction geek. Born on the South Side of Chicago, he earned a B.S. in a...

Published Works:
Books & Book Chapter: Morrison, Ronald (2025). The Imperfect Deception...

David Morse

David B. Morse was born in the shadow of the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, not recognizing the importance of the word ‘New’ until many year...

Marissa Naggi

Marissa Naggi is a marketing director and writer. She published her debut novella, Too Much, in 2019 and is currently working on a romantasy novel set...

Published Works:
Too Much, 2019

Allie Nelson

Allister Nelson (she/her) is NVWC's social media coordinator. She is a multiple Pushcart Prize-nominated author whose work has appeared in The British...

Stacey Porcaro

Stacey Porcaro is an editor, proofreader and beta-reader. Her mom instilled a passion in her for reading since before she has cognizant memories. She is an avid reader of fiction, romance, crime, thrillers, historical fiction, autobiographies, and memoirs. Stacey started her own editing company, Rock-Solid Revisions, in July of 2025. She graduated from Longwood College with a BS in Social Work. Stacey’s varied career...

Henry Rausch

After graduating from Stanford, Henry earned a commission at Officer Candidate School and then served as a submarine officer for 22 years on active du...

Published Works:
Amazon.com: Submerged: Life on a Fast Attack Submarine in the Last Days of ...

Joe Relk

Joe Relk is an analyst, manager, and strategic communicator with more than 30 years developing and implementing influential reporting plans, interagen...

Published Works:
Joe Relk Author of the Sins of the Saviors series Sins of the Saviors Boo...

Sharon Ritchey

Sharon J. Wishnow is a transplanted New Englander who makes her home in Northern Virginia. In addition to writing upmarket fiction with environmental...

Published Works:
I have a variety of published short fiction and hundreds of non-fiction art...

Katherine Schweit

Katherine Schweit is a former journalist and Chicago prosecutor who spent 20 years as an FBI Special Agent. In her latest book, Women Who Talk to the ...

Published Works:
Stop the Killing, How to End the Mass Shooting Crisis A Simple Guide to ...

Janice Sebring

Janice Sebring is spending her retirement writing historical fiction and volunteering on a tall ship. After graduating with a degree in history and Ru...

Published Works:
Fearful Breakers

William Spears

Commander William C. Spears is an active naval officer and independent scholar in topics of leadership, philosophy, and military ethics. He is the aut...

Cicely Steinhour

C.N. Steinhour is a YA fiction author. The Lifesaver is her debut novel.

Published Works:
The Lifesaver

Stephen Wallace

Stephen Wallace says he is a writer trapped in an engineer's body, or vice versa. He is an award-winning author of two bestselling novels: Hazardous L...

Published Works:
Hazardous Lies Average Civil Employee Living Locks A Give In The T...

Paula Weiss

Paula T. Weiss lives in Annandale, VA. She is the author of two political dystopian novels: The Antifan Girlfriend (2020) and The Deplorable Underground (2023). You can find her essays and short stories on her website blog at Braeburn Road Books (braeburnroadbooks.com).

Jeremy Wernow

I’m an IT program manager and, if I'm lucky, by the time you’re reading this, retired and writing full time. I’m from Northern Virginia, married since...

Published Works:
I have no published works other then some old magazine articles. I have a d...

Edward Willmore

I've been published multiple times for non-fiction (mostly trade press) and have written 30+ professional articles. I'm now trying my hand at fiction...

Published Works:
Performance Basics (first and second editions), Job Aid Basics (first and s...

David Wollover

Developing three+ novel action adventure thriller series story engine.

An episodic ensemble of characters, their needs or drives, arcs, and conflicts.

Developing novel-to-video project.