June Meeting:

June 12, 2025, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Speaker Erin McKnight

210 South James Garner Avenue, Norman, OK

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        Erin McKnight is a contemporary romance author, marketer, and copywriter. Her two published romances are Batter Days and Coming Home. When she's not writing, she indulges her love of crocheting, sports, and cooking. 

    She is an active member of her church and enjoys giving back to her community. Erin grew up in the small town of Ketchum, located in the northeast corner of Oklahoma. She moved to Norman to pursue her education, graduating from the University of Oklahoma with a bachelor's degree in Sociology. She currently resides in Moore with her husband and their furry sidekicks — cats Percy, Apollo, and Jennie.

  NORMAN GALAXY OF WRITERS SPEAKER MEETING

                              May 10, 2025, 10 a.m.-12 p.m

210 South James Garner Avenue, Norman, OK

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        Mary Payne will discuss the legacy of Peter Elbow (Writing With Power) and how we can use his experience to enhance our writing. She will finish with a few words about historical fiction. Mary is a graduate of Phillips University and the University of Oklahoma.

     She has been actively researching and writing since the 1980s. She’s currently the president of Galaxy, the editor of Write Line, and a member of OWFI and SCBWI. Her books are Adoption’s Hidden History and Lyncoya: Andrew Jackson’s Adopted Indian Son. Her current project is a Young Adult novel, Surviving Summer. When not writing, three acres of yard work beckon, but her favorite thing to do is to curl up with a good book.   

  NORMAN GALAXY OF WRITERS 

                                     SPEAKER MEETING

                              April 12, 2025, 10 a.m.-12 p.m

210 South James Garner Avenue, Norman, OK

(ZOOM Available)

With a background in music, creative writing, and education, Peggy Doviak went into finance when a stockbroker exploited her mother. Now a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER TM professional and bestselling author, she has spent more than twenty years helping others avoid what her mother experienced.

Peggy’s award-winning personal finance books offer bite-sized pieces of financial information and activities to help you apply what you’ve read. In 52 Weeks to Fearless, creatives are invited to Ask Peggy® questions about their money. Finances can be intimidating when your passion is in the arts.

Peggy also writes cozy mysteries. Her best-selling You Can’t Cheat Death is the first in the Magnolia Hill Series. The second in the series, You Can’t Bury Death, will be released in late June. 

When she’s not working or writing, Peggy loves cooking and traveling and is owned by two horses and two cats.

                                     NORMAN GALAXY OF WRITERS 

                                     SPEAKER MEETING

                              March 8, 2025, 10 a.m.-12 Noon

210 South James Garner Avenue, Norman, OK

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    MARCIA PRESTON

 

    Marcia Preston has been a high school teacher, freelance writer, magazine editor, and public relations director. Her third book in the Chantalene mystery series, Speaking to the Unseen, was released in 2024.

    A previous title, Song of the Bones, won the Mary Higgins Clark Award for suspense fiction. She writes women’s and literary fiction, as well as mysteries. She has eight traditionally published novels.

    Marcia is a member of Sisters in Crime, Mystery Writers of America, and the Tornado Alley Chapter of SinC. She’s a past president and honorary lifetime member of Oklahoma City Writers and OWFI.