Litquake 2026

Matthew Félix is the author of four books, a certified life coach, and a speaker. Publishers Weekly called his debut novel, A Voice Beyond Reason, “(a) highly crafted gem.” Matthew ghost-writes, edits, publishes, and markets books for other authors, and his work has been recognized with a Solas Awards Grand Prize for Story of the Year and Gold for Memoir in the Northern California Publishers & Authors Awards. Matthew combines... Read More →

Marianne Lonsdale’s debut novel, When The Road Curves, was published by Sibylline Press in 2026. She writes fiction, personal essays and poetry. Her work has been published in several print anthologies and various online journals including The New York Times, The Bluebird Word... Read More →

Wendy Johnson is a physician, community activist and writer whose career includes stints scaling up HIV treatment in Mozambique, overseeing an urban public health department in Cleveland, and directing a community clinic in Santa Fe. She currently practices family and addiction medicine in Northern... Read More →

Tara Dorabji is the award-winning author of the novel, Call Her Freedom, Simon and Schuster’s Books Like Us Grand Prize Winner. Tara’s documentary film series on human rights defenders in Kashmir won awards at over a dozen film festivals throughout Asia and the USA. Her publi... Read More →

Regina Louise, MFA, is an emotional intelligence coach who uses poetry as praxis, a mindfulness meditation teacher, and a senior Hoffman Process teacher. She is best known as the author of the memoirs Somebody’s Someone and Someone Has Led This Child to Believe—the inspiratio... Read More →