Elements of a Winning Short Story CD

Phyllis Gebauer is an author and writing teacher. She teaches fiction at UCLA Extension and in 1992 was named Outstanding Teacher in Creative Writing. Her most recent publication is her memoir Hot Widow (Fithian Press, 2008), which Thomas Pynchon calls, "Rollicking and heartbreaking evidence that little black dresses aren't just for graveside anymore." Her comic novel, The Pagan Blessing, was published by Viking in 1979, in paperback by Fithian Press in 2006, and was called by Ray Bradbury, "A blessing indeed; a true delight." She has published short stories, articles and essays, and is currently working on a mystery set in Puerto Vallarta that involves a pair of senior sleuths whom she hopes to feature in a series. She belongs to PEN USA, Mystery Writers of America, Sisters in Crime, and the Dorothy L. Sayers Society in Great Britain. Visit her web site www.phyllisgebauer.com, which is filled with photos and contains excerpts of her work. She will conduct On-the-Spot Critiques and present "How to Get the Most out of This Conference," "A Fictional Approach to Writing a Factual Memoir" and "Elements of a Winning Short Story."

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