We are excited to announce our featured mentor of the week: Blair Austin! A former correctional librarian, Blair was born in Michigan and attended the Helen Zell Writers’ Program, where the seed novel for Dioramas won a Hopwood Award. Dioramas is his first novel.

A stunning anthology of fierce and dangerous women, featuring stories from Lauren Groff, Deesha Philyaw, K-Ming Chang, and thirteen other award-winning and bestselling authors.

September marks the launch of Dzanc’s Creative Writing Mentorship Program–a low-cost opportunity for aspiring writers to learn from our experienced, published authors.