About the Staff
Jordan Lapp (Executive Editor)
Website: Without Really Trying
Jordan Lapp is currently studying English at Simon Fraser University in British Columbia, Canada. He enjoys a wide variety of fiction, from Man Booker Prize winners Yann Martel and Pat Barker, to pulp fiction masters like Philip K. Dick and Isaac Asimov.
He is a member of both the Codex, and Spec 24 writing groups, and recently won first place in the prestigious Writers of the Future contest. In 2007, he decided to combine his love of blogging with his passion for fiction and became a founding member of Every Day Fiction.
Camille Gooderham Campbell (Managing Editor)
Website: Copy. Edit. Proof.
In addition to the many hats she wears for Every Day Fiction and Every Day Publishing, Camille Gooderham Campbell is both a copywriter and a full-time mother, and she also writes her own fiction under a pen name. She has an Honours B.A. specializing in English Literature from the University of Toronto, where she was privileged to study creative writing with Professor J. Edward Chamberlin.
Camille’s taste in fiction is eclectic, with favourite authors ranging from Jane Austen to Jilly Cooper, Robert A. Heinlein to Anne McCaffrey, and Pauline Gedge to Jack Whyte. She reads all genres, with a particular interest in speculative and historical fiction, and also collects classic children’s literature.
She is a member of the Spec 24 Writing Group with Jordan, and joined Every Day Fiction because the idea of a new really short story to read every day is just plain irresistible.
Elissa Vann Struth (Editor)
Elissa Vann Struth has nothing but the utmost respect for anyone who sits down and writes creatively. She has recently resumed her own efforts after a long hiatus, and is exploring short stories, screenplays, and novel-length fiction.
She is a voracious (some might say compulsive) reader of everything from literary to trashy fiction. Favourite authors include Mary Karr, Roald Dahl, Junot Diaz, Lorrie Moore, and Salman Rushdie. She has a BA in Economics/History and an MA in Asian Studies, which did little to properly equip her for a professional life in marketing & communications.
Elissa is delighted to join EDF.
Steven Smethurst (Web Master)
Website: Abluestar.com
Steven Smethurst first started web design in 2002 by creating simple HTML manuals as a hobby. At first his code was very primitive, but he kept looking at what others did and learning from them. Over time, he found that he had a real knack for web design and his skills grew as he needed to fullfil requirements for new projects.
In late 2006, he found himself doing more web sites than utilities and made the mental switch from calling himself a programming monkey to calling himself a web monkey. He reads mainly short Sci-Fi such as Philip K. Dick, and older story books like The Arabian Nights and the Brothers Grimm.
He joined this project because he felt that there was a real void of ultra-short fiction stories that he could read on his lunch break.
Kevin Young (Marketing & Public Relations)
Website: Young Town Media
Kevin Young is originally from Calgary Alberta, but has been living and working in Vancouver for the past four years.
Kevin has always had a keen interest in media and publicity, and just this year founded Young Town Media.
He is a very driven individual and is thrilled to have the opportunity to work with the great folks at Every Day Fiction.
Joe Daniels (Slush Reader)
Joe Daniels is currently studying for his GCSEs at Stockport Grammar School, UK. He loves both reading and writing, and has been doing so from an early age. He aspires to go into law but if the opportunity arises, he would very much like to write for television.
He enjoys a wide range of genres but his favourites are science-fiction, horror and a little bit of fantasy. Favourite authors include Stephen King and Clive Cussler. A ‘unique’ hobby of his is that of body language, particularly how it relates to lying.
He stumbled across EDF one day and fell in love with the whole idea.
Jana Seely (Slush Reader)
After graduating from Scripps College in Claremont, California, with a degree in art history, Jana Seely began her working career as a freelance sculptor and an author’s research assistant. Her present job as a museum curator allows her to continue to toggle between art and writing.
Jana has published short stories as well as articles and essays about art. A childhood spent poring over collections of stories compiled under Alfred Hitchcock’s name channeled her reading preferences toward mystery and suspense. Participation in National Novel Writing Month revealed, to her surprise, that characters really can take over their own story; she retaliated by locking them all in a drawer.
Carol Clark (Slush Reader)
Carol Clark is an aspiring fiction writer and poet. She likes to start her “literary” day with coffee and the morning newspaper, then adds more coffee to begin work writing and revising her short stories. She would like to start a novel and memoir soon. Her reading interests range from literary to fantasy to historical fiction, and she’s becoming more comfortable with horror writing.
Carol holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Temple University, and is the Vice President of her local Writers’ Club. She also works as an ESL tutor for the county, and has dreams of opening a “Reading & Writing Room” in her area. In her free time she loves to cook, bike, and take long walks. Carol lives outside Philadelphia with her wonderful husband and two feisty cats.
Past slush readers include:
Scott Cosby • Elise Palmer • Davina Colpman • Gay Degani • K.C. Ball • Hillary Degani • Katheryn McLaughlin
