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Open Air Literary Salon In the heart of City Fest, there will be a place for people who love literature and poetry—an Open Air Literary Salon, which will be hosted by San Diego Writers, Ink. Located right by Book Sellers Alley at the Festival, our Open Air Literary Salon begins with a reading and discussion of Greg Mortenson's remarkable book, Three Cups of Tea, led by Nicole Vollrath. She'll be joined by Lynn Whitehouse of the San Diego City Library who will talk about the Library's "One Book, One San Diego" community reading project. The Salon will also feature best-selling author Drusilla Campbell; a memoir panel featuring memoirists Steve Montgomery, Patrick McMahon, and Suzana Norberg, moderated by Thomas Larson. Poetry will be brought to the afternoon by the multi-talented, multi-lingual Michael Klam. Author, editor and educator Jim Miller will read from his novel, Drift, and the afternoon will close with a performance by international poet Roger Aplon and percussionist Marcos Fernandes. There'll be a Children's Story Nook right next to the Open Air Literary Salon (and the coffee bar), so bring the young ones, too. The Story Nook will feature story telling by the Mission Hills Library an the Story Affinity Group. SDW, Ink Executive Director Judy Reeves will host the Salon. The Program
Lynn Whitehouse serves as supervisor for Literature/Information/ILL at the Central locaton of the San Diego Public Library.
Roger Aplon is an internationally acclaimed writer who has published six books of poetry and prose, including Barcelona Diary and, most recently, The Man With His Back to the Room and Intimacies. He has also published four chapbooks, including, Homage to a Widow, which was released this year by Carnaevon Press this month. A cofounder and editor of Choice Magazine with Aaron Siskind and John Logan, Roger’s work has also appeared in numerous anthologies and journals. He served as editor for From These Walls, an anthology published by The Writing Center. www.rogeraplon.com
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Nicole Vollrath, MFA, earned her master’s degree in creative writing at Emerson College in Boston. She served as prose editor for the literary journal Beacon Street Review, director of Phone-A-Poem, and as a reader for Ploughshares and Agni. She has published articles, book reviews and won several awards for her short fiction.
Drusilla Campbell’s first published work, “Piper, What Song?” was named one of the year's best science-fiction short stories. She is the author of fourteen published novels, including the best-sellers Hopewell Saga, and Blood Orange. Her most recent release, Bone Lake, is available through through the Book of the Month Club, Literary Guild, Dell Book Club and Mystery Book Club. An in-demand teacher and lecturer, Drusilla writes novels that “surprise and capture” her audience, with characters so real readers want to “call them up and invite them to coffee.”
Steve Montgomery's memoir is entitled Boy of Steel, and one of his stories was recently published in the literary magazine, Black Rock & Sage, and was a finalist in Unpublished Memoir category of the San Diego Book Awards. Steve serves on the Advisory Board of San Diego Writers, Ink and has spent the past fifteen years teaching teenagers how to write complete sentences that do not begin with “like.”
Patrick McMahon is a writer, photographer, and musician. His memoir, Becoming patrick, is an exploration of identity by means of re-connecting with blood relatives afer growing up adopted. An excerpt from the memoir was published in San Diego Writers, Ink Anthology, A Year in Ink. 
Suzana Norberg recently completed her memoir on the nightmare of her first marriage, Parasite Lost: Escaping the Husband From Hades, and is seeking representation. Her work was also excerpted in A Year in Ink.
Thomas Larson writes personal essays, memoir, nonfiction, and literary criticism. He is the author of Memoir and the Memoirist, from Swallow Press, the literary imprint of Ohio University Press and editor of A Year in Ink, SDW, Ink's first anthology. He is a contributing writer for the San Diego Reader where, since 1999, he has specialized in narrative nonfiction. Larson’s work has appeared in many literary magazines and journals, among them The Gettysburg Review, Southwest Review, Antioch Review, The Potamac Review, Counterpunch, Chicago Reader, The San Diego Union-Tribune, Fourth Genre, and the Anchor Essay Annual: The Best of 1997. www.thomaslarson.com
Michael Klam is a poet/teacher whose work ranges from slam to translations. He is the moderator of Poetry and Art for the San Diego Art Institute, and Poet Programs Coordinator for the Museum of the Living Artist in Balboa Park. He was a member of the first San Diego Slam Team at the 2000 West Coast Regionals, and represented San Diego with the 2002 Slam Team. He has published two collections in English and Portuguese, Ervas e asfalto and Mouthfuls of Red Confetti, with Portuguese poet, Miguel Barbosa and has authored several books, including Sheep Go Mad and Cue in the Goats. His most recent publication is Emma and the Buddha Frog. www.poetix.net
Jim Miller is the author of Drift, coauthor of Under the Perfect Sun: The San Diego Tourists Never See and Better to Reign in Hell: Inside the Raiders Fan Empire. He is also the editor of Sunshine/Noir: Writing from San Diego and Tijuana and co-editor of City Works Press and a professor at San Diego City College. 
Marcos Fernandes: born in Yokohama, Japan, Marcos Fernandes has long been active in San Diego as performer, producer and curator. He has performed in Japan, Hong Kong, Mexico, Canada and the US as a solo improviser, phonographer and as percussionist/sound artist with various ensembles. Fernandes runs the artist-based independent label Accretions,home to some of today's more innovative experimentalists. He is a founding member of the Trummerflora collective, dedicated to creative music in Southern California. Fernandes' recordings have appeared on Accretions, Bake/Staalplaat, Circumvention, Pan Handler, Pax, Pfmentum, Phonography.org, Public Eyesore, Ribosome and Solitary B. www.marcosfernandes.com
Judy Reeves is a writer, teacher and writing practice provocateur whose books include A Writer's Book of Days; Writing Alone, Writing Together; A Creative Writer's Kit and The Writer’s Retreat Kit. Other works include two plays written with the Second Story Writers, a women’s writing ensemble; and a chapbook of poetry, The Kind of Woman She Is. Her nonfiction work has appeared in the San Diego Reader, Personal Journaling magazine and various anthologies and journals. In addition to leading private writing workshops, Judy teaches creative writing at UCSD Extension and speaks at writing conferences internationally. She is executive director of San Diego Writers, Ink.
