WWLA Welcomes Three New Instructors

We are excited to announce three new instructors are joining WWLA this fall!  Rae Dubow, Kate Maruyama and Diana Wagman’s classes will be announced with all the others in mid-August, and those of you who loved their popular sessions at WWLA: The Conference might want to keep a look out.

Rae Dubow, Kate Maruyama, Diana Wagman

Rae Dubow is the director of Talking Out Loud. She believes that everyone can be trained to communicate more effectively. Using techniques that she has taught for many years, she has developed a system for public speaking that will help you create a dialogue with your audience. A former actress, Rae received her B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania. She has coached and directed actors since the late 1990s and has worked with many writers on their public presentations. She has taught in private schools and at universities including Woodbury University, Antioch University, and the University of California, Riverside. She is available for private or group consultations and seminars.

Kate Maruyama is the author of Harrowgate, a new novel from 47North. Her short work has appeared in Stoneboat, Arcadia Magazine, and Controlled Burn as well as on Salon, The Rumpus, and The Citron Review. She co-founded AnnotationNation.com, a website that looks at fiction in terms of craft. She writes, teaches, cooks, and eats in Los Angeles, where she lives with her husband and two children.

Diana Wagman is the author of four novels. Her second, Spontaneous, won the 2001 PEN West Award for Fiction. Her latest, The Care & Feeding of Exotic Pets, was chosen as a Barnes & Noble Discover Pick. Her screenplay, Delivering Milo, was produced starring Albert Finney and Bridget Fonda.  She has had short stories and essays published, most recently in Conjunctions and The Colorado Review, and is an occasional contributor to the Los Angeles Times.