STAFF
Executive Director
Elizabeth White-Olsen founded Writespace in May of 2014. Her goal is to promote the literary arts by making excellent writing instruction widely available. This mission is largely inspired by the stellar instruction she received through her two Masters of Fine Arts in Writing degrees. Elizabeth earned her first M.F.A. in Poetry at Texas State University in San Marcos, and her second in the renowned Writing for Children and Young Adults program at Vermont College of Fine Arts. She has taught writing at Writespace, Inprint, Texas State University, and at Rice University's Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies. Elizabeth writes occasional articles for the Houston Chronicle and Arts +Culture Texas and is the author of the poetry collection Given Words.
Associate Director
Cassandra Rose Clarke's novels have been finalists for the Philip K. Dick Award, the Romantic Times' Reviewer's Choice Award, and YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults. Her short fiction has appeared in Strange Horizons and Daily Science Fiction. Her latest novel is Star's End, out now from Saga Press.
Cassandra graduated in 2006 from The University of St. Thomas with a B.A. in English, and two years later she completed her master’s degree in creative writing at The University of Texas at Austin. In 2010 she attended the Clarion West Writer’s Workshop in Seattle, where she was a recipient of the Susan C. Petrey Clarion Scholarship Fund.
Cassandra graduated in 2006 from The University of St. Thomas with a B.A. in English, and two years later she completed her master’s degree in creative writing at The University of Texas at Austin. In 2010 she attended the Clarion West Writer’s Workshop in Seattle, where she was a recipient of the Susan C. Petrey Clarion Scholarship Fund.