Monique Clesca, Writer/Journalist I'm Monique Clesca - Writer, Journalist, Advocate. “She has ridden a camel in the Sahara desert, been on a bird safari in Zimbabwe, survived driving into an electric pole fighting off a kidnapping attempt in Haiti, seriously considered moving to the Andean mountains after her visit to...
Omaya Sosa Pascual, JournalistOmaya Sosa Pascual is an investigative journalist and new media entrepreneur with 20 years of experience. She is the founding co-director of Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism and co-founder of NotiCel, a digital news outlet. Omaya has worked in print, radio, television and online journalism, and...
Elise Dillsworth, Literary Agent Elise Dillsworth became a literary agent in 2012. Previously she was a commissioning editor at Virago Press, an imprint of Little Brown Book Group. She co-founded the Diversity in Publishing Network in 2004, which received the New Venture Award from Women in Publishing in 2005. She represents...
Johnny Temple, Publisher & Editor Johnny Temple is the publisher and editor in chief of Akashic Books, an award-winning Brooklyn-based independent company dedicated to publishing urban literary fiction and political nonfiction. He won the 2013 Ellery Queen Award and is the editor of the anthology USA Noir, which was selected...
