Membership

Membership At The Grotto

The Writers Grotto is, at its core, a home for writers and a community of writers. Our members are professional writers, meaning they publish what they write and make a living in the process. We have found it rewarding to work alongside each other in a physical space, sharing costs and creating community. We generally have lunch together, we host events and readings, and we share ideas, contacts and perspectives. Our members also form groups — for novelists, memoir writing and personal essayists for example — and many teach writing classes to students.

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Our Members

Anna Nordberg

Writer and editor

Todd Oppenheimer

Selen Ozturk

Jaya Padmanabhan

Melissa Pandika

Freelance writer and journalist. At work on a memoir.

Susanne Pari

Caroline Paul

Sabina Piersol

Italophile, Playwright, Erstwhile English Teacher

Sarah Pollock

Sarah Pollock writes, edits, and serves on the Bay City News Foundation board.

Grace Loh Prasad

Lee Ann Prescott

Jenny Qi

poet, nonfiction writer

Sophia Raday

Writer and editor. At work on a cozy mystery.

T.K. Rex

Michelle Robertson

Michelle Robertson is the “BART Storyteller,” a published poet, and an award-winning journalist.

Jill Robinson

Ethel Rohan

Award-winning novelist, essayist & story writer. Debut novel, The Weight of Him.

Daniela Rossell

Daniela is an interdisciplinary artist and teacher.

Sarita Sarvate

Commentator with focus on women, society, and culture. At work on a memoir.

Katia Savchuk

Magazine journalist with bylines in The New Yorker, Forbes, Mother Jones, etc.

Julia Scheeres

Journalist, editor and bestselling author of "Jesus Land" and "A Thousand Lives"

Samantha Schoech

Fiction writer and essayist with a day job as a staff writer at NYT Wirecutter.

Maxine Rose Schur

Award winning children's book author and travel essayist.

Julia Scott

Shanthi Sekaran

Kathy Seligman

Former Members

a partial list: ALANA SAMUELS, AMANDA B. MILLER, AMANDA MOORE, AMY GEORGE, ANNA THOMPSON, BARUCH PORRAS HERNANDEZ, BORA LEE REED, CANDACE EROS DIAS, CANDICE BENGE, CHARIF SHANAHAN, CHERYL OSSOLA, CHRISTINE BANIEWICZ, CLARE CALDERON, DANIEL LEVIN BECKER, DEVI LASKAR, ELIZABETH STARK, FLORENCIA MILITO, GAYNOR CHUN, GEORGE HIGGINS, GRETCHEN SCHRAFFT, HANNAH ALBARAZI, HEMA PADHU, INGRED CONTRERAS, JENNIFER MARCH SOLOWAY, JOSH BETTINGER, JULIANA DELGADO, JUNESE KIM, KAITLIN SOLIMINE, KATE FOLK, KATHLEEN J. WOODS, KIRIN KHANLISA GRAY, MARIAN BERGES, MARYA BRENNAN, MELISSA VALENTINE, MICHAEL WEINREB, MICHAL “MJ” JONES, MICHELLE MARIE ROBLES WALLACE, MK CHAVEZ, NAY SAYSOURINHO, ORIANE DELFOSSE, PATRICK LETELLIER, ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ-ESTRADA, ROSA DEL DUCA, SARAMANDA SWIGART, SARAH ZARR, SUNISA MANNING, SUSANNA KWAN, TANEA LUNSFORD, TANYA REY, YALITZA FERRERAS, ZAHIR JANMOHAMED

Membership At The Grotto

Our Members

Meron Hadero

Katherine A Morgan

David Munro

Louise Nayer

Anna Nordberg

Todd Oppenheimer

Selen Ozturk

Jaya Padmanabhan

Melissa Pandika

Susanne Pari

Caroline Paul

Sabina Piersol

Sarah Pollock

Grace Loh Prasad

Lee Ann Prescott

Jenny Qi

Sophia Raday

T.K. Rex

Michelle Robertson

Jill Robinson

Ethel Rohan

Daniela Rossell

Sarita Sarvate

Katia Savchuk

Julia Scheeres

Samantha Schoech

Maxine Rose Schur

Julia Scott

Shanthi Sekaran

Kathy Seligman

Former Members