Past Members

Sometimes writers join the group for a time before moving on to different phases of their lives. We have also had one writer pass from this life. This page is a place to honor their memory and their work. 

Martha Gale

"I shop and clean for the widow Stagnéus three times a week. It takes all the courage I can muster."

Martha Gale was a Professor of gerontology at the Karolinksa Institute and Stockholm University. She turned to fiction as relief from the strict scientific writing demanded in the academic world. She completed and published two novels, Knowing Place and Knowing Past, both available on Amazon. 

Marti was a warm and generous person, in addition to a talented author. We miss her greatly. 

Cassie Gonzales

"It was my turn to wear the dead boy's glasses."

Cassie's work has been published by Tin House, The Kenyon Review, and Heuer Publishing. She has won writing competitions held by Granta, Literary Death Match, StorySlam:London, and others. Originally from Arizona, Cassie lives with in Stockholm with her husband.

Lillian Kwok

"Let’s paint our bodies white and roll around on the dark roof so the gods will know that we were here." 

Lillian´s poetry and flash fiction appears in Paper Darts, Cortland Review, Santa Clara Review, NANO Fiction, and other journals. Originally from Philadelphia, she now lives in Hawaii. She has received an MFA from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a scholarship from the Fulbright Foundation.