August 19

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Amy Curtis was an early participant in the Inspired! live lit storytelling classes and told her first story in 2019.She believes stories express our common humanity and connect us to one another. Amy paints, feeds her backyard birds, is curious about almost everything and enjoys a good book and a good cup coffee above

most all other things. She is a local real estate agent and a Lockport resident.

Cean Magosky is a surgical nurse by day, and a creative dabbler in

whatever free time is left. A long-time member of the Downers Grove Writer's Workshop and currently affiliated with WriteOn

Joliet, where he has contributed short stories and poetry to several anthologies, he has also been involved in their WriteOn Live project for the past three years, providing stories and interstitial script for the event. Cean draws on a wide variety of life experiences for his

story-telling, including time in the theatre, years as a church musician, a magician's assistant, fishing guide and 'other duties as

assigned'. Cean and his wife Anne have two grown children and will celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary this year. They also

share their home with a parade of senior rescue dogs, helping them live their best lives. Cean has published two books on local

architectural history, Historic Impressions Volume II, which he completed after his brother's passing, and Schools by F. S. Allen

which recreates a 1901 advertising booklet to tell the story of the famous school architect.

Susan used a bit of her pandemic time to learn the art of Storytelling and has enjoyed some success including wins on the MOTH stage, appearances at the MOTH Grandslam and most recently was honored to have one of her stories included on the MOTH Radio Hour. Susan works in higher education and earned her BA at Northwestern University and an MS and MA at Roosevelt University. She is most proud of her family and has been a licensed foster parent for the last 25 years.