Bio

Laraine Herring holds an MFA in creative writing and an MA in counseling psychology. She has developed numerous workshops that use writing as a tool for healing grief and loss. She is the author of the novel Ghost Swamp Blues (White River), The Writing Warrior: Discovering the Courage to Free Your True Voice (Shambhala), Writing Begins with the Breath: Embodying Your Authentic Voice (Shambhala), Lost Fathers: How Women Can Heal from Adolescent Father Loss (Hazelden) and Monsoons: A Collection of Writing (Duality Press). Her short stories, poems, and essays have appeared in national and local publications. Her fiction has won the Barbara Deming Award for Women and her nonfiction work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She currently teaches creative writing in Prescott, Arizona, and at the Omega Institute in New York and the Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health in Massachusetts.

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