“WriteGirl is an important force in a world where sometimes words are the only thing we have to save us.”
Special Guests (season 13-present)
Fiction:
Katie Alender
Sara Benincasa
Cecil Castelluci
Alexa DeGennaro
Kathryn Kay
Allie Kingsley
Francesca Lia Block
Tahereh Mafi
Jackie Parker
Ransom Riggs
Communications & Journalism:
Sandy Banks
Karen Grigsby Bates
Alexandra Berzon
Tabby Biddle
Erica Blodgett
Carey Bodenheimer
Wendy Burch
Dalina Castellanos
Alex Cohen
Jia-Riu Cook
Panelists:
Alexandra Armstrong
Tabby Biddle
Julia Callahan
Lindsey Carlson
Judy Carter
Kim Dower
Juliet Flores
Amy Friedman
Elizabeth Garriga
Vickie Kennedy
Screenwriter Josann McGibbon (Runaway bride) helps a teen girl write a scene at our screenwriting workshop
Keiko Agena (Gilmore Girls) & Wendi Mclendon-Covey (Bridesmaids) walk the red carpet with Keren taylor at Lights, Camera, WriteGirl!
Poetry:
Xochitl-Julisa Bermejo
Carol Cellucci
Kristen Gleeson-Prata
Jen Hofer
Elizabeth Houston
Sylvia Lopez
Suzanne Lummis
Karineh Mahdessian
Jackie Parker
Christy Sakamoto
Marlys West
Sholeh Wolpe
Terry Wolverton
Creative Nonfiction and Memoir:
Tamara Duricka Johnson
Amy Friedman
Diane Glancy
Hope Edelman
Erica Hayasaki
Andrea Rogers
Nora Z
Communications & Journalism
(Continued):
Tamara Duricka Johnson
Ann Friedman
Mona Gable
Francesca James
Bethany Joy Lenz
Stacy Leasca
Kate Mather
Lisa McRee
Seema Mehta
Lorena Muñoz
Robin Noll
Mai Olivo
Desiree Portillo-Rabinov
Jenelle Riley
Lucia Tran
Ana Vallianatos
Beverly White
Kateri Wozny
Alexandra Zavis
Panelists (Continued):
Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie Lacey
Jenni Nash
Maria del Pilar O’Cadiz
Jennifer Rustigian
Alex Schaffert-Callaghan
Jodi Womack
Performance Workshops:
Lisa Braithwaite
BJ Dodge
Liana Gardner
Leslie Liberman
Natalie Patterson
Clare Sera
Rachael Thomas
Nikki Vescovi
Leah Yananton
Songwriting:
Lindsey Bachelder
Michelle Bell
Alexis Ben-Meir
Danielle Brisebois
Maria Christensen
Annmarie Cullen
Deanna DellaCiopa
Kyler England
Laurie Geltman
Natalie Nicole Gilbert
Character & Dialogue:
Script Doctors:
Jane Anderson
Stephanie Carrie
Susan Dickes
Toni Graphia
Jennifer Hoppe
Meg Jackson
Andrea King
Elizabeth Kruger
Clare Sera
Actors:
Rebecca Addelman
Keiko Agena
Wes Anderhold
Jessica Andres
Allison Becker
Troian Bellisario
Wilson Bethel
Tracy Burns
Ron Butler
Ted Cannon
Special Events:
Ben Allen
Aasha Davis
Dr. Arturo Delgado
Elizabeth Espinosa
Edi Gathegi
Toni Graphia
Pamela Guest
Tahereh Mafi
Chris Messina
Ransom Riggs
Alison Becker (Parks & Rec), AAsha davis (Friday Night Lights) and Troian Bellisario (Pretty little liars) prepare to perform our girls' scenes at Lights, Camera, WriteGirl!
Songwriting (Continued):
Louise Goffin
Adrianne Gonzales
Kay Hanley
Allison Jayne
Kari Kimmel
Holly Knight
Libby Lavella
Robin Lerner
Michelle Lewis
Lisa Loeb
Alison Lurie
Mayre Martine
Bonnie McKee
Clare Means
Samantha Nicole Nelson
Lisa Nemzo
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Screen Writers, TV Writers, & Playwrights:
Jane Anderson
Abby Anderson
Alex Cooley
Jeanine Daniels
Susan Dickes
Savannah Dooley
Rachel Feldman
DC Fontana
Jessica Goldstein
Heather Hach
Sonay Hoffman
Winnie Holzman
Jennifer Hoppe
Rita Hsiao
Meg Jackson
Liz Kruger
Reparata Mazzola
Actors (Continued):
Julia Cho
Ashley Clements
Aasha Davis
Katie Dippold
Amanda Detmer
Mary Elizabeth Ellis
Rebecca Field
Dan Gauthier
Sprague Grayden
Hayley Huntley
Janice Lee
Riki Lindhome
Hannah Marks
Hillary Anne Matthew
Kim McCullough
Aimee McKay
Wendi Mclendon-Covey
Special Events (Continued):
Elizabeth Sarnoff
Clare Sera
Trevor St. John
Marcia Wallace
Robin Weigert
Wilson Bethel (hart of dixie) performs with Alison Becker (parks & rec) at lights, Camera, WriteGirl!
NBCLA REPORTER/ANCHOr Beverly White teaches a mentee the fundamentals of journalism at our annual journalism workshop
Songwriting (Continued):
Holly Palmer
Shelly Peiken
Simone Porter
Anne Previn
Lindsey Ray
Lindy Robbins
Janet Robin
Heidi Rojas
Lindsay Rush
Celeste Scalone
Harriet Schock
Renee Stahl
Judy Stakee
Celeste Stone
Rosemarie Tan
Jonelle Vette
Allee Willis
Krysta Youngs
Screen Writers, TV Writers, & Playwrights (Continued):
Laura McCreary
Josann McGibbon
Liz Meriwether
Aimee McKay
Terri Edda Miller
Sara Parriott
Nina Pedrad
JJ Philbin
Jen Reiter
Bernadette Rivera
Kim Rosenstock
Danielle Sanchez-Witzel
Deb Schoenmen
Clare Sera
Meredith Stiehm
Courtney Turk
Kelley Turk
Actors (Continued):
Suzy Nakamura
Chelsea Peretti
Retta Putignano
Reece Rios
Mike Rock
Kelsey Scott
Robin Schorr
Hannah Simone
Ryan Smith
Laura Spencer
Trevor St. John
Robin Weigert
Kevin Weisman
Mary Kate Wiles
2012 Bold Ink Award Honorees: Lisa Cholodenko (Screenwriter/Director, The Kids Are All Right), Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl (Authors of the Beautiful Creatures series of novels), Melissa Rosenberg (Screenwriter/Producer, Twilight series, Dexter) and Zoe Kazan (Playwright/Screenwriter, Ruby Sparks) - not pictured.
“The WriteGirls are woman warriors of the pen. To read their poems and stories is to be heartened by their wonderful, inspiring, regenerating powers.”
Marcia Wallace (Voice Actor, The Simpsons) was a treasured special guest at many WriteGirl workshops and events. We will miss her deeply. Pictured here with Marcia: Keren Taylor (L) and Alison Deegan (R).
