Club Members

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...

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.

Traci 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:
A Man of My Word
Voices

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...

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”

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...

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”...

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...

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...

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

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

Cicely Steinhour is a YA fiction author. The Lifesaver is her debut novel (published under C.N. Steinhour). She also manages the Indie ARC Directory a...

Published Works:
The Lifesaver

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...

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.