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Claire Gibson is the author of Beyond the Point. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post, The Christian Science Monitor, Marie Claire, Entrepreneur Magazine, and Garden & Gun among many other publications. Claire is a panelist on Making Art from the Reality.

As the publishing industry’s first-ever in-house Senior Editor of Cultural Accuracy Reading Services at Kevin Anderson & Associates, Hannah leads and manages the cultural accuracy reading services. Sarah Hannah Gomez is a panelist on Writing Outside of Your Experience.

Sarah Zanotti is an actress and screenwriter currently based out of Nashville, TN. She is a co-founder of AZ if Productions, where she has co-written and starred in two feature films, Rattled and Faye. Sarah is a panelist on Vivid Scenes.

On this episode of the WriterFest Podcast, we welcome our friend Mary O'Donohue into the studio. Writers, when it comes to media pitches, this show featuring Mary O'Donohue is one you're not going to want to miss. Listen in to Episode 11 here: writerfestnashville.com/podc…

Kentucky born and bred, Jeremy Spillman moved to Nashville, Tennessee to pursue songwriting at 24. It would be 5 years before he landed his first cut and signed a publishing deal. Spillman recently released his first novel, The DeVine Devils, with an accompanying soundtrack.

Jakob Lewis is a radio producer and creative director and owner of @GreatFeelingStudios in Nashville, TN. The Great Feeling Studios produces podcasts and radio broadcasts for public radio and large brands. He started his career in audio with his own podcast Neighbors in 2014.

Erica Ciccarone is a writer of fiction and nonfiction living in Nashville. She is Culture editor for the Nashville Scene. She holds an MFA in creative writing from the New School and has published her fiction in Epiphany, ThisRecording, and H.O.W. Journal.

On this episode of the WriterFest Podcast, we talk with the amazing @RealMichelleW, the Grammy-award-winning singer, songwriter, and author of the new book, Checking In: How Getting Real about Depression Saved My Life—and Can Save Yours. writerfestnashville.com/podc…

Cat Stewart is the Screenwriting Competition Manager at the Nashville Film Festival. She also recently became an outreach rep for start-up The Feature, a revolutionary platform built by creators for creators. Cat is a panelist on Episodic Screenwriting.

Christina Martin has a vast amount of unusual experience from which she draws on as a writer. At CU Boulder, Martin won a national poetry contest and received Summa Cum Laude for her academic research. Martin is currently a Senior Writer and Executive Producer.

Matt West is the founder and CEO of Dexterity, a publishing startup serving both indie authors and other publishers. Matt has 25+ years of industry experience where he has held roles in product development, sales operations, digital publishing, and data strategy.

Karen Anderson has been in the book world for 25+ years and is known for her sound, practical advice, delivered with the straightforward style of a good friend. She helps authors reach their markets, connect with readers, and build their businesses using the power of a book!

Rachel Beck joined Liza Dawson Associates in 2020 after working at a boutique literary agency. She has been in the publishing industry since 2009 and worked at Harlequin @HarlequinBooks before transitioning her skills to the agent world in order to be an advocate for authors.