Some authors and/or mentors, writer friends and classmates I have been lucky to brush elbows with, work with, have fun with and learn from:

Me with Tucker Max (I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell) at an appearance near Philadelphia in January 2009.

Me and my hero, Augusten Burroughs at a reading for A Wolf at the Table at the Philadelphia Free Library in the Spring of 2008.

Me and my mentor for the MA program, Beverly Donofrio (Riding in Cars with Boys) at the reception dinner at the residency at Wilkes in January 2009.

Me and my present mentor in the MFA, Becky Bradway (Pink Houses and Family Taverns, Creating Nonfiction and various others), who I also worked with in the foundations CNF class at Wilkes– at the final reception dinner at Wilkes at the January 2009 residency.

Me with Bob Mooney (Father of the Man, etc.), Colum McCann (Zoli, etc.) and fellow memoir MFA student, Lori Mills at reception after-party – January 2009 residency.

Me and Wilkes MA/MFA in Creative Writing program co-founder Bonnie Culver (playwright- Sniper, among others).  Bonnie and I go way back.  I was in her English 101 class at Wilkes my freshman year over 13 years ago!  This pic taken during January 09 residency after playwright night at the Maslow Reading Series.

Me and Jim Warer (poet, Too Bad its Poetry), Wilkes MA/MFA assistant program director– and alum and faculty member.  Jim and I also went to undergrad at Wilkes together.  Picture taken at after-party for January 09 residency.