Edith Forbes is the author of Tracking A Shadow: My Lived Experiment With MS, a memoir about the self-designed experiment that led her to identify a unique approach to the disease. She has also written four novels published by Seal Press in Seattle. She began her career in computer programming but abandoned it for less

Joni Rodgers is a critically acclaimed novelist, a bestelling memoirist and a sought-after celebrity ghostwriter. Her iconic titles include Bald in the Land of Big Hair, Crazy for Trying and Sugarland. An EGOT ghostwriter—having worked with Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony winners—she’s had multiple titles debut on the New York Times bestseller list, a recent

Sara Church is a biotech executive and an advocate for mental health. At age forty, upon discovering that she was suffering from Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) due to unresolved childhood trauma, Sara embarked on a quest to understand and overcome the condition holding her back in her personal relationships so she could live a

Peg Conway, author of The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief,  writes and practices Healing Touch energy therapy in Cincinnati, OH, where she also volunteers at a children’s grief center. Her essays about early mother loss and long-term grieving have appeared at The Manifest-Station, the Cincinnati Enquirer, and The Mighty.

Fiction writer and screenwriter Amy Neswald was awarded the New American Fiction Prize for her debut novel-in-stories, I Know You Love Me, Too (New American Press, October 2021). Her work has appeared in The Rumpus, The Normal School, Bat City Review, and Green Mountain Review, among others, and her screenplay The Placeholder was awarded a

Karen Gershowitz, author Travel Mania: Stories of Wanderlust, has been traveling since age 17 when she boarded a plane to Europe and stayed there for three years. She has since traveled to more than 90 countries, experiencing countless bold, once-in-a-lifetime adventures: climbing Mount Kilimanjaro, trekking atop an elephant in Thailand, hiking in the blistering heat