Board
SEMWA Board of Directors:
President: Karen McCullough
Email: karen@kmccullough.com
Karen McCullough is the author of six romantic mystery/ suspense novels published in hard cover and trade paperback by Avalon Books, LTDBooks and Cerridwen Press, a fantasy role-playing game tie-in from Iron Crown Enterprises, and two fantasy novels. Her first cozy mystery, A GIFT FOR MURDER, will be published January, 2011, by Five Star/Gale Group. Karen lives in Greensboro, North Carolina and runs a web design business, Karen’s Web Works, that specializes in creating web sites for authors and other small businesses.
She invites visitors to check out her home on the web at http://www.kmccullough.com
Email: tony@tonyburton.biz
Tony Burton is an author and editor with over 160 published short stories and articles in print and online venues. He spent years writing nonfiction, before deciding that writing fiction was more fun. His writing credits include Writer’s Journal, Woman’s World, Great Mystery and Suspense Magazine, Focus On Your Child, Reflection’s Edge, and others, including stories in six anthologies. He has two published novels and one published collection of supernatural crime stories. Tony also teaches/tutors creative writing. He and his wife live out in the boonies near Ranger, Georgia.
Treasurer: Kim Ciamarra
Email: kimlb258@yahoo.com
Kimberly Ciamarra has completed her first manuscript and screenplay adaptation for A Sister’s Betrayal. A Penn State University graduate, Kimberly has earned her MBA, CPA and CMI and has over eight years of accounting and tax experience. Kimberly currently resides in Alpharetta, GA.
Secretary: Chester Campbell
Email: campbellcd@mindspring.com
Chester Campbell has published four Greg McKenzie mysteries featuring a retired Air Force OSI agent and his wife, now private investigators in Nashville, and the first in his Sid Chance series about a former National Park ranger and small town police chief. The books were published by Durban House Publishing and Night Shadows Press. A former newspaper reporter, magazine editor, advertising and PR writer, political speechwriter, and retired Air Force Reserve officer, he lives in Madison, TN.
PR & Publicity: David Schlosser
Email: mail@analects-ink.com
David Schlosser is an award-winning fiction and non-fiction writer and an award-winning editor. His fiction has appeared in Salon magazine and university literary journals. His non-fiction and journalism have run in Business Today magazine, academic and scientific journals, multiple print and online news outlets, and a wide range of industry and trade publications. He edited the 2003 memoir Through My Eyes by John Mora, which won the Latino Literary Hall of Fame’s Mariposa Award. As a political and public relations consultant and candidate for public office, he has delighted and offended people around the world through such diverse outlets as The Wall Street Journal and New York Times as well as “Hard Copy” and “Inside Edition.” A native of Kansas, David went to college and grad school in Texas. After living or working in nearly a dozen states, he now lives in in Davidson, N.C. and makes his living as a writer, editor, book producer, and strategic communications advisor who emphasizes the power of story to increase the impact of all forms of communication.
Eastern Area Rep (NC, SC, GA): Joseph Terrell
Email: jlsterrell@aol.com
Joseph Terrell is the author of two published novels, a book of humor, and numerous short stories, plus magazine articles ranging from true crime, psychology, agribusiness, to military and government affairs. His mystery novel TIDE OF DARKNESS will be published by Bella Rosa Books early this spring. A graduate in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he was awarded a full scholarship to the famed University of Iowa Writers Workshop, but the Korean War interrupted his studies there. After service as a Special Agent in the Army’s Counter Intelligence Corps, Terrell returned to UNC to pursue graduate studies in journalism. He began his journalism career as a staff writer for United Press, then went on to The Wall Street Journal’s Washington bureau covering the Pentagon. Most of his career was spent in Washington, including a stint as press secretary for the Senate Agriculture Committee. He now makes his home on the Outer Banks of North Carolina where he continues writing fiction, with another mystery completed and work-in-progress on a literary novel. Other interests include the usual beach activities plus playing the bass, which he has performed with jazz and dance bands and for 10 years with a symphony orchestra in Northern Virginia.
Western Area Rep: Sandra Robbins
Email: sandra@sandrarobbins.net
After working as a teacher and principal in the public schools of Tennessee, Sandra Robbins is thankful she is now able to write full time for the inspirational market. Her first mystery Pedigreed Bloodlines was a finalist for the prestigious Daphne du Maurier Award given by the Kiss of Death Chapter of Romance Writers of America. Other published works include the romantic suspense novels Final Warning, Mountain Peril, and Yuletide Defender. In addition to her mystery writing, she also has three romance novels releasing soon—The Columns of Cottonwood, Dinner at the St. James, and River Blues. Sandra and her husband live in the flatlands of West Tennessee and have four children and five grandchildren.
Immediate Past President: Clay Stafford
Clay Stafford is a bestselling author and filmmaker. His retellings of children’s classics released internationally through Dalmatian Press have sold almost one million hardcover copies. His films and literary works have been released in over 14 languages. He is the founder of Killer Nashville and has served on the board of numerous nonprofits. Previously associated with Universal Studios and PBS, he now is writer/filmmaker/president of American Blackguard in Franklin, Tennessee. For more info, visit www.ClayStafford.com.
Newletter Editor: Kelly Nichols (P.Parrish)
Email: pjparish@aol.com
Kelly Nichols is 1/2 the writing team of P. J. Parrish (with her sister, Kris Montee.) They are the authors of the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling Louis Kincaid series. Their books have been Edgar, and Anthony award finalists and they have won both the Shamus and the Thriller awards. ISLAND OF BONES was named a top book of 2004 by Publishers Weekly and Oline Cogdill. AN UNQUIET GRAVE was named a Michigan Notable Book for 2006. Their latest, A THOUSAND BONES, (Pocket Books, July 2007) marks the debut of a new series starring Michigan police woman Joe Frye. Their next book, SOUTH OF HELL, will be released in August of ‘08.
Mailing Address:
SEMWA
C/o Karen McCullough
PO Box 10633
Greensboro, NC 27404
