Jeff Worley
Jeff Worley is a former Kentucky Poet Laureate. Worley has published six books of poetry, four chapbooks, and was editor of the anthology What Comes Down to Us: 25 Contemporary […]
Patsi B. Trollinger
Patsi B. Trollinger has published a nonfiction picture book, Perfect Timing (a Junior Library Guild selection), a mid-grade novel, Thrill in the ‘Ville, and numerous magazine articles. She mentors Author Academy writers of picture […]
Richard Taylor
Richard Taylor, a former Kentucky poet laureate, has published numerous collections of poetry, two novels, as well as several non-fiction books relating to Kentucky history, including Thomas Clark Medallion winner, Elkhorn: […]
Katerina Stoykova
Katerina Stoykova is the author of award-winning poetry books in Bulgarian and English. Senior Editor of Accents Publishing, she is the editor and publisher of over 50 poetry books and […]
Christopher Rowe
Christopher Rowe is the author of two short fiction collections—Bittersweet Creek andTelling the Map—and three novels—Sandstorm, The Lost Legacy, and The Sphinx’s Secret, the last two co-written with Gwenda Bond. He has been […]
Sharon Mauldin Reynolds
Sharon Mauldin Reynolds is the author of a short fiction collection, Walking Air (Pen-L Publishing) and numerous short stories appearing in literary journals. She mentors Author Academy writers in the craft of short […]
Lynn Pruett
Lynn Pruett has published the novel Ruby River (Grove/Atlantic Press) and numerous essays and short stories. She mentors novelists, fiction writers, and essayists in the Author Academy and teaches in the MFA […]
Jeremy Paden
Jeremy Paden has published two full-length books of poems, three chapbooks, an illustrated children’s book, and two full-length collections of translations. He mentors students in the Author Academy in poetry, creative […]
Elizabeth Kilcoyne
Elizabeth Kilcoyne is the author of the forthcoming young adult horror novel Wake the Bones, which will be published by Wednesday Books in summer of 2022. An alumna of the Author Academy […]
Leatha Kendrick
Leatha Kendrick’s fifth collection of poetry, And Luckier, was published by Accents Publishing in 2020. Over the past 30 years her poems, essays, articles, fiction, and memoir in journals (including Tar River Poetry, New […]
