Our Members...
Soula
Angelou,
a native of Greece, adds an international
flavor to our writers group. For many years, Soula worked as a personal
executive assistant to internationally known author Taylor Caldwell and
has
been working on a book based on this experience.
Sandy Barton retired from the Williamsville School District
after having taught Pre-school, Kindergarten, and First Grade
for 22 years and 9 years as Gifted Programming Specialist for
K-4. That, coupled with living a “Brady Bunch” life, contributes
to an unending stockpile of writing material that keeps the
memories alive and well.
Larry Beahan,
Buffalo native, Psychiatrist and Air Force
veteran, continuously battles to preserve our natural environment. In
addition
to writing about his deep family roots in the Allegheny and Adirondack
areas,
his stories often capture the wildness of many characters living in
Western New
York. Facebook Amazon Book Page
Patricia Brown
has an M.A. in U. S. History, a Ph.D. in
Political Science/Public Administration and is currently the Vice
President of
Enrollment at Daemen College.
Deborah A. Dickinson
is a freelance writer
who resides in WNY. She is a member of the Association for Professional
Women
Writers and the Network of Biblical Storytellers.
Nancy Dickinson, a lifetime resident of this area, writes
memoirs.
Mary Jo Hodge
has a B.A., M.S. and a Doctorate in Public
Administration. After working for over thirty years in the field of
mental
health, Mary is interested in quilting, writing, Tai Chi, social
bridge,
reading, gardening, floral arranging, travel and family activities with
her
husband Charles, her two daughters and her granddaughter.
Berta
Mae Ives
is a published author and Grandma to six. Berta
Mae is working on a book, I’m
Between Tampax and
Depends!
Amazon Book Page Website
Linda A.
Lavid,
an award-winning author, is widely published in
fiction and
nonfiction. She gives presentations thoughout Western New York on
writing and publishing. Amazon Book Page
M. Leslie was raised in the Western New York
countryside, but has always longed for Paris and points East. She
believes that
writing can be an act of great healing through the simple act of
revealing what
is true.
Mike Miller,
a retired computer software engineer, began
writing for fun in 2004. His writing includes fiction, nonfiction,
poetry and
word search puzzles. Facebook
Lionel Nosenchuck, our
capable leader, has a B. A. in English
Literature from Ohio State University and continues to hone his stories
as an
Erie County advocate for the elderly into an exciting and informative
book.
Carl
Francis Penders answers much more than the question in
Why I Write. His unique, edgy voice is energetic, demanding our
attention as he opens his heart about writing, the topic that
ties us all together.
Raymond Thomas was born in Guyana and is now a chemist in
Buffalo. He has learnt to love pizza and chicken wings as much
as pepperpot and writes a variety of stories that often
challenge physics and the universal laws of nature.
Fred Tomasello Jr., Over
Coffee’s 2009 editor, is a Vietnam veteran who retired from
the Tampa Postal
Service, traveled for five years as a full-time RV’er and settled in
Cheektowaga where he writes about issues affecting veterans. Amazon YouTube
Lois Vidaver
celebrates her 30th
year as a newspaper and
magazine writer and believes firmly that in matters literary, belonging
to a
writer’s group is essential. She says Northside has been inspirational,
helplful and caring and has critiqued many of her submissions before
they were
published.
Pamela Walck, a
graduate of the Dallas Theological
Seminary, is a follower of Jesus currently working as a physical
therapist at
ECMC. She enjoys going to the gym, writing, teaching, and going on
mission
trips to spread the Gospel. Her prayer is that others would follow
Jesus as
their Savior and that her writing would help to persuade them.
Karen Walsh writes humor articles. Amazon Book Page Website
Joan M. Wheeler champions the cause of Adoption Truth via birth certificates. Amazon Book Page. Website.
Cynthia
Willerth is an extraordinary storyteller and publisher
of the science fiction
series The Knife of
Truth. Amazon Book Page. Facebook Fan Page.