At the heart of the Northwest College Writers Series rests the notion that writing is not limited to English departments. This interdisciplinary collaboration between the Humanities Division, Northwest College, and the community brings noteworthy authors to campus in an effort to enhance the work of students and encourage discussion.

For previous writers series, see the Writers Series Archive.

Danielle Ofri  (PHYSICIAN & WRITER)
Winifred S. Wasden Memorial Reading
Thursday, Oct. 8, 2009 * 7:30 p.m. – FREE
DeWitt Student Center, Lounge

Danielle Ofri is a physician and teacher at Bellevue Hospital in New York City, the oldest public hospital in the United States. Her essays explore the power of story—and of literature—in understanding patients and in helping healthcare providers improve the practice of medicine.  She is author of Singular Intimacies: Becoming a Doctor at Bellevue, Incidental Findings: Lessons From My Patients in the Art of Medicine, and Medicine in Translation: Journeys with My Patients (out in January). Dr. Ofri also founded and is editor of the Bellevue Literary Journal, the first literary journal published by a hospital.

Susan Richards
(HISTORIAN, LIBRARIAN & WRITER)
Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009  *  7:30 p.m. – FREE
Hinckley Library Amphitheater

Susan Richards has been Northwest College library director since 2004. Her career spans library work in Iowa, South Dakota, Vermont, Colorado, and Wisconsin, in addition to Wyoming. She has directed small college libraries for over 15 years.  While she holds a master’s degree in library science, she also earned a master’s and doctorate in history and has published scholarly articles in Journal of the West, Prologue, Vermont History, and South Dakota History. She reads a wide range of fiction and nonfiction for enjoyment (not just because librarians work with books).  Her research interests focus on gender issues and the 19th/early 20th century.

Robert Citino (HISTORIAN & WRITER)
Thursday, March 11, 2010 *  7:30 p.m. -- FREE
Fagerberg Building, Room 70

Robert Citino is an American history professor and scholar specializing in German military history.  He is the author of numerous books on World War II, including The German Way of War and Blitzkrieg to Desert Storm.  He has appeared repeatedly on the History Channel and has received numerous academic awards – he was also voted 2007's #1 Professor in the Nation on RateMyProfessor.com.  Dr. Citino holds a faculty position at the University of North Texas’ renowned Center for Military History.

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Laura Bell (CONSERVATIONIST &  WRITER)
Date will be set after her book is published
Orendorff Building, Lounge

Laura Bell lives in Cody and since 2000 has worked for the Nature Conservancy.  Her work has been published in several collections, and in addition to numerous awards, she has received two fellowships from the Wyoming Arts Council. Bell’s 2010 memoir Claiming Ground  is based on her 1977 experience of moving from Kentucky to a job herding sheep in the Bighorn Basin; ultimately, it is the story of her search for a home.

• Robert Atwan
• Carol Bell
• Mary Clearman Blew
• Mike Masterson
• Janet Meury
• Robbi Welch
• Carol Wasden