"The more I think about it, the more I'm amazed that we students recieved such generous attention and encouragement from so many impressive authors." PIERRE HAUSER

STAFF

Director NANCY GERBAULT

Assistant Director SOPHIE POWELL--Author

Editor of "Driftwood Press" MICHELE COLONNA,

FACULTY

* CHRIS ABANI - 2005 Pen/Hemingway Award Winner

* DOROTHY ALLISON - National Book Award Finalist

* FAYE BENDER - Literary Agent

* AMY BLOOM - National Book Award Finalist

* MICHAEL BISHOP - Nebula Winner

* DAVID BRIN - Hugo and Nebula Winner

* ROBERT OLEN BUTLER - Pulitzer Prize Winner

* ANNA CAMPION - Screenwriter

* JANE CAMPION - Academy Award Winning Filmmaker

* DAN CHAON - National Book Award Finalist

* JAN CHAPMAN - Palm D'Or Award Winning Producer

* BILLY COLLINS - U.S. Poet Laureate

* MARGARET DRABBLE - John Llewelyn Rhy Prize Winner

* KAREN JOY FOWLER - PEN/Faulkner Finalist

* JANE GELFMAN - Literary Agent

* MARGARET GEORGE, the highly acclaimed bestselling historical novelist.

* GEORGIA HESSE - Travel Writer

* EDWARD HUMES

* HETTIE JONES

* RUSSELL CELYN JONES - Booker Judge

* ANNE LECLAIRE

* ALAN LIGHTMAN - National Book Award Finalist

* KRISTA MADSEN--Author & Editor

* COLUM McCANN, was named Esquire magazine's "Writer of the Year." Other awards and honors include a Pushcart Prize and the Rooney Prize.

*Literary Agent GILLIAN MACKENZIE

* JACQUELYN MITCHARD, Best Selling Author

* FIDELIS MORGAN - Actress and Author

* ANDREW MOTION - U. K. Poet Laureate

* MICHAEL ONDAATJE - Booker Prize Winner

* SALLY POTTER, Award Winning Filmmaker and Screenwriter

* SOPHIE POWELL--Author

* LISA ROSENBERG - Emmy Award Winning Screenwriter

* STEPHANIE STAAL--Author & Editor

* JOAN SILBER-Pen/Hemingway winner & NBA finalist

* HARRISON SOLOW

* HERBERT F. SOLOW - Producer and Former head of Desilu, MGM and Paramount Studios

* GAIL TSUKIYAMA, is a recipient of the Academy of American Poets Award and is Book Reviews Editor of Pacific Rim Voices.

* SUSAN VREELAND - Best Selling Author

* CHUCK WACHTEL

* REBECCA WALKER - was named by Time Magazine as one of fifty future leaders of America.

* SARAH WATERS - Short-listed Booker Finalist