Kristina Keneally 2017. Keneally has contributed to "The Guardian Australia" since December 2014 on a range of politico-social issues such as religion in politics, same sex marriage and asylum seeking. In November 2017, Keneally was preselected by federal Labor as their candidate for the Bennelong by-election on 16 December. Despite picking up a five percent two-party swing, she lost to the previous incumbent and Liberal candidate John Alexander. On 30 January 2018, the Labor Party announced that Keneally would fill the vacant New South Wales seat in the Senate left by the previous Senator, Sam Dastyari, who formally resigned earlier that month
Richard Thomas (author) Festival , Story Studio Chicago , LitReactor.com , and his own classes (online) . Richard Thomas (author) Richard Thomas (born November 21, 1967) is an American author. His focus is on neo-noir fiction, typically including elements of violence, mental instability, breaks in reality, unreliable narrators, and tragedies. His work is rich in setting and sensory details—often called maximalism. It has also been called transgressive and grotesque. He was Editor-in-Chief at Dark House Press (2012-2016) and is currently Editor-in-Chief of "Gamut Magazine". Thomas was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and grew up in Webster Groves. He earned a Bachelor of Science