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The 2012 Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop features an exciting line-up of keynote speakers with extensive experience in print, television, theater and film. The keynoters include:

• Alan Zweibel, winner of the Thurber Prize and an original Saturday Night Live writer.

• Gina Barreca, who has been called a "feminist maven" by Ms. Magazine and "Very, very funny. For a woman." by Dave Barry.

• Ilene Beckerman, who was nearly 60 when she began her writing career and whose book Love, Loss and What I Wore became an Off-Broadway hit.

• Jeff Zaslow, who has told the stories of some of the most inspirational people of our time through his Wall Street Journal column and bestselling books, including The Girls from Ames and The Last Lecture.

• Adriana Trigiani, whose bestselling Big Stone Gap launched her career as a novelist, sequels and a screenplay.

Read more about the faculty and the workshop here.