Announcing the Coffee Shop Author Longlist!

We're very happy to announce the names of those Coffee Shop Author Contest entrants entrants who have made the longlist. This was not an easy decision for the judges to arrive at, and we wish we could have given a prize to everyone, because the writing was so good right across the board. Unfortunately, we only have three prizes to award, so we decided to prolong the agony for some of you while we decide who will ultimately win the first ever Coffee Shop Author Contest. Without further adieu, and not in any particular order other than alphabetical by first name, the nine names on the longlist are:

Avery Cooper
Christy Watson
Lisa Guenther
Monica Menghetti
Ranjini Philip
Ron Stewart
Sharon McLean Kuroyama
Teresa Wouters
Vicky Bell

Congratulations to all of you, and good luck in the final round of judging! We will announce the names of the three winners on June 11th.