Linda Joy Myers (’94): Linda Joy Myers is the President and founder of the National Association of Memoir Writers, Instructor at Writers Digest, past president of the California Writers Club, Marin branch, and past Vice President of the Women’s National Book Association. Linda is the author of three books: The Power of Memoir—How to Write Your Healing Story, published by Jossey Bass; Becoming Whole, a finalist in the ForeWord magazine’s 2008 Book of the Year Award, and the award winning memoir Don’t Call Me Mother, which won the BAIPA Gold Medal prize. Linda has won prizes for her fiction, memoir and poetry: First Prize, Jessamyn West Fiction Contest; Finalist, San Francisco Writing Contest for Secret Music, a novel about the Kindertransport; First Prize, poetry, East of Eden Contest, and for memoir writing First Prize Carol Landauer Life Writing Contest. Linda’s next book is Truth or Lie: on the Cusp of Memoir and Fiction. She gives workshops nationally, and helps people develop their stories through coaching, editing, and online workshops. www.namw.org. Her blog is www.memoriesandmemoirs.com