EVENTS Registration for the 30 th Annual Pennwriters Conference is now open: http://bit.ly/2l7oOos Join us May 19-21, 2017 , at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott for the 30th Annual Pennwriters Conference. Our Friday evening keynote speaker will be CHUCK SAMBUCHINO, a bestselling humor book writer, a freelance editor, and a former editor for Writer’s Digest Books. He was named by Forbes as one of the top influencers in publishing. Our Saturday luncheon keynote speaker will be ANNETTE DASHOFY, the USA Today bestselling author of the Zoe Chambers mystery series. We are also pleased to have the following agents and editor as conference participants: Noah Ballard, agent, Curtis Brown, Ltd. Louise Fury, agent, The Bent Agency Mark Gottlieb, agent, Trident Media Group Liz Kossnar, editor, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers Eric Myers, agent, Dystel and Goderich Literary Management Roseanne Wells, agent, The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency In additio