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Members
 Angelika Heurich - President
Angelika is an Author, Inspirational Speaker and Spiritual Advisor.
Born in Germany and growing up in Whyalla , South Australia, Angelika moved to the Gold Coast in 1982. She has two children and three grand children, of whom she is very proud.
Angelika speaks three languages and has worked as a Home Tutor Co-ordinator (Migrant English) for the Department of Immigration; Table Games Supervisor and Trainer at Jupiters Casino; Guest Service Coach for staff at Warner Village Theme Parks, as well as running her own business for a number of years. Angelika is currently self employed as a consultant in sales and guest service.
She is continuing work on her book, ‘It's All About You – A Journey of Self Discovery', which is now in its final stages.
Writing her first book has taught Angelika a great deal of patience, and the trust that this book will come about in its own time. She has plans to travel throughout Australia and overseas, touching people's lives with inspirational workshops and seminars based on her book.
Angelika brings a wealth of experience to her current role, having held committee positions for numerous clubs and associations, including The Toyota Landcruiser Club of SA - NW Branch, The Gold Coast and Hinterland Historical Society and The Gold Coast Writers' Association,.
Angelika is very honoured to be the President of the Gold Coast Writers' Association – such a wonderfully diverse and talented group of people.
Secretary - Annette Connor
Annette Connor lives in Currumbin Beach on the Gold Coast. She has written
three novels and is currently working on her fourth - all supernatural thrillers.
Annette also works part-time as a Promotional Officer for a leading water
purification company and has four beautiful daughters.
As a young child she spent much time on stage as a classical ballerina
which later emerged into leading theatrical roles with Gilbert and Sullivan Society. She also had the opportunity to co-produce and choreograph many plays over
the years which then toured regional South Australia.
Annette is excited about her new role as Gold Coast Writers Association
secretary and is looking forward to working with many other promising writers.
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Vice President Frances Johnson
 Born in New Zealand Frances worked as an assistant accountant for a daily newspaper when her writing skills came to the fore and she became a successful freelance columnist in her spare time. She retired as a Legal Executive from the legal profession in 1984. Gaining a degree in Herbal Medicine she wrote and lectured extensively on this subject.
In 1988 she and her husband spent three months travelling in Australia and retired to Perth in Western Australia a year later. The writing bug took hold once again in 1994 on their arrival to the Gold Coast so she promptly joined the Writers' Association. Widowed a few months later she opted to stay on the Coast instead of returning to New Zealand. Her work began to appear in the Queensland, New South Wales and Victorian Newspapers along with articles for ‘Writing4success' and other online writers' newsletters. Moderate success in writing competitions spurred her on further. Radio NAG 91.3 and CBAA studios in Sydney have broadcast her stories to interested listeners. She currently pens book reviews for Harper Collins, Queensland Writers, Gold Coast Writers and The Courier Mail. Her books ‘Tales with a Twist,' being published in 2005, and closely followed by ‘Gastronomic Delights' and ‘Herbal Concoctions' in 2007.
A second volume of short stories is due for release late 2008. She is presently working on a full-length crime novel. |
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Treasurer - Karen Sattler
Donna Mroz Turcic Publicity
Officer Donna was born in Brantford , Canada , not far from Niagara Falls and the US border. After graduating from Communication Arts (Journalism), she worked in Toronto as a Public Relations Writer for a major telecommunications company. Despite loving her job, her family, and big-city life, Donna's adventurous spirit kicked in and, with only a backpack as companion, she ‘headed west' in 1977. Her travels took her to Canada 's Northwest Territories and The Yukon; Alaska , Hawaii , and Fiji , before six months in New Zealand . Once in Australia , Donna lived and worked in Sydney and Hobart. With her only employment stipulations being ‘legal and close to a coast', Donna's next job was in the remote mining town of Nhulunbuy (aka Gove), located by the Arafura Sea and Gulf of Carpentaria in Arnhem Land , Northern Territory . While there, she met her future husband, Vic, eventually marrying at the Australian Consulate in Bali . In 1980, the two moved to Perth where Donna enjoyed time as Community Information Officer for the City of Fremantle , but it was back to Nhulunbuy in 1981 where she worked as a mining company records officer for many years. Moving to the Gold Coast in 2000, it took time to settle in after living ‘in the bush' for so long (no stoplights in Nhulunbuy, though lots of dingoes, crocodiles, goannas, and wandering water buffalos), but Donna now keeps busy with the GCWA; the Royal Queensland Art Society, and the Southport Runners and Walkers Club. Donna writes and paints whenever and wherever she finds time and space, and looks forward to getting back into swimming. The Coast has definitely become home…until the next big adventure!
Audrei
Keam Sub-Group Coordinator
 Joan Small Webmaster
Joan is a 'girl from the bush', but loving Gold Coast life. She
was born in Western Australia, trained as a teacher in Adelaide,
SA, but spent most of her life in the small town of Tennant Creek
in the Northern Territory, where she raised her family of three
sons.
She has governessed on a cattle station, and changed her career to politics and then tourism, which challenged her to hone her writing skills in variety of genres. These occupations also saw her travelling all over
Australia, and meeting fascinating people from all walks of life.
Joan published a series of self-help and audio books entitled,
'Allow Yourself...You Deserve It' which include her inspirational
poetry, and 'The Energy
Book for Life - The Guidebook to Energetic Living''. She recently completed an autobiographical story, called ''The Call of the Territory', for her friends who lived for many years on remote police stations in the NT.
She was accepted to be part of a group with Louise Cusack in 2006 and completed her fantasy novel, 'Perdita's Parallel Universe'.
Joan built her own websites to market her books, and also designs websites for others, as well
as being webmaster for GCWA.
She teaches at Gold Coast TAFE - 'Confident, Effective Written Communication', and 'How to Self-publish Your Book'.
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