AmyZ Chan
Craft, Subject Expertise, The Business of Writing
Amy Z. Chan has had too many secret pen names. As former indie author, she has written in many genres, but in her current identity, she is an author of romantic comedies and other stories with escapist happily ever afters. A daughter of Chinese immigrants, a feminist, a foodie, and a California girl by way of NY/NJ, Amy is also a member of the Mod Squad at the Kiss and Tell Literary Salon, a monthly in-person romance reading series, at Books Inc. in Alameda, CA. Under previous pen names, Amy has presented writing and marketing workshops at Clarion West, Romance Mastermind, Willamette Writers Conference, New England Romance Writers, the Northern Toronto Romance Writers and many more. One of the current Authors Guild Ambassadors for the San Francisco Bay Area, she currently has presentations on writing with kishotenketsu (East Asian 4-act story structure) based plot twists and the Mediocrity of the Male Gaze in Pop Culture.