Chattanooga Writers Guild

Joan Hetzler

Joan Hetzler grew up in Chattanooga and moved in her early 20s to Atlanta where she worked as a secretary until attending Agnes Scott College. She transferred to Emory University to major in Philosophy. While working towards a Master's degree in Applied Philosophy and writing technical manuals at a computer company, she developed chemical sensitivities.

Joan moved back to a log cabin on her mother's farm in North Georgia and began taking an active role in environmental issues and strengthening her Christian faith. In pursuit of health, she eventually moved to St. Simons Island where she wrote poetry, plays, and a nonfiction novel, and published two poetry chapbooks. At the Southeastern Writer's Conference, she won awards in drama, mystery, humor, nonfiction, and poetry, and her poetry has been published in the Savannah Literary Journal, Coaststyle Magazine, and, East Tennessee Literary Review.

Joan also hosts The Writers Show, a monthly radio program devoted to promoting writing and writers. It can be heard the first Sunday of each month at 1:00 PM on WAWL 91.5FM in the Chattanooga, Tennessee, area and on the internet at www.wawl.org (click Listen Live). For more information, visit the show’s website.

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