William Kenower is a popular blogger and sought-after writing teacher and has inspired writers for many years. He has led workshops and given talks at such places as The Willamette Writer's Conference, Chuckanut Writer's Conference, and Pacific Northwest Writer's Conference. He is the editor-in-chief of Author, an online magazine for writers and readers since 2008. His daily blog (http://www.authormagazine.org/editors_blog/) receives upwards of 15,000 visits a month, and he is a regularly featured blogger on Huffington Post Books. In addition, his YouTube channel has over one million views, featuring his interviews with some of the most acclaimed writers working today, including Andre Dubus III, Amy Tan, and Cheryl Strayed.
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international best-selling author of The Art of Racing in the
Rain and A Sudden Light
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Times best-selling author of The Children's Blizzard and
The Family
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The Story Hour and The World We Found
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the process." --James A. Cox at Midwest Book Review
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