Participants

Jeffrey Cohen is a freelance writer, screenwriter and author of two mystery series, the Double Feature Mysteries and the Aaron Tucker Mysteries. His latest book is Some Like It Hot-Buttered: A Double Feature Mystery.

David Coleman is Program Chair of the Presidential Recordings Program at the Miller Center, UVa where he works on the JFK, LBJ, and Nixon tapes and heads up the Program's digital efforts.

James Collins, author of Beginner's Greek, writes for The New Yorker and has been an editor at both Time and Spy magazines. He lives in Orange County, Virginia, with his family.

Jean L. Cooper, author of A Guide to Historic Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, unites her lifelong interest in local and family history, her love of travel, and her academic experience as she shares her fascination with history with her readers.

Cynthia Cotten's books of fiction and poetry for children have been included on many notable lists. her most recent titles include Abbie in Stitches and This is the Stable (picture books), and Fair Has Nothing To Do With It (middle-grade novel).

Randall Couch translated and edited the bilingual edition Madwomen: The "Locas mujeres" Poems of Gabriela Mistral. Recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowship, his poems have been anthologized in Best New Poets of 2005.

Martine Coutier, author of the Dictionary of the Language of Wine, is retired from France's prestigious CNRS. A specialist in the history of French vocabulary, she lives in Charlottesville's sister city, Besancon, where she is president of the Franche-Comte Book and Author Association.

Craig Crawford is the author of two books, Attack the Messenger and The Politics of Life. He can be seen daily on NBC and MSNBC television and also writes a weekly column called "White House Trail Mix" for Congressional Quarterly.

Alan Pell Crawford is the author of Twilight at Monticello, the first narrative history of Thomas Jefferson's retirement years. His previous book, Unwise Passions, was about the Randolph Scandal of 1792 and was called "an unbeatable tale" by the Wall Street Journal.

Ellen Crosby's novels, The Chardonnay Charade and The Merlot Murders, are set in Virginia wine country. She has worked as a freelance reporter for the Washington Post and as Moscow correspondent for ABC News Radio.

Roberta Culbertson, Director of the Center on Violence and Community at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities, holds a Ph.D. in anthropology from UVa. She is the edits and publishes the Tough Times Companion.

Linwood "Little Bear" Custalow, co-author of The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History from the Sacred History of the Mattaponi Reservation People, is the Mattaponi Tribal Historian.

Angela "Silver Star" Daniel co-authored The True Story of Pocahontas: The Other Side of History with Dr. Linwood "Little Bear" Custalow. A UVa alumna, she is working on her Ph.D. at the College of William and Mary.

Kyle Dargan is managing editor of Callaloo and a member of the creative writing faculty at American University. His debut, The Listening, won the 2003 Cave Canem Prize. Bouquet of Hungers is his second poetry collection.

Peter David is a writer who has had over 70 novels and over 1,000 comics and graphic novels published, including numerous appearances on the New York Times Bestsellers List. His works include Mascot to the Rescue, Tigerheart, Sir Apropos of Nothing, Knight Life, Howling Mad, and the Psi-Man adventure series.