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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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Born and raised in Tucson, Butler received his Bachelor of Arts in History at the University of Arizona. He has walked the Camino de Santiago twice, both in Spain and Portugal. He recently completed the Via Francigena, the holy pilgrimage to Saint Peter’s Basilica in Vatican City. He lives in Napa Valley and continues to work in the wine business. This is his first book. |
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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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A former Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, James Conaway is the author of three previous novels, The Big Easy, World’s End, and Nose. The late tv anchor, Jim Lehrer, wrote of it, “Conaway’s prose is as gorgeous as the northern California he describes.” His twelve books of non-fiction include The Far Side of Eden, a Washington Post Best Book of the Year described in the New York Times Book Review as "an important story, emblematic of our time.” Of Conaway’s The Kingdom in the Country Stegner wrote: “He got into places and activities that most Westerners never get close to, and he reports them with verve, wit, irony and a very sharp eye.” _______________________________
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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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Iris Jamahl Dunkle’s fourth collection of poems, West : Fire : Archive was published by The Center for Literary Publishing in 2021. Her biographies include, Charmian Kittredge London: Trailblazer, Author, Adventurer (University of Oklahoma Press, 2020) and Riding Like the Wind: The Life of Sanora Babb (University of California Press, 2024). Dunkle teaches at Napa Valley College, UC Davis and Dominican University and is the Poetry and Translation Director of the Napa Valley Writers' Conference. |
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Melinda Briana Epler has more than 20 years of experience elevating brands and developing business innovation strategies for startups, Fortune 500 companies, and global NGOs. As CEO of Empovia (formerly Change Catalyst), Melinda works with her clients and partners to drive inclusive and sustainable change. Using her background in storytelling, behavioral science, and large-scale culture change, she is a strategic communications advisor and culture change partner for organizations around the world. Melinda is a TED speaker, award-winning documentary filmmaker, and former marketing and culture executive. She speaks and writes about allyship, empathy, equity, and sustainability. She has spoken on hundreds of stages worldwide, including the World Bank, the White House, the Clinton Foundation, Google, Indeed, Capital One, UC Berkeley, and McKinsey & Company. You can follow her on social media at LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube. |
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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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Ray is a Napa native who grew up in the Little Italy neighborhood. He attended Alta Heights Elementary School, Silverado Middle School, and is a proud 1964 Napa High School graduate. After graduating from Napa Valley College, he left Napa to attend U.C. Berkeley and law school at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco. After a brief stint as a public defender in San Joaquin County, Ray returned to Napa to establish his law practice, Guadagni, Gasper and Flax. Following a varied and successful private practice, he was appointed as Napa’s first Superior Court Commissioner. In 2001, Governor Gray Davis appointed Ray to the Napa Superior Court bench. Retired since 2012, Judge Guadagni continues to work part-time with the Temporary Assigned Judges Program. He lives in Napa with his wife Ann, a retired Napa schoolteacher. His two daughters and their families also reside in Napa. He enjoys spending time with his grandchildren, writing, and music. You can visit him on his Facebook page at: Raymond Guadagni |