Owen Gleiberman

Owen Gleiberman is one of the nation’s most renowned film critics. For 24 years, he was the celebrated and controversial critic for Entertainment Weekly magazine; before that, he cut his teeth writing for the alternative weekly The Boston Phoenix. He has now written...

Gail Sheehy

Panel “Culture panel – evolving from 60s to today” women & film Gail Sheehy A world-renowned author, journalist, and popular lecturer, Gail Sheehy has changed the way millions of women and men around the globe look at their lives. In her 50 years as a writer, she...

Dorothea Benton Frank

Dorothea Benton Frank was born and raised on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina. She divides her time between the New York area and the Lowcountry. She is the author of several bestselling novels, including Sullivan’s Island, Plantation, Isle of Palms, Shem Creek,...
Jacquelyn Mitchard

Jacquelyn Mitchard

Jacquelyn Mitchard is the number one New York Times bestselling author of nine novels for adults, including The Deep End of the Ocean. the inaugural selection of the Oprah Winfrey Book Club, which also was made into a major feature film. The editor of a realistic...