The
WLT Staff
The Writers' League of Texas serves a statewide membership,
but unless you live near Austin or visit frequently,
the people who serve you and keep the wheels turning
on a day-to-day basis are mostly voices on the telephone
or text in an email. We would like to help those of
you spread far and wide by putting faces and a tiny
touch of background information on those who staff the
League offices.
Job Posting
The Writers' League is currently looking for interns
to work on a variety of projects, with emphasis on publicity,
media relations, marketing, events, and administration.
For more information, see the internship
program.
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Email Cyndi
cyndi@writersleague.org
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Cyndi
Hughes
Executive Director
Cyndi Hughes is the executive director of the
Writers' League of Texas. She is also president
of Cynthia Hughes Literary Management in Austin,
a firm that provides publicity, editorial, and
consulting services to authors and publishers.
Her most recent projects were producing the 2007
Kansas Book Festival and creating an author programming
track for the 2008 Texas Library Association Conference.
Hughes was the founding director of the Texas
Book Festival, which was founded by First Lady
Laura Bush in 1996. Under Hughes's leadership,
the Festival acquired a reputation as one of the
most prestigious literary events in the United
States and raised nearly $1.5 million for more
that 470 Texas public libraries. Before joining
the Texas Book Festival, Hughes was the owner
of In Other Words, an editing and writing service
in Austin. Prior to that, she was an editor for
more than seven years at Texas Monthly
and a copy editor at the Austin American-Statesman.
She was a board member of the Writers' League
of Texas and is a member of the Texas Library
Association's 2008 Conference Programming Committee.
She has a bachelor's degree in journalism from
the University of Kansas and has lived in Austin
since 1981.
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Email Amanda
amanda@writersleague.org
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Amanda
King
Office Manager Office Manager Amanda King
earned a B.A. in English that prepared her for a dazzling career managing restaurants
in Dallas, Texas. She thanks her lucky stars she now resides in Austin. Amanda
spends her spare time being the President of the New Amsterdam Book Club (Austin
Chapter), making occasionally witty remarks, and reading sci-fi, which she refers
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Email Kristy
wlt@writersleague.org
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Kristy Bordine
Program and Membership Coordinator
When you visit the office or call on the phone,
the first person you will probably meet is Program
and Membership Coordinator Kristy Bordine. Kristy
grew up in North Austin. She earned a degree in
International Studies with a focus on Latin America
from Abilene Christian University and attended
the Abilene Flight School as well as Cemenauac
Educational Institute in Cuernavaca, Mexico. A
career in massage therapy and dabbling in writing
followed. She and her husband, Jared, live with
their dog, Monica, and cat, Elvis, in South Austin.
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