Writing and Acting Mentor

Toni Oswald is a writer and multimedia artist who has performed and shown her work across the Unites States and Europe. She has released four albums under the altar ego The Diary of Ic Explura & publications include The Oyez Review, Bombay Gin, Heroes are Gang Leaders Giantology, The Tattered Press, Zani UK, & Shame Radiant, among others. She is currently working on a novel about a girl clown set in the 1950s entitled The Gorgeous Funeral, as well as a collection of short stories set in Los Angeles called Dying on the Vine. Her first book Sirens, was released by Gesture Press in 2020. Toni is also a core member of the art group The Wilds, and had a former career in TV and film as an actress including as a co-star on the HBO series Deadwood. She likes gold teeth, cats, and trees, and lives with her husband Max and their cats Kiki Pamplemousse Fontaine and Charlie Chaplin in Boulder, Colorado.