Colene Sawyer Schlaepfer, MFT, PhD

A licensed Marriage and Family Therapist for 40 years, Colene’s first two publications were self-help books about romantic relationships.  Both were titled “Fishing by Moonlight”.

The first was subtitled “The Art of Choosing Intimate Partners”, published in 1986 and awarded an honor by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists for contribution to the profession.

The second was subtitled “The Art of Enhancing Intimate Relationships”, published in 2008.

Colene’s latest book is a memoir, titled “If It Weren’t for Me,” published March, 2018. Her memoir begins in 1933 during the Great Depression when chauvinism was a way of life.  Her life story describes the profound changes in male/female relationships.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Karen Holladay Durham grew up (sort of) in Livermore, California. She lives and writes in Sacramento. After toiling in the nonprofit world for many years, she decided to follow full time her vocation as a writer of fiction, creative non-fiction, and poetry.

As a Club member she has participated on a California Writers Week speaking panel and won an award for the Sacramento Branch short fiction contest (honorable mention). She attends writing conferences several times per year. She hosts a Sacramento Shut Up And Write session (meetup.org), participates in a critique group, and takes poetry as well as memoir/creative non-fiction classes.

Her work has been published in the American River Review, Writers on the Air radio show & blog, and California Update.  When not writing, Karen rejects advice to “Act your age.” She runs, bicycles around town, swims, practices yoga & pilates, eating & drinking with friends & spoiling her pets. She’s thankful every day for all the wonderful people in her life.

 

Marcia Ehinger, M.D., is a California native and recently retired physician (pediatrics, women’s health, medical genetics), who has been scribbling since she was a small child.  Her interests in poetry and fiction were mostly pushed to the background while writing, editing, and publishing in medicine and public health took precedence.  Now, she is concentrating on her series of stories set in a dystopian world, and the website to accompany her work.  She also continues to write poems and research intriguing topics for historical fiction and memoir.

Marcia is a recipient of the Jack London award for service to the Sacramento branch, past newsletter content letter, and a contributor to the club anthology Visions. She has published poetry and prose in several other CWC branch anthologies and is a regular contributor to California Update.

 

After a lifetime of writing poetry, books, nonfiction, and legal documents, it was author Ray Bradbury’s friendship and encouragement that finally inspired Dale E. Manolakas to pursue writing as a career.  Dale E. Manolakas earned her B.A. from the University of California at Los Angeles, and M.A., M.S., Ph.D. and J.D. degrees from the University of Southern California. She is a member of the California Bar, had the privilege of clerking for The Honorable Arthur L. Alarcón at the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, was a litigator in two major Los Angeles law firms, and a senior appellate attorney at the California Court of Appeals, as well as an Administrative Law Judge. Member of SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity Association. Top 100 Amazon legal thriller author. Books:  Rogue Divorce Lawyer, The Gun Trial, Lethal Lawyers, Death Sets Sail, Hollywood Plays for Keeps, Coming Soon Hollywood on Trial ~ Author Website http://www.dalemanolakas.com

 

 

 

 

 

Despite his menacing profile picture, T.R. Leton is actually a big softy. He was born and raised in Northern California, where he currently lives with his wife and two children. He has spent the last twenty years in marketing and graphic design. As a musician, he has released two studio albums over the last decade. His lifelong love of writing finally caught up to him in 2011 when he began working on the Maxwell Floyd crime fiction novels. A Cold Blooded Rain, his debut novel, released November 1, 2017 is the first in an ongoing series.