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Speakers highlight: Wholehearted Writers Week day 1!
Wholehearted Writers
October 06, 2025
Hi, writers!
Just a quick reminder that our early bird discount is available to folks who apply by October 12 (which is sooner than it feels like it should be!).
We’re so excited to share more details about our speakers related to each conference theme! Let’s start at the beginning :)
On day 1, our featured theme will be Writer: Who’s writing, and why, and how, and when? Get to know our speakers who will be sharing about this topic:
M. L. Krishnan originally hails from the coastal shores of Tamil Nadu, India. She has been awarded Fellowships and Residencies from Tin House, MacDowell, the Carnegie Corporation, Millay Arts, and the Clarion West Writers Workshop. Her stories and essays have appeared, or are forthcoming in Fantasy, Strange Horizons, Black Warrior Review and elsewhere. Her work has been anthologized in The Year’s Best Dark Fantasy & Horror, Brave New Weird, Afterlives: The Year’s Best Death Fiction, Wigleaf Top 50, Best Microfiction, Best Small Fictions and more.
She’ll be discussing how she stays true to herself in the process of ideation and drafting, something you can definitely feel in her finished work. You can find her at: mlkrishnan.com.
Lizzie Huxley-Jones is an autistic author based in London. They are the author of the queer holiday rom-coms “Make You Mine This Christmas” and “Under the Mistletoe With You,” “Hits Different” co-written with Tasha Ghouri, and the Vivi Conway series: the Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted “Vivi Conway and the Sword of Legend” followed by “Vivi Conway and the Haunted Quest.” They are the editor of Stim: an autistic anthology. They write joyful stories that centre queerness and disability, and can be found as @littlehux on social media, or out walking their dog Nerys. They are represented by Abi Fellows of DHH Literary Agency.
Lizzie will be discussing practical advice for making writing work for you.
Find their amazing books here: https://lizziehuxleyjones.com/#books
Until next time, Wholehearted Writers Team
