There’s No Age Limit to Being a Debut Author!

Please join us for our June Cornerstones gathering when Nancy Stevenson and Shawn Wilson will discuss their journeys from aspiring to published authors.

Friday, June 6
5:30 p.m.
Borwell Dining Room
Cost: $30 Dinner and Speaker; $10 Speaker Only
Register here

Are you an aspiring author? Do you have an unfinished novel in your laptop?  How do you establish good writing habits? Do you need an agent?  What are the pros and cons of self-publishing?  

Our speakers will describe their experiences and answer your questions.  

Nancy Stevenson is the author of Capitol Code, a mystery novel about a young Asian American girl trying to fit into a new life in Washington, D.C., who finds herself in the center of a government corruption scandal. Nancy’s most recent book is Long Reach, which combines a complex story of attempted murder with the protagonist’s work to expose conspirators responsible for air, water, and land pollution on an island in the Georgia Strait, B.C. Nancy holds a Master’s Degree in American History from American University, Washington, D.C., and an MFA in Writing from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. She and her late husband, Adlai, lived in Washington, D.C., for ten years.

Shawn Wilson is the author of two page-turning mysteries, Relentless and Duplicity, set in Washington, D.C., and featuring savvy Detective Brick Kavanaugh. The city of Chicago, specifically the Lakeview neighborhood, also figures prominently in the novel Duplicity.
Shawn earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Administration of Justice from American University and spent more than thirty years in Washington, D.C., working in the U.S. Marshals Service, the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.