Isobel Rondeau (she/her) – President
Isobel is a daydreamer. She enjoys spending time with her family and traveling wherever she is able. A self-published Author, Isobel has written five novels and has many more to share. Joining the Wine Country Writers’ Festival Society and being the President are very important to her.
Luna Caine (he/him) – Vice President & Secretary
Under the pen name, L.F. Caine, he is an author of dark fantasy and fiction novels, blending realism with the supernatural to create raw, immersive worlds. His stories explore the messy, complex experiences of being human.
Mark Cameron (he/him) – Treasurer
Mark Cameron’s literary journey began at a writers’ festival twenty years ago. His attendance at the 2005 Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts inspired him to take up writing, and eventually to pursue a literary career.
Danika Dinsmore (she/her) – Director
Danika Dinsmore lives on the traditional, unceded territory of the Squamish Nation (Gibsons, BC). Her eclectic literary journey spans three decades. After earning her MFA in Writing and Poetics from the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poets (Naropa University).
Sarah Collins (she/her) – Director
PJ Sarah Collins writes, swims, and teaches on the unceded lands of the Okanagan-Syilx. She is a recent MFA grad of UBC’s School of Creative Writing and has three decades of experience in four school districts, including Northern Ireland.
Val R. Caine (she/they) – Director
Val R. Caine is an author and illustrator. They write immersive fiction that bends the rules of stories and twists troupes and plotlines into something you’d never expect. They refuse to be tied down to a single genre, and have an artistic way of capturing the essence of stories and characters in each word they write.
