Learn how three DC-area writers came to publish their first books of fiction. Len Kruger’s coming-of-age novel, Bad Questions, won the 2023 Washington Writers’ Publishing House Fiction Award. Eman Quotah’s Bride of the Sea, a tale of family secrets and colliding cultures, received the 2022 Arab American Book Award for Fiction. And in Company, acclaimed author Shannon Sanders recounts a multigenerational saga through linked stories. Melissa Scholes Young — a novelist, editor of two anthologies, and associate professor at American University — will moderate as these debut authors tell their stories.

Hear from these and other pros during the 2024 Washington Writers Conference on May 3-4 in Rockville, MD. Don’t miss your chance to attend the area’s premier literary event! REGISTER NOW!

[Eman Quotah photo by Andrew Chen.]