Name: Read & Critique Session 2
Start: 2026-04-17T09:45:00-0600
End: 2026-04-17T10:45:00-0600

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Read & Critique Session 2

Friday April 17, 2026 9:45am - 10:45am MDT

Fremont

Fantasy/SciFi

Faculty

Carol Berg

Carol Berg, former software engineer, never expected to write epic fantasy novels. Nor did she expect to win the Colorado Book Award four times or hear that her books had been read on the slopes of Denali, in the war zone of Iraq, or underneath the Mediterranean. She certainly never... Read More →

Agents & Editors

Elisa Saphier

Agent, MacGregor & Luedeke

Elisa Saphier is an agent with MacGregor & Luedeke where she is the exception, looking for nonreligious nonfiction and upmarket genre fiction (especially mystery/thriller and romance) to balance out her mostly literary list. She represents upper middle grade through adult (fiction... Read More →

Kelly Stone

Associate Editor, St. Martin’s Publishing Group

Kelly Stone is an associate editor at St. Martin’s Publishing Group. She joined St. Martin’s in 2021 after graduating from Cornell University with a degree in Communication. Her list consists of action-packed thrillers, rom-com/mystery mash-ups, elevated cozy mysteries, and humor-filled... Read More →

Friday April 17, 2026 9:45am - 10:45am MDT
Fremont

Business of Writing

Moderator DJ Cochran, Torie Fox-Phillips

Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2026

Carol Berg

Elisa Saphier

Kelly Stone

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Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2026

Carol Berg

Elisa Saphier

Kelly Stone

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