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Are you a local writer interested in becoming a featured author? Contact us! We want to hear from you! |
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Rob Bundschu is the Orchestrator of Happiness (a tour guide) at his family winery Gundlach Bundschu Winery in Sonoma, CA, and author of his new memoir Everyone Gets In: My journey from wine to the Divine. The book chronicles his wild, perilous, and sometimes hilarious journey through alcohol addiction (and recovery), mental illness, and finally onto healing through the modern spiritual path of A Course in Miracles. In his free time Rob enjoys watching movies, baseball, and football, and taking drives with his wife (not necessarily in that order). |
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Marilyn Campbell is a former social worker who began writing after retirement. She has published two historical novels: Trains to Concordia and A Train to Nowhere which dealt with the orphan train movement. A co-founder of Napa Valley Writers, she enjoys contributing short stories and poetry to anthologies and small journals. |
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I have been practicing meditation for more than twenty years and am known for merging the art of creative writing with the evolutionary practice of mindfulness meditation. My latest nonfiction book, Writing as a Path to Awakening, is based on my popular writing workshops by the same name. I currently teach writing and mindfulness workshops at The Omega Institute, The Esalen Institute, Spirit Rock Meditation Center and literary conferences nationally. I currently live in Northern California. |
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NapaLife is the insider's guide to Napa Valley. The weekly newsletter is published by insider Paul Franson. Paul Franson: I moved here in 1996 and during that time, I have written extensively about it (and wine and the wine business) for publications and online for local newspapers to international media. |
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Debra Green, author of The Convention of Wives, has always been drawn to good storytelling, especially historical novels and Broadway musicals. While motherhood, hospital administration, and community volunteering were all rewarding, none fulfilled her creative longings. A graduate of Rutgers University and Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, she lives with her husband, David, in Scotch Plains, New Jersey where they raised their three children. Debra's been lucky enough to spend quite a bit of time in Napa in the past few years and some of her best writing and editing has been done at the Black Bear Diner. When not writing, reading, or traveling, Debra can be found working in her ever-expanding vegetable garden. The Convention of Wives, published in September of 2022 by She Writes Press, is her first novel. |
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Luisa grew up on the east coast, but hit the road in her 20s, eventually visiting and sometimes working in 43 states and 39 countries. She's had stints at running an ice cream parlor in Puerto Rico, as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Costa Rica, as the advertising director for Kitchen Bazaar gourmet houseware stores, and as head of the editorial committee for the NVV Wine Auction catalog. She enjoys snorkeling, reading, cooking, and spent 10 years as part of a hot air balloon crew culminating in a cross-Australia race to celebrate their bicentenary. She currently lives in Yountville with her husband and a couple of rescue dogs in an area they call "rural lite” because although they have a well and septic, are only eight minutes to Whole Foods. |
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Lenore Hirsch is a retired educator who lives in Napa Valley. She writes in many genres, including features in the Napa Valley Register, short stories, poetry, memoir, humor, and travel. She is a founding member of Napa Valley Writers, a branch of the California Writers' Club. Her books include her dog’s memoir, My Leash on Life: Foxy's View of the World from a Foot Off the Ground; a poetry collection, Leavings; humorous essays, Laugh and Live: Advice for Aging Boomers; and a novel, Schooled: Confessions of a Rookie Vice Principal. |
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This February, enjoy poetry readings by Napa County's 2021 Poet Laureate.
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Marianne Lyon has been a music teacher for 39 years. After teaching in Hong Kong she returned to the Napa Valley and has been published in various literary magazines and reviews. Nominated for the Pushcart Award 2016. She has spent time teaching in Nicaragua. She is a member of the California Writers Club, Solstice Writers, Witness Protection Program Poets. She is an Adjunct Professor at Touro University Vallejo California. 2021 Napa County Poet Laureate. |
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Henry Michalski was born in Kazakhstan, and arrived in the United States with his family as a four-year-old on August 29, 1949. The following year, the family settled in San Francisco. Michalski had a long, successful career as a high school history teacher in Napa, and is most proud of his two children and three grandchildren. |
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One of Jessel's most precious moments as a child was story time with Mom. Mom was a poet and performer and it took her encouragement to bring the shy child she was out into the world. Growing up Jessel became a songwriter and artist and wrote her first children's book The Calico Cat in 1979. She followed this with 5 other books. "All my books are dedicated to wrapping loving arms around the reader leaving them with the feeling of comfort and caring concerns." Jessel is now working on her first "grown up novel" One Moment More. She hopes to have this book published in 2023. |
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Aletheia Morden M.A. is a prolific letter writer and journal keeper. She's authored plays, screenplays and short stories (Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea), is a member of the California Writers Club and Foundation Vice-Chair for the art and rare books of The McCune Collection. |