Linda Joy Myers has always been deliciously haunted by the power of the past to affect people in the stream of time. She has integrated her passion for history and her own struggles with intergenerational trauma into her work as a therapist and writer. The power of the truth to educate current generations about the past led Linda Joy to explore the little-known history of WWII in the weeks following the fall of France-which in turn led her to write The Forger of Marseille. She is the author of two memoirs, Don't Call Me Mother and Song of the Plains, and four books on memoir writing. She's also the founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers. You can learn more about Linda Joy's work at www.namw.org and www.lindajoymyersauthor.com. She lives in Berkeley, CA.

Amber Lea Starfire, whose passion is helping others tell their stories, is the author of Week by Week and Not the Mother I Remember, due for release in the fall of 2013. A writing teacher and editor, she earned her MFA in Creative Writing from University of San Francisco and is a member of the California Writers Club in Napa and Santa Rosa, the Story Circle Network, the National Association of Memoir Writers, and the International Association for Journal Writing. In her spare time, she enjoys spending time outdoors. Visit her at: www.writingthroughlife.com.

Kate Farrell earned a MA from UC Berkeley; taught language arts in high schools, colleges, and universities; founded the Word Weaving storytelling project in collaboration with the California Department of Education with a grant from the Zellerbach Family Fund, and published numerous educational materials. She is founder of Wisdom Has a Voice memoir project and edited Wisdom Has a Voice. Farrell is president of the Women's National Book Association, San Francisco Chapter, a board member of Redwood Branch of the California Writers Club, and a member of Story Circle Network and the National Association of Memoir Writers.