Issue Six – Author Biographies

 

Maria Beliaeva

"Maria Beliaeva, 18 years-old, is a Russian-born freelance writer. She has lived most of her life in Paris, France, where she completed her secondary education with a Baccalauréat in Literature with mention très bien (highest honors). She has now moved to Canada to pursue her post-secondary education in English Literature. Has collaborated with French publications Je Bouquine and Telerama. English poetry published in American magazine Potluck and e-zines Tamafyhr Mountain Poetry, Exquisite Death and Descending Darkness. Fiction published in e-zines Bewildering Stories and Dark Krypt."

 

Dell Guthrie

"...Has no reason. Sealed a pact with Dionysus in the Aegean. Will live everywhere in the world from chewing pungent leaves."

 

Annaliza Davies

"Annaliza Davis (31) finally moved to France in 2004 having spent twenty years dreaming about it.  French life has enabled true priorities of family time and writing time to become everyday reality.  Output divided pragmatically between journalism (that pays) and creative outpourings (that rarely pay but are fulfilling nonetheless).  Currently enjoying a challenge of breaking all the rules drummed into us by a good education, and see what writing emerges afterwards."

 

Michael Corkett

"Michael Corkett's work has been published in the UK and North America. He has also written short films that have screened at international festivals. He lives and works in London. Further information can be found at: www.unspeakablethings.co.uk"

 

Kenji Siratori

"...a Japanese cyberpunk writer who is currently bombarding the internet with wave upon wave of highly experimental, uncompromising, progressive, intense prose. His is a writing style that not only breaks with tradition, it severs all cords, and can only really be compared to the kind of experimental writing techniques employed by the surrealists, William Burroughs and Antonin Artaud. Embracing the image mayhem of the digital age, his relentless prose is nonsensical and extreme, avant-garde and confused, with precedence given to twisted imagery, pace and experimentation over linear narrative and character development. With unparalleled stylistic terrorism, he unleashes his literary attack. An unprovoked assault on the senses. Blood Electric (Creation Books) was acclaimed by David Bowie and Dennis Cooper. Official site: www.kenjisiratori.com"

 

Margery Casares

"Margery wrote her first story at age eight, about a little girl who didn't want to go to school and a little frog who did. Since that time, she's written dozens of short stories, (several have been published here and in England), completed seven novels, (four have been published, and a fifth is due for release in Feb. 2007. She is currently working on six or seven other novels in various stages of completion.

Margery has won many writing contests, and received a number of awards, including the Susannah Nelson Davis Award for Excellence, the 1999 Distinguished Artist Award in Honor of Outstanding Contributions to the Literary Arts in Louisiana, and a 2001 Louisiana Library Award.

She's been a judge for many writing contests, including the Molly, RWA's Golden Heart, and belongs to several writing groups, her local RWA chapter, and the national RWA chapter, and has taught an online class in creative writing. She is a member of several critique groups.

Margery lives in Bivins, Texas and writes full time. "

 

Carly Dugmore

"Biography: I'm currently writing a new novel The Birds' Eye View of History and working on its accompanying website, www.birdseyeviewofhistory.co.uk (the latter of which is not quite up and running yet). I've had poetry and short stories published and I have written a PhD. I'm passionate about history, the more obscure the better, and especially the WW2 Resistance. "

 

Moira Richards

"Google 'Moira Richards' to find links to her essays on Women Abuse, her reviews of woman-authored books as well as to other writing and editing work she does for various print and e-publications. She can often be found lounging about the staff rooms of womenwriters.net, absolutewrite.com and moondance.org – usually sipping tea, sometimes Jack Daniels.

Off-line, she teaches accounting principles and tax law to students at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in South Africa. And writes a poem or two. "

 

Kara Kellar Bell

"Kara Kellar Bell's writing has appeared in QWF, Aesthetica, The Gay Read, and Bonfire among other places. She recently had a short momentist piece published in the bilingual Italian magazine, Storie"

 

Peter Rolls

"1930: born 7 May. Thus briefly a contemporary of Arthur Conan Doyle (died 17 July), although no meeting is recorded … 1942: Slough Grammar School. English report: ‘weak’. Discouraged; collected train numbers ... 1950 Civil Service photographer ... 1990: Retired. Joined Creative Writing class in Camberley. Some success in competitions, magazines, anthologies and internet (eg. www.eastoftheweb.com). Monologues and plays performed … 2006: With Felicity Howard’s writing group in Farnham. Others write novels; I just try to catch up on my homework."

 

Carol Novack

"...has been re-emerging as a writer after waging battles (on behalf of artists and other criminals) in the legal arena for the worst part of two decades. She's the author of a chapbook of poems and the former recipient of an arts grant from the Australian government, awarded when she was an emerging writer. Her writings can or will be found in The Penguin Book of Australian Women Poets, American Letters & Commentary, Anemone Sidecar, Big Bridge, BlazeVOX, Del Sol Review, Diagram, First Intensity, 5_trope, Laura Hird, LIT, MILK, Notre Dame Review, Salt Flats Annual, Word Riot, and other publications. Carol publishes the journal, Mad Hatters' Review. She teaches innovative fiction-writing at an arts center in NYC. She blogs occasionally at carolnovack.blogspot.com."