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ADD-ONS
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12-14 October 

Two Days of Powerful Classes and 90-day access to class video library

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The Conference
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Keynote Speaker

Keynote Speaker

2023 SMIAH Writers Conference

Proud to present Jessica Day George
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THE OFFICIAL STORY


Jessica Day George earned a BA in Humanities/Comparative Literature from Brigham Young University, where she enjoyed classes in Pottery and Old Norse, and dutifully forced herself to take Algebra and Biology. Originally from Idaho, she now resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, with her husband and three young children.
 

THE REST OF THE STORY


It's all about the books. Friends, family, school, "real jobs", they were just obstacles to be tackled so that I could return to my true love: books. All I have ever wanted in this world is to read and write books. My criteria for choosing a purse is that it must be able to fit a paperback book inside. I took books on my honeymoon, and bought more while we were there. I picked my major because it looked like I would get to read a lot of books, and also I thought it would provide me with interesting background information for my own books (which it did). From the time I was twelve on up, I told people that I wanted to be a writer. When they said, "So, you’ll teach and then maybe try to write a book?" I would just shake my head. No, I was a writer, and that was all I wanted to do. So over the years until I got published, I lived in Idaho, in New Jersey and Delaware, and in Utah, because it didn’t matter. I could read and write anywhere. I’ve worked at a wedding invitation factory (Bet you didn’t know they made them in big scary factories, did you?), at a video store (back at the birth of DVD), at libraries and bookstores, and even been an office lady at a school while I waited to get published. I knew that I would be published eventually, because . . . well, I just had to be.

Now, don’t get me wrong, I have other interests. I took eight years of German, four of Norwegian, and even studied Old Norse so that I could read the great Viking sagas in the original language. I love to knit: hats, scarves, sweaters, dog sweaters, socks, felted purses, you name it. I play the piano and viola, love to travel and to watch movies.

But mostly, it's about the books.

past events
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2021

7th Annual SMIAH Writers Conference

Keynote Speaker

Heather B. Moore

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2020

9th annual SMIAH Writers Conference 

SMIAH Mini Online Conference with Keynote Speaker

Jennifer Neilsen

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2017 SMIAH Writers Conference

2019

8th Annual SMIAH Writers Conference

Keynote Speaker

Traci Hunter Abramson

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