The Downtown Writers Jam Creators & Guests

Susan Allott is a mystery fiction writer.Allott's first novel, "The Silence," was published in 2020. Her second book, "The House on Rye Lane," was published in 2024.Allott received her B.A. in English from Leeds University and her M.A. in Media & Communication Studies from Goldsmiths College.

Alice Randall is an author and songwriter.

Keri Blakinger is a reporter.

Keri Leigh Merritt is a historian, writer, and author of Masterless Men: Poor Whites and Slavery in the Antebellum South.

Nydia Hetherington is an author.

Helen Madgelma Zuman is a life coach. She is best known for her biography about her years spent in the cult Zendik, "Mating in Captivity," which was published in 2018.