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Deb R. Lewis

Deb R. Lewis is a writer, storyteller, and an adjunct in Columbia College’s Fiction Writing Department. She’s performed at 2nd Story, WCRX 88.1 FM, and the Lesbian Theater Initiative at Bailiwick Studio Theater. The Many Mountains Moving Flash Fiction Contest, the Faulkner-Wisdom Novella Competition, and Project: Queer Lit have each short-listed her fiction. She’s published in many literary journals, including: SusurrusMagazine.com, Zahir: Unforgettable Tales, Café Irreal, OutsiderInk.com, VelvetMafia.com, Blithe House Quarterly, and Gertrude. She’s recently completed a novel and has other twisted irons in the fire.

Heather Loebner

Board President // Heather Loebner is a corporate grant maker. Previously, she ran a nonprofit music school and led a nearly fifteen year career in marketing. Heather has been involved with the arts community for over twenty years and is currently Board President, Serendipity Theatre Collective. Heather obtained her Bachelors from St. Louis University and a Masters from University of Illinois. She is a graduate of the Arts and Business Council’s On Board program and completed three levels of improv at SportsComedy. Heather has been a frequent business speaker and is a published co-writer of business publications. Heather is excited to participate in 2nd Story.

Billy Lombardo

Billy Lombardo's first poem, long before he started teaching creative writing at The Latin School of Chicago, long before he was introduced to the Green Mill's Uptown Poetry Slam, was written for Gia Sparacino, somebody's cousin. She came to Bridgeport for one measly day in the summer of 1974 just to break his fucking heart, and he's been writing ever since. Billy's book of short fiction: The Logic of a Rose: Chicago Stories, was a Chicago Tribune, Best Fiction of 2005 selection. He is the founder and faculty sponsor of Polyphony H.S., a national literary magazine for High School Writers. He has just completed his second book, a novel titled, The Man with Two Arms.