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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

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Dominick D'Aunno MD, President

Dominick D’Aunno MD, a writer of speculative fiction, is an Internal Medicine physician with a subspecialty in Space Medicine and Physiology and Addiction Medicine. His NASA research includes cardiovascular adaptation to microgravity, immune system alterations in extreme environments and musculoskeletal alterations to variable gravities. Dominick works with writers to increase the use, and accuracy of, medicine and physiology in speculative fiction. dures, Space Medicine, etc. 

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Leslie Archibald, Secretary/Treasurer

Leslie Archibald is a graduate of the University of Houston, majoring in English Creative Writing with a minor in Women’s Studies. She is a local writer/reader and businesswoman who manages office operations for a small company in the agricultural import/export industry while writing, editing, and reading for local presses part time. Leslie has volunteered with Writespace since 2015 and continues to support Writespace through volunteering and financial support. Leslie has benefited from the positive direction and nurturing received through Writespace and credits her successes as a writer to the organization. ​

Directors

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Holly Lyn Walrath, Director

Holly Lyn Walrath holds a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas and a Master's in Creative Writing from Denver University. She is a poet and author of the Elgin Award-winning chapbook Glimmerglass Girl (Finishing Line Press, 2018), a chapbook in Italian, Numinose Lapidi (Kipple Press, 2020), and a full-length poetry collection, The Smallest of Bones (Clash Books, 2021). She is the Managing Editor of Interstellar Flight Press, a science fiction and fantasy small press. With Rice University, she is the coordinator for Religious Studies Review, a quarterly review of publications across the entire field of religion and related disciplines.

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Davida Green-Norris

Davida Green-Norris, who writes as ​Dicey Grenor, also known as Spicy Dicey, is a black woman, attorney, author, podcaster, and pre-WGA TV writer. As author of The Narcoleptic Vampire Series, and other erotic romance, sci-fi, fantasy, horror books (11), short stories (30+), and scripts (4), Dicey enjoys crossing genres while writing inclusive, character-driven stories about sexy creatures that don't stay dead.

In addition to creating and moderating 20+ diversity, horror, and erotic literary panels from 2014-2019, Dicey recently worked as a Production Assistant on Real Estate Moguls of Houston, an upcoming reality TV show, and advanced to Quarterfinalist in the 2021 Page Turner Screenplay Competition.

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Eloisa Pérez-Lozano

Eloísa Pérez-Lozano (she/her) writes poems and essays about Mexican-American identity, women’s issues, and motherhood. She graduated from Iowa State University with a B.S. in psychology and an M.S. in journalism and mass communications. A Best of the Net-nominated writer, her work has been featured in The Texas Observer, Houston Chronicle, Houston Public Media, and Poets Reading the News, among others. She lives with her family in Houston, Texas.
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Ynes Freeman

With her background in traditional publishing, including editing, audience marketing, and management, Ynes has guided more than a thousand authors on the path to publishing with kindness and encouragement. Ynes is a Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM) who has held numerous leadership roles, and she is an active volunteer and instructor at Writespace Houston. Ynes is a three-time award-winning short story author. Under a variety of pen names, her work has appeared in Everyday Fiction ezine, Primal Elements (a poetry collection), The Order of Us (a Moms Who Write anthology), Dragons Within, Winter Whimsy, and other anthologies. Ynes’s debut novel (Beautiful Serpent, Restless Embers) will be published in Spring 2024.

Christopher D. Lewis, JD, MPH, MBA

Christopher D. Lewis, J.D. M.P.H., M.B.A., has over twenty years' professional experience writing persuasive nonfiction, published reviews of genre fiction for nearly a decade, and moderated or served on numerous convention panels related to genre fiction topics including law in fictional world-building, writing craft, and science in science fiction. Lewis has supported the national and international competition in the amateur sport of underwater hockey by founding the Houston Underwater Hockey Trust, co-organizing national underwater hockey tournaments in Texas, and maintaining the Underwater Hockey Tourist which supports traveling underwater hockey players in finding a game to join while traveling across the country or around the globe.



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  • About
    • Our Organization
    • Member Success Stories
    • People >
      • Staff
      • Board of Directors
      • Faculty >
        • Nick Almeida
        • Tanya Aydelott
        • Nyri Bakkalian
        • Andreana Binder
        • Mackenzie Bitz
        • Joyce Boatright
        • KB Brookins
        • Julia Brown
        • Kartika Budhwar
        • Debbie Burns
        • Joe Burns
        • Sean Morrisey Carroll
        • Cynthia Childress
        • Cassandra Rose Clarke
        • Jessica Cole
        • Mark Dostert
        • Emily Foxhall
        • Ynes Freeman
        • Rosa Boshier González
        • Mark Haber
        • Katherine McDaniel
        • Matthew Hefti
        • Sarah Gajkowski-Hill
        • Adam Holt
        • Melissa McEver Huckabay
        • Angélique Jamail
        • Justin Jannise
        • Marlena Johns
        • Amal Kassir
        • Karleen Koen
        • Mike Kowis, Esq.
        • Kendra Preston Leonard
        • Phuc Luu
        • Lorenzo Martinez
        • Elizabeth Mayorca
        • Thomas H McNeely
        • Jasminne Mendez
        • Ülrika Moats
        • Jody T. Morse
        • Deborah D.E.E.P. Mouton
        • Kinza Muzahir
        • Patricia Flaherty Pagan
        • Kate Pentecost
        • Kathryn Peterson
        • Joy Preble
        • Brenda K. Preuss
        • Paige Quiñones
        • Scott Repass
        • Icess Fernandez Rojas
        • ire'ne lara silva
        • Tamara Nicholl-Smith
        • Courtney O'Banion Smith
        • Rebecca Spears
        • Patrick Stockwell
        • Victoria Strange
        • Marian Szczepanski
        • Catherine Vance
        • Juan Fernando Villagómez
        • Holly Walrath
        • Mathew Weitman
        • Doni Wilson
        • Charlotte Wyatt
        • D.L. Young
        • Theodora Ziolkowski
        • Nishta Mehra
        • Jessica Raney
    • Blog >
      • Meet Our Members
      • Interviews with Authors
  • Workshops
    • Creative Writing
    • Self Paced Online
    • Weekly Sustainability Write-Ins
    • Workshop Policies
    • Scholarships
    • Online Class Tech Support
  • Events
    • Readings and Socials
    • Meetups & Member Events
  • Mentoring & Editing
    • About Mentoring & Editing
    • Editors >
      • Editor Rebecca A. Spears
      • Editor Sarah Gajkowski-Hill
      • Editor Sarah Townsend
      • Editor Jessica Cole
      • Editor Alexandria Clay
      • Editor Catherine Vance
      • Editor D.L. Young
    • Artist Residency
  • Get Involved
    • Gift the Writer in Your Life
    • Donate
    • Volunteer
    • Memberships
    • Employment
    • Join Email List
  • Contact