Reader, gardener, hiker, political junkie, owner of a troublesome cat, and investor. Susan serves on the Development Committee.
She/her.
Jon Lasser lives in Seattle. He’s a graduate of Clarion West 2016. His stories have appeared in Galaxy’s Edge, Diabolical Plots, Underland Arcana, and elsewhere.
He/him.
Tod is a 2010 graduate of Clarion West. He runs Hydra House Books, writes contemporary fantasy and poetry, and loves pizza and chimichangas. But not mixed together.
He/him.
Zola Mumford is an academic librarian; researcher; past Washington State Book Awards judge; past Curator of the Seattle Black Film Festival; present co-leader of the Seattle Black Spatial Histories Institute; a community story training program of the Wa Na Wari community arts project; and writer.
Dominica Phetteplace is a writer and math tutor. She attended Clarion West in 2007.
SHe/her.
Nisi Shawl has been on the board 20 years! They attended Clarion West in 1992 and are still writing. Their time as CW’s Communications Director helped tighten their prose.
They/them.
Elsa Sjunneson is a nonfiction & fiction writer and disability rights activist. She lives in Seattle with her husband, two children and ridiculous corgi.
She/her.
Yang-Yang Wang is an actor and writer who attended Clarion West in 2014. A lover of brevity, and former board chair, he can be found Wednesday evenings on a Fantasy Author D&D Twitch Stream.
He/him.