Come meet local authors and learn what inspires them and how they work through the creative process. No reservations necessary and the event is FREE! Join us for light refreshments, tour the Art Factory, and get inspired by our fabulous panel or authors and storytellers!

This dynamic panel will include:

SHANE HINTON- Professor at University of Tampa and the author of We Can’t Help It If We’re From Florida and Pinkies

ALYSIA SAWCHYN- Non-Fiction Editor for Sweet: A Literary Confection. Sawchyn is working on her first book, a collection of essays

RACHEL ROZET- A student at Strawberry Crest High School who co-authored Kinda, Sort Of

EDISON EWELL- Art Factory’s Creative Storytelling Instructor and local author

DORIS WEATHERFORD- Author of numerous books on women’s history including They Dared To Dream: Florida Women Who Shaped History