by nancy on September 1, 2012
Fiction, non-fiction, magazine articles and essays — like most writers, Ohioan Sandra Gurvis does a lot of a lot of things. And she does them quite well, considering that her resume lists fourteen books and hundreds of magazine articles to her credit. Her books have been featured on “Good Morning America,” “CBS Up to the Minute,” “ABC World News Tonight,” in USA Today and in other newspapers, and on television and radio stations across the country; and have been excerpted in magazines. Her newest titles are Ohio Curiosities 2nd ed. ; Paris Hilton: A Biography; and Day Trips from Columbus,3rd ed. and a second novel Country Club Wives.
A major aspect of her work has been on the Vietnam protests and their aftereffects and particularly relevant to today’s political situation is her recent nonfiction title, Where Have All The Flower Children Gone? , a five-year-long project that covers all facets of the Vietnam era, from tracking the student protest and conservative movements to comparing the controversy surrounding Vietnam to the Middle East. Her novel, The Pipe Dreamers is a fictional exploration of the late ’60s/early 70s, mostly set in the small college town of Hampton, Ohio.
Gurvis, a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) and the American Medical Writers Association (AMWA), has done a lot and knows a lot and in this interview, she shares her knowledge and experience with the rest of us! (For more information about her, visit her website.)
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by nancy on August 1, 2012
The best writers immerse themselves in their work, and in Steve Kemper’s case, this included following in the actual footsteps of Heinrich Barth, the subject of Kemper’s newest book, A Labyrinth of Kingdoms: 10,000 Miles Through Islamic Africa. Previously, Kemper had authored Code Name Ginger: the Story Behind Segway and Dean Kamen’s Quest to Invent a New World.
A freelance journalist for more than 30 years, Kemper has earned several awards for his work as well as a grant from the W. Alton Jones Foundation for an environmental investigation in Bolivia. He has written for Smithsonian, National Geographic, National Geographic Adventure, National Geographic Traveler, Outside, Wall Street Journal, Yankee, National Wildlife, The Ecologist, Plenty, BBC Wildlife, and many other magazines and newspapers. He lives in West Hartford, Connecticut, with his wife Judith Kaufman, a fine-art jeweler. (For more information, visit his website and blog.) [click to continue…]
by nancy on June 15, 2012
After being a highly successful psychoanalyst for 37 years, Alma H. Bond, PhD “retired” to be a full-time writer, although she still maintains a small practice. Jackie O: On the Couch, the first of her On the Couch series to be published by Bancroft Press, was published on August 15, 2011, and received a Pinnacle Book Achievement Award.
Her previous books include Margaret Mahler, a Biography of the Psychoanalyst (McFarland Press), which received both the Best Books Award Finalist USA Book News and Foreword Magazine Book of the Year Finalist and Michelle Obama, a Biography (Greenwood Press) as well as 18 other books including a children’s book, The Tree That Could Fly. Dr. Bond also wrote the play, “Maria,” about the life and loves of Maria Callas, which was produced off-off Broadway and is currently touring Florida.
Among other organizations, Dr. Bond is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Dramatists Guild, PEN, the International Psychoanalytic Association, and the American Psychological Association. She taught psychoanalysis at the Institute for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, where she is a fellow, and presently is a faculty member of WritersSchool, where she teaches Psychology and Literature. (For more information, visit her website.) [click to continue…]
