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Keynote: Casey Parks, award-winning journalist and author of Diary of a Misfit: A Memoir and a Mystery, opens the conference at 10:00am.

Location: Most workshops will be held in-person in the Roger Rook building on the Clackamas Community College Oregon City campus. The keynote address and select workshops will be available to attend virtually via Zoom.

Address: 19600 Molalla Avenue, Oregon City, OR 97045, United States

Workshops: After the keynote address, participants can choose between five morning sessions and five afternoon sessions covering topics including poetry, mystery fiction, science fiction, graphic novels, playwriting, and composition.

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  • If you choose to attend a remote session, you will be emailed a Zoom link 24 hours before the event.
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Lauren Kessler


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Lauren Kessler is an award-winning narrative nonfiction writer who specializes in exploring invisible subcultures in our midst. The author of fifteen books, she has written about everything from the gritty world of a maximum security prison to the grueling world of ballet to the surprisingly vibrant world of those with Alzheimer's. Her work-in-progress explores love and loss, wounds and healing, and the search for an answer to the question so very many of us face at a time of upheaval, transition, or disconnect: What now?