Sandra S. Navarro holds a doctorate in Anthropology. Her narratives are informed looks at people and places in the United States over time.  Inspired by a collection of documents from five generations of her family, Sandra writes about the impact of historical events and societal change on family members and collective family lore. The author is an active member of the California Writers Club, one of the nation’s oldest professional organizations for writers. Sandra’s works for children and adults are published by Cornsilk Press (www.cornsilkpress.com) and are available on Amazon.com/books.

 

Susan M. Osborn, Ph.D., M.S.W., is a writer, storyteller, and president of LifeThread Publications. She has served as the editor of the Lockheed Opserver, and as a staff writer for Senior Spectrum, High Technology Careers Magazine, and the Washington Women’s New Journal. Her articles have appeared in Judo Magazine, Countryside Magazine, The Employment Times (Maine), The New Leaders (San Francisco), The Fielding Magazine (Santa Barbara), The San Jose Business Journal, and Performance and Instruction Quarterly. She is the author of Awful Bosses Coloring Book; The System Made Me Do It! A Life Changing Approach to Office Politics (which reveals the root stories of five types of organizations); and Assertive Training for Women. Her chapter demonstrating “How Stories Build Teams and Teamwork,” appears in Wake Me When the Data Is Over: How Organizations Use Storytelling to Drive Results. She has taught writing courses in numerous business organizations and universities.

Website: www.susan.osborn.bz

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Anara Guard is a fiction writer and poet living in Sacramento. She has attended Bread Loaf Writers Workshop and the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley in fiction.  Her collection of short stories, Remedies for Hunger (New Wind Publishing) received four stars from the Chicago Book Review. She has been published in Convergence, Under the Gum Tree, The Ear, Gold Man Review and Late Peaches: An Anthology of Sacramento Poets.  Follow her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/AnaraGuardAuthor or at www.anaraguard.com

 

 

 

 

 

Julie Bauer specializes in technical writing. She is an analyst for the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), State of California, providing writing and editing services. For five years she produced the department’s monthly employee newsletter. For the past four years she has been writing curriculum and conducting writing classes at DTSC headquarters in downtown Sacramento, and at its offices around California.

Prior to working for the state, Julie worked at home ghost-writing books and articles on nutrition and alternative medicine for Maureen Kennedy Salaman. During the 14 years she worked for Ms. Salaman, Julie wrote more than 50 articles, and several books. Salaman passed in 2006.

Julie has been a member of the Sacramento CWC since 1988, serving as the Club’s newsletter editor from 1995 to 2011. She is currently branch historian.

 

 

 

 

Cindy Sample is a former corporate CEO who decided plotting murder was more entertaining than plodding through paperwork. Her national bestselling mystery series, described as Erma Bombeck meets Agatha Christie, features single soccer mom, Laurel McKay. The series, set in the California Gold Country, includes Dying for a Date, Dying for a Dance, Dying for a Daiquiri, Dying for a Dude, Dying for a Donut and Dying for a Diamond. Cindy is a four-time nominee for the LEFTY Award for Best Humorous Mystery and winner of the NCPA Best Fiction Award. Cindy loves her research!