NU Alumni Authors Panel
Join the NUEA West and NU Club of LA for an amazing book reading and panel with four fantastic Northwestern alumni writers: Damona Hoffman, David Iserson, Douglas Kmiec, Jennifer Moss, and Adam Schell!
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NU Alumni Authors Panel
Sunday, July 28
Barnes and Noble – Third Street Promenade
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ABOUT THE PANELISTS:
Damona Hoffman – Spin Your Web: How to Brand Yourself for Successful Online Dating
Damona Hoffman “a.k.a. Dear Mrs D” is known for her unconventional strategy of applying personal branding techniques towards dating. Using the tricks for standing out in a crowd that she taught actors in her previous career as a casting director, she met her husband online in 2003 and has helped other singles do the same ever since. In addition to writing for The Huffington Post, Damona Hoffman pens a column on JDate, and hosts a radio program on UBN Radio. This spring, she and Match.com launched a series of live workshops together making her the first Dating Strategist that they have collaborated with for an on-going Stir event series. http://www.dearmrsd.com/
David Iserson – Firecracker
David Iserson is a screenwriter in Hollywood, currently writing for the hit New Girl on Fox. He has also worked on Saturday Night Live, NBC’s Up All Night, and Showtime’s United States of Tara. His first novel, Firecracker, is a young adult tragic-comedy about a teen named Astrid who lives in a rocketship in the backyard of her parents’ estate. http://davidiserson.tumblr.com/
Douglas Kmiec – Lift Up Your Hearts: A True Story of Loving One’s Enemies; Tragically Killing One’s Friends, & the Life That Remains
Douglas Kmiec was the US ambassador to Malta (2009-11) and currently holds the Caruso Family Chair in Constitutional Law and Human Rights at Pepperdine University. Ambassador Kmiec has writen a syndicated column for the Catholibc News Service, as well as the Chicago Tribune, and has been a frequent contributor to the LA Times, Wall Street Journal and Huffington Post. https://www.facebook.com/Amb.Kmiec
Jennifer Moss – Town Red; Way to Go
Her flagship website, BabyNames.com, now receives over two million visitors per month. Due to its success, Jennifer was able to move to the mountains near Yosemite and realize her dream of writing a series of mysteries with a metaphysical twist. The first, Town Red, was released in 2012 and its sequel, Way to Go, will be published in December 2013. http://www.jennifermoss.com/
Adam Schell – Tomato Rhapsody
Has made two award-winning short films, worked as a screenwriter, directed commercials, cooked professionally, picked grapes and olives in Tuscany, got fired as a food critic, then moved to California with his wife, where he works as a yoga teacher and writes. His first novel, Tomato Rhapsody,is the almost-true tale of how the tomato came to Italy-an inventive fable of love, lust, and longing. http://www.adamschell.com/
