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Her inspiring story is featured in the book Believing in Ourselves: A Celebration of Women (Andrews McMeel, 2002), along with Sonia Sotomayor, now a Supreme Court Justice, Antonia Novello, former Surgeon General of the United States, and Marty Evans, executive director, Girl Scouts of America.She is a sought after guest lecturer, workshop presenter, and keynote speakerfor audiences such as the American Group Psychotherapy Association, the Arthritis Foundation, Aplastic Anemia & MDS International Foundation, the California Psychological Association, and Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation.
Her website www.DrSteiner.com provides a free, downloadable Medical Information Form for listing essential information, along with articles and resources for coping with medical illness.
Dr. Steiner recently signed with a New York literary agent who is representing her upcoming book, The Rollercoaster of Chronic Illness: How to Add Joy to the Ride. This self-help book expands on her CD of the same title and introduces practical, simple tools for bringing joy, purpose, and effectiveness into lives that have been derailed by chronic pain and physical limitation.
Her latest publication, Starting and Sustaining Groups that Thrive: Workbook and Planning Guide is available at speaking engagements and on her website.
Studied under Wallace Stegner at Stanford, and in journalism interviewed Jill Tartar, head of NASA's SETI program, Arthur Schawlow, a Nobel Laureate partical physicist, Jerry Rice and John Madden, former NFL stars. Firefall Media published my first book, a true story of WW II in the pacific battlefields, California, and the Imperial palace, Tokyo. It's called I've Always Loved You and is available on Amazon and on AnnSeymour.com
Birgit Soyka spent her youth in her native Germany, chasing the horizon from the age of 5. Her desire to fly like the birds and live a "life less ordinary" led her to an early passion for big motorcycles and into an aspired career as one of the first female motorcycle road racers in Germany and southern California.
A veteran world traveler, Birgit lived on two continents, in several countries and a dozen different cities. What was originally intended as a year of "adventure travel" in the United States in her early 20's turned into a much bigger "life adventure", passionately leading her through many inspirational and thought provoking experiences into a professional career in international Logistics.
Author of "Earn It: Empower Yourself for Love" which applies basic business principles and terminology to romantic relationships so that women AND MEN will have a common ground to better meet the needs of each other and themselves.
Love is an investment from which we are entitled to receive a fair and reasonable return on investment--no more, no less. If we give less, we are allowed to receive less in return. Accepting that love is not unconditional is very empowering to you, your partner and your partnership.
You can have more love in your life because you can deserve more love. Yes, men will understand this book about romance. It is up to you and your partner to EARN IT.
In 2007, the Harmony division of Random House published Bridget's nonfiction book Visiting Life: Women Doing Time on the Outside. Named as a "hot summer read" by both U.S.A. Today and the San Francisco Chronicle, the bestselling book brought Bridget much media attention, including several interviews on National Public Radio, features in Marie Claire, Glamour and Elle, and an interview on the Today Show.
Bridget's freelance journalism has appeared in The Chicago Tribune and Writer's Digest and on Salon.com and NPR. Bridget has taught journalism at the State University of New York's Purchase College and has been a featured lecturer at the Simon Frasier University Publishing Program.
Bridget's experience covering the book business as a journalist, as a sought-after publishing expert, and an author, give her an informed insight into the book business. Bridget is quite selective about the book projects she takes on, but is eager to work with writers who wish to get published.
Her first book, Raising a Handicapped Child, was published in 1986 and continues to sell in its fifth edition. Her latest book, Grandparenting a Child with Special Needs will be published in Holland in 2010. Her Blog is: www.findinggoodmedicalcare.com
I have written my first book, Duncan's Diary, Birth of a Serial Killer. While the book is not what I originally intended, it does hold one's interest effectively throughout. It is more violent and psychologically unnerving than I would have originally anticipated. Since it was written during a tumultuous time in my life, I guess it is nothing more than a reflection of the sadness that was erupting inside. Words are but a window to our inner souls. The interesting question is can we face what we see once it is opened.
Not that I have or do condone any actions that Duncan might have performed. I feel for him as a character and think he would do society service by being locked in a very damp dark jail cell.
Thanks and as always. Sleep with one eye open. hahahahahaahahah Visit his websites at
Debbie is the author of two personal growth books: the national best seller, The Goddess of Happiness: A Down-to-Earth Guide for Heavenly Balance and Bliss and Vita's Will: Real Life Lessons about Life Death Moving On.
She is an experienced speaker and media guest who has addressed audiences from corporate executives to women's groups to teens. Her articles have appeared in numerous publications nationwide, and she has been featured in newspapers such as The San Jose Mercury News and The Dallas Morning News. Debbie's "Health and Happiness" column appears in the Examiner.com.
Based in San Francisco, Diane LeBow, President of the Bay Area Travel Writers, Inc., has published stories with Salon.com, Via Magazine, Travelers Tales and Seal Press anthologies, France: A Love Story: Women Write about the French Experience, Greece: A Love Story, Foreign Affairs: Erotic Travel Tales (Cleis Pres), B for Savvy Brides, Skirt Magazine, and many national newspapers and magazines, including regular columns with examiner.com.
Her story about her experiences working with women in Afghanistan is included in The Best Women’s Travel Writing 2010 (Travelers’ Tales). Diane’s many awards for her writing and photography include two time Solas Travelers’ Tales Gold Awards, BATW Planet Earth, and Writers’ Digest. She travels the globe and has spent time with peoples in many cultures, including Afghan women, Libyans, the Hopi, Amazon people, Tuvans, Mongolians, and Corsicans. She has scuba dived with sharks in the Red Sea and trained champion Morgan horses.
Diane gives popular lectures/slide shows both in the USA and abroad on her off the beaten track adventures, often focusing on women in various cultures. A pioneer of Women’s Studies, Diane earned her Ph.D. at UC, was a college professor for many years and since her retirement, teaches travel writing in various venues, upcoming at the Central Coast Writers’ Conference, September 2010.
A former reporter with Pacific News Service in Southeast Asia, Elinson is the co-author of the book “Development Debacle: the World Bank in the Philippines,” which was banned by the Marcos regime.
Her essays and short stories have appeared in a wide variety of publications including The Nation and the Los Angeles Daily Journal. She is a graduate of Cornell University and holds an MFA in writing from Goddard College. Elinson has been awarded writing residencies at Hedgebrook, Mesa Refuge and the Anderson Center and a writers grant from the California State Library. Her essay on facing her husband’s illness was selected by the American Library Association for publication in Woman’s Day, and she was selected as a 2010 Library Laureate by the San Francisco Public Library. She lives in San Francisco where she teaches writing workshops.
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I am a novelist, poet and essayist living in Berkeley. My first novel THE SPEED OF LIGHT (Ballantine 2001) won several literary prizes in the US and in Europe, and was translated into nine languages. The book was optioned by actress Gillian Anderson, who will be making the film her directorial debut.
She co-edited the groundbreaking No More Masks! An Anthology of Poems by Women (Doubleday, 1973) and has published several volumes of poetry, including Mules of Love (BOA, 2002) which won the Lambda Literary Award. Her work has been published in many journals including The Atlantic Monthly, The American Poetry Review, The New Republic, The Progressive, and The Kenyon Review. Among her awards are a Pushcart Prize, the Elliston Book Award, The Pablo Neruda Prize from Nimrod/Hardman, the Larry Levis Prize from Missouri Review, the New Letters Prize, the Greensboro Award, the Chautaqua Poetry Prize, a Fellowship from the California Arts Council and a Fellowship from the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Her nonfiction books include Free Your Mind: The Book for Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Youth and Their Allies (HarperCollins, 1996), I Never Told Anyone: Writings by Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (HarperCollins, 1983) and The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (HarperCollins, 1988, 2008).
She teaches in the MFA writing program at Pacific University and at conferences and workshops nationally and internationally.
The Kabbalah-Dating Workbook, for when you have met someone and are thinking of a long-term commitment!
This unique access to her enigmatic subject, combined with her diligent independent research, reveals information never before known in TAKING AIM AT THE PRESIDENT: THE REMARKABLE STORY OF THE WOMAN WHO SHOT GERALD FORD, a compelling award-winning new book published by Palgrave-Macmillan.
A former professional model, she is an author / poet, singer, motivational speaker, certified image consultant / makeup artist.
Glenda is the author of MIRROR OF MY SOUL a book of poetry involving love and relationships. Mirror of My Soul is an exceptional exploration and revelation about life, love, sensuality, and self respect in the form of poetry and prose.
She has several awards and certificates of appreciation, and has been published nationally and internationally several times. She hosts and performs in San Francisco, Oakland, and various venues in the Bay Area.
Glenda is currently working on a book of memoirs, a novel, and a second book of poetry.
My book Cornbread and Dim Sum:Memoir of a Heart Glow Romance recounts struggles of race, family and a post office career in San Francisco. My most recent book Morning Glories in a Dead Tree, is a book of poetry that arises from the death of my husband, of forty years, Frank Sue in 2004 and defines the strength of my season of restoration afterwards. Other works by me, are Black Seeds in the Blue Grass and a play, Mother-in-laws in VietNam. My work in progress is due out in 2011.
I am a retired marketing director and Postmaster and a member of the Bay Area Independent Publishers Association (BAIPA), the Military Writers Society of America (MWSA) and the Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA).
From 2005- 2008 I was the talk show host for The Jackie Sue Show, From the Banks of the Mainstream on PIVTR internet radio. A San Francisco State University graduate with a masters degree from San Francisco Theological Seminary.
I have two daughters, an adopted daughter from Thailand, a grandson and a newly adopted granddaughter and a new great-granddaughter. In August, 2009, at age 73, I married David Johnson, a San Francisco historical photographer who for 62 years has documented the Fillmore Jazz era and African-American community life [http://www.apogeephoto.com/dec2009/nsterne122009.pdf ].
SEARCHING FOR TINA TURNER (2010, Grand Central Publishing) is her first novel. Her second novel, PASSING LOVE releases in January 2012.
Novelist Jeanne (JC) Miller lives in Northern California. Redwood Writers and Unlimited Publishing selected her work, ON THE BRINK OF NORA, for publication. The novel explores the strength and resilience of women, the pitfalls and complexities of traditional marriage and motherhood.
She is currently writing her third novel, VACATION, the saga of William Koval, a stoic scientist confronted with the aftermath of his wife's violent death. On vacation in rural England, he is drawn to a woman whose shocking past changes his life irrevocably. He struggles to move forward--perhaps to love again.
She is an active member of the California Writers Club, a member of a bi-monthly critique group, and a regular participant in writing classes and workshops. She continues to hone her craft and is currently working on her second novel, STAYING AFLOAT, the story of a devoted stay-at-home wife and mother who morphs into a sex-starved adulteress.
Well, I think I should start this bio by saying that my most useful degree is the one I earned at the School of Hard Knocks. In a moment of grace I graduated the class of 1993, with my life.
Since that moment I’ve successfully made the transition from street life to real life, working in a variety of occupations--all legal--from Waitress to Logistics Manager, always knowing I would eventually be able to tell the story of these years, a story which I believe is essentially one of hope.
Through a series of eight compelling stories, each connected by central character and chronology, and each the circumstance of an epiphany or turning point on my fifteen year odyssey, that story is told in my memoir, Over the Edge. As I continue to shop for representation, I have found the WNBA-SF Chapter to be a wonderful organization, full of writers, some, first time authors like myself, as well as seasoned authors and publishing professionals, knowledgeable about the many changing aspects of the industry and willing to share valuable information. I am happy to be able to serve the organization in the position of Vice President and I look forward to meeting you at one of our many events.
Catharine (Kate) Farrell has always loved stories. From her childhood in San Antonio, Texas, where she read fairy tales and produced plays in her backyard, to her years teaching high school in the mid-1960s in San Francisco, stories spoke a special language.
Gaining a Master's in Library Science in 1970 (UC, Berkeley), Kate returned to the City schools. When the Zellerbach Family Fund awarded her a grant in 1980 to teach storytelling to California teachers, Kate conducted a successful decades-long project.
Today, a published author of educational books, Kate is a San Francisco high school librarian and resides in Sonoma County.
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Kaye Cloutman has eleven years of experience in media, including writing for TV, radio and print, and working on the technical side of film, video editing, graphic design and digital art. Kaye is a self-confessed bookworm who practically grew up in the library. Her extensive knowledge of literature has allowed her to innately recognize a great story and understand how one is told. Growing up with her closest friends as media celebrities and stars in Asia, Kaye’s got first-hand experience in seeing a great story translated to the big screen. Kaye received several accolades for her work at Philippine Graphic Publications. She continued her support of local Philippine talent by creating a Blurb book, The Modern Balikbayan Bride, which serves as a valuable resource to brides planning Philippine weddings. Nourishing her entrepreneurial spirit, Kaye also saw success in the Philippines founding such ventures as Nature’s Blends and Potion Planet. She relocated to the United States in 2004 but maintains a strong connection to her Filipina roots. Kaye has written for Mirror and Travelife magazines and the monthly publications of San Francisco and Sacramento Book Review. She is also a freelance food and wine writer for various magazines in the Bay Area. A strong supporter of women’s causes, Kaye has spoken for the Philippine Department of Health and in 2004 received their Excellence in Entrepreneurship award as a “Supermom Personality Development Speaker” and is the current newsletter editor for the Women’s National Book Association (San Francisco Chapter). Keeping current with her far-flung roster of family, friends and business relationships has meant adapting to and mastering the latest trends in social networking and technology. In her networking with publishers, authors, media outlets and entrepreneurs, Kaye has established herself as a woman gifted with a rare talent for creating innovative and successful strategic partnerships. You can reach her at kaye@cloutandabout.com
In addition, she runs the editorial department for a trade publication covering the bankcard processing industry. A member of both Redwood Writers and the Storytelling Association of California, Laura has also been a featured teller at The Lake Tahoe Storytelling Festival. To keep up with her, please visit http://lauramchaleholland.com.
She wrote investor and client presentations, business plans, newsletters and public relations materials. She ran her own public relations firm – Jordan Communications. Prior to Silicon Valley, Ms. Lindsey was a radio announcer (DJ), commercial radio copy-writer and producer at KSPN-FM & TV2.
Ms. Lindsey attended San Francisco State University (Bachelor of Science Degree), College of San Mateo (Liberal Arts Associate Degree), and Colorado Mountain College-Aspen (Liberal Arts and Photography.)
Family artists: brother Jim is an actor, writer and poet; sister Janis (“Wild At Heart” a Natural History Field Guide : Aspen-Snowmass Village @ Amazon); Mother Moja Yvonne - an accomplished painter – former President- Chairman of the Board & co-founder of a Dallas financial institution with their father, Jim T. Lindsey, a former Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
Leigh Anne Lindsey has a sci-fi novellete out to publishers and is now working on a futuristic thriller “Age Me Not” (excerpts at www.Leigh-Anne-Lindsey.com.)
Linda has been a therapist in Berkeley for the last thirty years, and received her MFA at Mills College. Through her workshops, online coaching, and speaking engagements, Linda integrates the principles of healing and creativity in presenting the powerful healing process of writing true stories.
Her first book Becoming Whole: Writing Your Healing Story has been used as a text by therapists, ministers, and writing coaches, and was a finalist in the ForeWord magazine's 2008 Book of the Year Award. Linda's prize-winning nonfiction and poetry has been published in various literary journals. Her novel excerpt, Secret Music, a novel about the Kindertransport, music, and redemption was a finalist in the San Francisco Writing Conference contest.
The complete novel is seeking publication. Linda is past-president of The California Writers Club, Marin branch, and former Vice-President of the Women's National Book Association.
Linda is a writer, speaker, educator and website designer who demystifies the online experience. Whether you’re a novice or veteran Internet user, Linda can help you optimize and monetize your website.
Linda is the founder of Smart Women Stupid Computers and Askmepc-Webdesign. She builds custom, easy to manage, user-friendly websites and blogs.
Linda began her own online business in 1998, and since then her entrepreneurial sensibilities have helped others find their own place on the web. She has uncanny ability to disarm anyone’s computer anxieties. Linda teaches technophobes of all generations, from Millennials to Boomers. She is not your typical techie.
Linda lives in the Bay Area with her three children and is very active in her community. She is the former Vice President and Co-President of the Women’s National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter, and is the current the Volunteer Coordinator of the San Francisco Writer’s Conference. She is also co-founder of Click-Speak-Learn, a seminar and web-based enterprise designed to bring audiences inspirational information. Online and off, Linda constantly helps others achieve their personal best.
Presently she is doing radio interviews and reading from her new book on the East and West Coast.
President WNBA-SF and CEO of The Story Woman™, producing: TellTale Soul books, Story Salons with a twist, Tap Memory & Write Memoir classes and events, book reviews, and interviews with an array of literary folks and artists.
Lynn Henriksen is an author, presenter, and writing coach who encourages and teaches writing bio-vignettes that honor loved ones. You can and will write, even if you've never written anything before, by answering this question, "If you could tell just one story that would capture your Mother's character and keep her spirit alive, what would it be?" The Story Woman ™ method will help you find your unique voice and distinctive style on the written page as only you can do it. Read my "how-to" guide book, Give the Gift of Story: TellTale Souls' Essential Guide to Tap Memory & Write Memoir in Five Acts, available for purchase only on website or in person! Current story collection: TellTale Souls: Daughters Keeping Mothers' Spirits Alive One Memoir at a Time. Co-editor and presenter with Kate Farrell: Wisdom Has a Voice: Daughters Remember Mothers anthology and workshops.
Margie enjoys promoting the club and its members. In 2009, she coordinated the participation of CWC in the 5th Annual Asian Heritage Street Celebration (AHSC) in San Francisco and the donation of members' books for the AHSC School Raffle Program to benefit San Francisco public schools. As a result, CWC was honored for community service and received certificates from the AsianWeek Foundation, City and County of San Francisco Board of Supervisors, California Legislature Assembly, and California State Board of Equalization.
This year 2010 Margie is involved in various events to promote the club, including the Local Author Fair at the Folsom Public Library, the Local Authors Appreciation Day at Barnes & Noble in Citrus Heights, and the 6th Annual AHSC in San Francisco. Additionally, CWC will be participating in the Northern California Storybook & Literature Festival being planned by the Roseville Public Library for Summer 2010.
She is also a member of Northern California Publishers & Authors, and recently joined the Women's National Book Association San Francisco Chapter. Margie has just published her book "Cat Mulan" with photographs of her cat along with insightful and inspirational reflections.
Marsha Toy Engstrom, The Book Club CheerleaderT, has been shaking her pompoms since 5th grade-which coincidentally is also when she began her writing career as editor of the Center School Gazette. A recovering Corporate Trainer/Human Resource-Type, Marsha holds a Bachelor's degree in Marketing, and a Master's of Arts in Management and Organizational Development.
The Book Club CheerleaderT uses her background in coaching, team-building and group dynamics to help put the 'group' back in book groups. Focusing on three perspectives: The People, The Fun and The Books, she facilitates workshops and coaches book clubs to get the most out of their experiences together. Her motto is, "They come for The Book, they stay for The Fun, and they leave if you screw up The People part." She is the editor of www.bookclubcheerleader.com and is working on her first book, Celebrating Book Clubs: The Book Club Cheerleader's Guide to Building a Winning Book Club.
Marsha lives in Northern California with her husband and two black cats, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. When she is not coaching book clubs, celebrating authors, or practicing her splits, she is curled up with a new book (or alternatively catnapping) with Butch and Sunny.
Mary E. Knippel, writer, Creativity Mentor, speaker and workshop leader, conducts workshops on California's beautiful San Mateo coast in which participants connect with their creativity, focus on fun and pursue play as a proven method to de-stress and cope with life's challenges.
Throughout her writing and presentations, Mary delivers one consistent message: don't wait until a health crisis to take care of yourself.
Mary is working on a memoir and book of personal essays. Her writing has appeared in publications in California, Colorado and Minnesota. As an editor, Mary participated in the 2009 San Francisco Writer's Conference "Book Doctor" panel and helped numerous aspiring writers with their book projects and edited a book on wedding protocol, "It's Your Wedding - Not Theirs."
Mary has worked with the Peninsula Branch of the California Writer's Club (CWC), the San Francisco Chapter of the Women's National Book Assn (WNBA-SF) as well as various religious and community groups in California and Minnesota as a Creativity Mentor, speaker and workshop facilitator.
She served as president of WNBA-SF from 2006-09 and has served on the board of the CWC. A breast cancer survivor, Mary donates a portion of the proceeds from each workshop to breast cancer research.
Maryanne Comaroto is America’s leading relationship expert, an award-winning author, seminar leader, radio personality and frequent guest on TV and radio talk shows around the country. Her weekly radio show, Maryanne Live!, reaches three million listeners monthly worldwide.
Through her books, radio show, and media appearances, Maryanne provides a powerful and positive blueprint for creating healthy, fulfilling, sustainable relationships. Her unique approach starts with developing personal insight; “Great relationships begin within!®”Maryanne is the relationship columnist for The Beverly Hills Times, and a go-to expert for Hollywood Life, In Touch Online, and many other online publications.
Her blogs on such websites as The Savvy Woman and SheKnows are read by thousands of readers worldwide. Maryanne is the author of the award-winning book, Skinny, Tan and Rich: Unveiling the Myth. Her newest book is Hindsight: What You Need to Know Before You Drop Your Drawers! Maryanne founded SHOMI, LLC, a personal development corporation, in 1998, and is CEO and founder of the National Action Organization, a 501(c)3 non- profit committed to changing the way our culture values women. Maryanne conducts transformational workshops, lectures and awards the Certificate of Responsible Relationship (CORR®).
She has a proven track record as a book editor. One of her client’s books (Enlightened Leadership) was self-published and then purchased/re-released verbatim by Simon & Schuster (Fireside) and another (Radical Forgiveness) won the 1998 Writer’s Digest Self-Published Book Award (Inspirational category), has sold over 115,000 copies, and recently was purchased by Sounds True. Another client's book (Finding Heaven Here) recently was purchased by O-Books. Amir is the holiday and spirituality expert on Conversations with Mrs. Claus, a podcast heard in 90+ countries and downloaded by 110,000 listeners per month.
Through her own writing and speaking, Amir offers human potential, personal growth and practical spiritual tools from a Jewish perspective, although her work spans religious lines and is pertinent to people of all faiths and spiritual traditions.
Patricia V. Davis's first non-fiction book, Harlot's Sauce: A Memoir of Food, Family, Love, Loss, and Greece is an Award-Winning Finalist in the Multi-cultural Non-fiction category of the National Best Books Awards, sponsored by USA Book News, and has ranked in the top five in its category on amazon.com.
Patricia is the founder and editor-in-chief of the non-partisan Harlots' Sauce Radio e-magazine and podcast at www.harlotssauce.com, and her essays, opinion articles and celebrity interviews have appeared in various newspapers and magazines nationally and internationally. Patricia has authored a number of poems on women's issues, including, "If This Woman is Being Operated Recklessly," which appeared alongside Laurence Ferlinghetti's work in New Press magazine.(Her fondest achievement to date.) In the mid-90's, Patricia emigrated to Athens, Greece, where she founded an education service, Serafim Books, named for "a good book is like a guardian angel." Serafim Books gained international acclaim for its dedication to education and its philanthropic work with organizations such as Make-A-Wish Greece chapter and TESOL Greece, where Patricia served as vice-chair. During this time, Scholastic International, publishers of children's books and educational materials, appointed Patricia their exclusive representative of Greece, Cyprus and Turkey.
Today, dear jane Inc. develops and delivers career management training classes, workshops, seminars, and coaching to Fortune 1000 companies as well as individuals throughout the United States. Since its inception, dear jane Inc. has enjoyed a 98% success rate in coaching clients through career transitions, navigating corporate environments and working with today’s job market.
She has recently appeared on the View from the Bay San Francisco’s ABC afternoon show, Beyond the Headlines with Cheryl Jennings, and Conversations with Robin Fahr, a local channel 30 television show. A USC graduate with a B.S. in Business Administration, Rebecca has written and published the booklet "83 Tips on How to Successfully Work with Corporate and External Recruiters.”
She is a member of the San Francisco Chapter of the Women’s National Book Association and is a volunteer for the San Francisco Writer’s Conference.
Ruth Silnes is an artist and author of KEEPING AHEAD OF WINTER 4100 Nautical Miles Inside America, nonfiction for adults, and NAPTIME SECRETS a color book for two to six year-olds.
She is almost finished with her next book YOU AND THE ARTS?, a short overview about the tremendous importance of the arts.
At ninety four-years-old she keeps learning, and is active doing what she loves. She has been a real estate broker, yachtswoman and entrepreneur. She lives in San Mateo and enjoys her two great-grandchildren.
Sarbjit started writing in 2006 and published her first childrens book called 'Elfins in San Francisco' in August 2009. This book was originally written for her nieces as a way to introduce them to this magical city, and includes many famous landmarks and traditions.
Sarbjit enjoys painting, writing, the creative arts and supporting the local community, and wrote this book as a tribute to SF, her adopted city, and for her family all of whom who live in England and Singapore, hoping to link these two key aspects of her life.
'Elfins in San Francisco' is selling at the Book Passage at the Ferry Building in SF and is available on Amazon. More information can be found at www.elfins.vpweb.com.
Sarbjit plans to donate the royalties to Room to Read a global childrens non-profit based in San Francisco that promotes literacy and gender equality in developing countries.
Shirin’s second book, The Umbrella Queen, made TIME/CNN’s Top 10 Lists 2008: Best Children’s Books, and was also named one of the Best Children’s Books of 2008 by the Bank Street College of Education. The Umbrella Queen has been translated into Chinese and Japanese.
Her third book, Mary Wrightly So Politely, will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Her formal education in Psychology, Political Science and Psychiatric Social Work complement the lifelong spiritual journey she has navigated between the demands of Ego and the needs of Soul.
Her formal education focused on teaching ways of Ego adaptation in individual coaching as well as classes, workshops and seminars; her informal education encompassed learning ways of living an authentic soulful life.
Shulamit Sofia has been a life long pilgrim who has walked the path she is now ready to guide others along. For the past twenty-five years Shulamit Sofia has studied intensively with renowned Jewish mystics and teachers. exclusive representative of Greece, Cyprus and Turkey
Hailed as "a fresh and funny new voice in the world of fiction" by Mark Childress (CRAZY IN ALABAMA and ONE MISSISSIPPI), Tanya is an alumna of Squaw Valley Community of Writers and a founding member of the Marin Branch of California Writers Club, for which she is currently Vice President.
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Writing Career Coach Teresa is the author of Build Your Writer’s Platform & Fanbase In 22 Days: Attract Agents, Editors, Publishers, Readers, and Media Attention NOW a fun workbook for fiction and nonfiction writers to gain a competitive edge. Get fans and more fans before and after publication(available through Amazon.com; read reviews from writers who have completed the 22 minutes for 22-day-program)
Form a study-group, split the cost and hire Coach Teresa to: * coach you in name-building to attract the right agent or publisher or more fans * guide you in designing and growing your blog (to showcase your expertise and experiences) * show you computer-navigating shortcuts and how to easily “find stuff” on the World Wide Web
As an author and a community member, Teresa uses her novel Love Made of Heart to: • shed light on stigmas suffered by immigrant women, men, and children • advocate understanding of mental illness/traumas to the mind • help survivors of violence find their own voices through writing www.LoveMadeOfHeart.com
Teresa is: § Board member at WNBA-SF Chapter since 2004 § Author with agent and NY publisher § Writing career coach and manuscript consultant § Creator of “Major League Tryouts with Coach Teresa to Build Your Writer’s Name” § Past president of California Writers Club-SF Peninsula Branch § Library advocate; speaker; instructor
Through her agency, Dreisbach Literary Management, Verna represents both fiction and non-fiction authors with a particular interest in books with a political, economic or social context. She represents a variety of fiction including commercial, literary and young adult. With over 13 years as a police officer, Verna also has a genuine interest in the genres of mystery, thriller and true crime. She does not represent fantasy, sci-fi, horror, screenplay, Christian or children’s books. Verna is an AAR Member.
Verna is the founder and executive director of Capitol City Young Writers, a national non-profit organization dedicated to the education and mentoring of aspiring young writers in junior high and high school. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Sacramento State University with a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in English with honors from Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society. Verna has also taught publishing and writing courses through the University of California Davis Extension and is currently teaching college level English courses in Sacramento, CA.
Active in the local community, Verna is a graduate of Sacramento Metro Chamber’s Leadership program, class of 2010. She serves on the board of Sacramento’s Police Activities League and is appointed to El Dorado County’s Child Abuse Prevention Council. Previously, Verna served on the education committee to Sacramento’s For Art’s Sake Initiative started by Mayor Kevin Johnson. Verna is also on the board to the California Association of Teachers of English (CATE) Convention and Left Coast Crime in Sacramento, 2012.
She is also the author of two children's non-fiction books, and has had short stories published in various literary journals. Wendy holds an MFA in Creative Writing from University of San Francisco and teaches classes and workshops for novel and memoir writers and offers manuscript consulting
Yolande holds a B.S. from Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana. In 2002 she was published in Parents Magazine; 2003 - 2005 assistant to Kim McMillon, producer of the Literary Expo for the Art & Soul Festival in Oakland; 2004 co-facilitated with Teresa LeYung Ryan, author of Love Made of Heart, SF Bay Area Survivors Conference, SF; 2004 -2005 produces Your Words Projects poetry readings at Kimball's Carnival, Oakland; 2005-2007 produced Your Words Projects poetry readings at Magic Johnsons Starbucks in Oakland; 2004 performing poet in Danjuma, Unity Concepts play Oakland Has Spoken; 2005 2 published poem in If Women Ruled the World and Oakland’s Neighborhoods; Wrote, produced, directed and performed one woman show Telling It like it 'Tis at Poetic Groove, 2006, Oakland. Yolande spoke at St. Columba's Black History Month Celebration in 2007 and created and conducted the Women's Retreat for St. Columba's Woman's Group. 2008 featured poet at Unity Concepts fundraiser in Berkeley for Katrina victims. 2008 to present 2010 - Yolande has been commissioned to write for various organizations and individuals for National Aids Day, Drew Foundation's Breast Cancer Awareness Luncheon, retirements, weddings and other special occasions.
