Admin Staff
The following staff help keep Alpha running smoothly behind the scenes:
![Rachel Halpern Rachel Halpern](https://alphawritersworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Halpern-website-160x192.png)
Rachel Halpern writes children’s books by day and sci-fi/fantasy by night. Her short fiction has appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Daily Science Fiction, and Liminal Stories, and she’s a graduate of the Alpha Workshop and Stonecoast MFA. She likes strange magic, smart monsters, and robots searching for self-determination. Also milkshakes. Milkshakes are pretty great.
![Lara-Donnelly-photo-credit-Debra-Wilburn-TA2-1 Lara-Donnelly-photo-credit-Debra-Wilburn-TA2-1](https://alphawritersworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Lara-Donnelly-photo-credit-Debra-Wilburn-TA2-1-1024x768-160x120.jpg)
Lara Elena Donnelly is the author of the vintage-glam spy thriller trilogy The Amberlough Dossier, as well as short fiction and poetry appearing in venues including Uncanny, Nightmare, Strange Horizons, and Escape Pod. Lara is a graduate of the Alpha and Clarion workshops, and has taught at the Catapult Workshops and the MFA program at Sarah Lawrence College.
![Patrick_Headshot Shoulders up picture of Patrick Ropp smiling. Patrick is a white man in a gray jacket.](https://alphawritersworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Patrick_Headshot-1024x1024-160x160.jpg)
Patrick J. Ropp is an alumnus of the Clarion UCSD workshop, has a Master of Science in computational biology from Carnegie Mellon University, and works as a cybersecurity engineer in Pittsburgh. He likes cactuses, cats, and the things dredged up from the lightless depths.
![tiera tiera](https://alphawritersworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/tiera-160x160.jpg)
Tiera DiGiorgio is a graduate of Alpha (2012/2013) and the VONA workshop (2015/2016). She studied German and Spanish at the University of Georgia, and received a Master’s degree in Higher Education from Old Dominion University. She writes primarily fantasy, and her work has appeared in Strange Horizons.
![AJ website photo small AJ website photo small](https://alphawritersworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/AJ-website-photo-small-160x160.jpg)
AJ Lucy is a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, where she studies the eggs of tiny fish. Someday she hopes to teach scientific researchers to write up their findings in a way that is pleasant to read. Her fiction can be found in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Daily Science Fiction, and Strange Horizons.
![malina malina](https://alphawritersworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/malina-768x1024-160x213.jpg)
Malina Suity is a graduate of Alpha (‘05/’06) and an administrative coordinator working and living in various hills north of Pittsburgh. She graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a dual B.A. in English and Medieval Studies, and received a Master’s degree in Public History from the University of West Florida. She writes short speculative fiction and plots unwieldy fantasy novels. |
![Sarah Hollowell - Staff @ Alpha Workshop 2021 Sarah Hollowell - Staff @ Alpha Workshop 2021](https://alphawritersworkshop.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Sarah-Hollowell-320-160x213.jpg)
Sarah Hollowell is an Alpha graduate who now writes young adult books. Her Locus-nominated debut YA novel, A Dark and Starless Forest, is available now. Her second book, What Stalks Among Us, is coming in 2023. Outside of writing, she spends a lot of time with her cats/goblins.
Fiona Caffin has no claim to any writing talent of her own. She is the proud Mom of Molly Herbert who attended Alpha in 2013 & 2015 and writes constantly. Fiona works in web design and management. |