Faculty Bios

We choose our instructors and coaches based on the
following primary criteria:
  1. They sell their work globally
  2. They don’t just know how to do their expertise successfully,
    they also know how to teach others
  3. They are current in their expert knowledge

KATHRIN LAKE

Kathrin Lake is the author of the well reviewed book, Writing with Cold Feet, as well as many other books in non-fiction and fiction. She is an award-winning playwright, screenplay writer, and teacher. Kathrin lives in Victoria and Mexico where she facilitates writing retreats through the VSW, and teaches workshops at writing conferences globally. She has a degree in film and theatre from Simon Fraser University. http://kathrinlake.com

MICHELE HALL

For over 15 years Michele worked as Producer/Director at CBC producing the weekly Arts & Entertainment segment on CBC Halifax’s supper hour news show, and award-winning TV and radio promotions for Canada’s National  Broadcaster.

In more recent years, Michele has focused on storytelling in the written word and is the author of three books currently available on Amazon. She now coaches first time authors in writing, editing and publishing their books and is the Executive Director and Host of the podcast Boomer Bedtime Stories. https://boomerbedtimestoryradio.com

MARTIN CROSBIE

Martin’s debut novel, My Temporary Life, has been downloaded over two hundred thousand times and became an Amazon bestseller. Martin spun the novel into a trilogy with My Name is Hardly and All Good Men Must Fall. See his Amazon page for other books. Martin is dedicated to helping independent authors globally and taught at VSWs Bestsellers Weekends. He also runs his owns highly successful book promotions company bookdoggy.com. https://martincrosbie.com

EILEEN COOK

Eileen Cook is a multi-published author specializing in YA fiction and romantic comedy with her novels appearing in eight different languages. She is both traditionally published (Harper Collins, Simon & Schuster) as well as indie published. Her books have been optioned for film and TV. You can read more about Eileen, her books, and the things that strike her as funny at www.eileencook.com. Eileen lives in Vancouver.

DAVID KILMER

David Lloyd Kilmer grew up in seven houses and three countries. He has been a wildland firefighter, EMT, small town reporter, sailing instructor, ski bum and magazine editor of CdA  (Coeur D'Alene) Magazine. He has written columns for sailing magazines about his adventures around the globe. But none of this prepared him for the absolute joy, terror and moment-by-moment purity of being a Caribbean boat captain which prompted his first book, a memoir entitled, A Peril To Myself and Others. He has also written a novel, The Million Dollar Fish and The Way of the Sailor. David lives in both Idaho and Mexico.

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