Litquake 2019 Festival

Adam Smyer is an attorney, martial artist, and mediocre bass player. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with his wife and cats. Knucklehead (Akashic Books) is his debut novel.

J. K. Fowler is the founder and executive director of Nomadic Press, a community-focused literary and arts non-profit with operations in Oakland, CA, Des Moines, IA, and Brooklyn, NY. He also serves as the Director of Communications for Peace and Partnerships at the Oakland Peace... Read More →

Wild Boar in the Cane Field, is a celebration of the rural women of Pakistan whose indomitable spirit keeps them struggling despite all odds. She has interviewed Asma Jahangir, Human Rights Lawyer, Pakistan, and has published essays on gender and education.  Her next project Tales of Many Nations... Read More →

Andrew Blotky is the founder and CEO of Azure Leadership Group, as well as author of the book, Honestly Speaking: How the Way We Communicate Transforms Leadership, Love, and Life.  From 2013 to 2018, Andrew built and led the first global employee communications team to support all... Read More →

Dara Beevas is the founder of Wise Ink Publishing, which has helped publish more than two-hundred books in ten years, and a current Bush Foundation Leadership Fellow. She's previously served on the board of the Minnesota Center for Book Arts.  

Annie Tucker is a San Francisco–based writing coach and developmental editor with twenty years of book and magazine publishing experience. She specializes in adult literary, upmarket, and commercial fiction, narrative nonfiction, and memoir and has edited more than six hundred books... Read More →

Vernon Keeve III is a Virginia born writer that California molded into an educator. He lives and teaches in Oakland, CA. His purpose is to teach the next generation the importance of relaying their personal narratives, sharing their experiences, and taking control of their destinies... Read More →