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CWA Book of the Year Award Winners Talk the Art of Fiction Writing

Libby Fischer Hellmann and Rachel Swearingen are the 2021 Chicago Writer's Association Book of the Year winners for Fiction. In this Episode Libby and Rachel talk about the Art and Business of Writing, Marketing and more.
Libby Fischer Hellmann's website is https://libbyhellmann.com/
Rachel Swearingen's website is https://www.rachelswearingen.com/
And don't forget to visit www.chicagowrites.org

Rachel Swearingen, Critically Acclaimed, award winning CWA’s Book of the Year award winner.

Rachel Swearingen won this year’s award under Traditional Fiction for her latest work is “How to Walk on Water and Other Stories.” In 2019, the Guild Literary Complex named her one of 30 Writers to Watch. She lives in Chicago and teaches in Cornell College’s low-residency MFA program. www.rachelswearingen.com is the website.

Libby Fischer Hellmann: 2021 Chicago Writer’s Association’s Book of the year award Winner for Indie Fiction

Critically acclaimed author Libby Fischer Hellman writes strong women.
From her Ellie Foreman Mysteries, to the suspenseful adventures of blond and beautiful Chicago PI, Georgia Davis. And Hellman has taken us around the world, to war, and across history through the eyes of female characters-you know, the other half of the world. She is also a 2021 Chicago Writer’s Association’s Book of the year award Winner for Indie Fiction. No spoiler alerts here. We are after the nuts and bolts of writing effective Fiction, especially strong female characters.
Find out more about Libby Hellmann at www.libbyhellmann.com