LORRAINE CANNISTRA PEOPLE Lorraine Cannistra is an author, blogger, advocate and wheelchair ballroom dancer. She earned a bachelors and a masters degree from Emporia State University and has just released her most recent book about disabilities and open communication: More the Same than Different.
JASON DAILEY FEATURES Having won multiple photography awards for Lawrence Magazine as the publication’s former chief photographer, Jason Dailey is now an independent Lawrence- and KCbased photographer working on projects such as a documenting the Midwest krumping scene.
MARSHA HENRY GOFF PLACES Marsha H. Goff came to writing from a love of asking questions and sharing the answers. She specializes in stories of humor and history and is the editor and writer for Amazing Aging, a quarterly newsletter for Jayhawk Area Agency on Aging.
CHERYL NELSEN PEOPLE After 32 years of advising high school journalists and teaching English, Cheryl Nelsen decided to do a bit of writing on her own after her retirement. In addition to writing for Lawrence Magazine, she enjoys exercising her brain cells through personal journaling.
TORREN THOMAS HOMETOWN HEROES A graduate of the University of Kansas, Torren Thomas has illustrated album covers, magazine features and video game avatars for clients such as Staples, Pepsi Co, PBS, the New York Observer and various gaming companies.
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LM BOOKMARKS Julie Tollefson is a regular contributor to Lawrence Magazine, and her short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine as well as Flash and Bang: The Short Mystery Fiction Society Anthology.