Imaginary Bio statement

One of my final assignments for Deborah's class is to write a bio statement for my first book. I decided to be ridiculously positive about myself. *grin* Here it is:


About the author:

Michèle grew up in Southern California—in Orange County, the city of Orange, on Orange Street. Her parents drove an orange Toyota Corolla hatchback during her formative years. As a result, she often wonders if there is any way around that rhymes with orange rule—it is possible that this is what led her to writing. Michèle also lived in a church rectory in rural Illinois for two years, which led to what she describes her “pissed off adolescent” phase, and has given her a great deal of material to work with. She majored in French at Beloit College, WI and then became a teacher in Minneapolis. Teaching has been a satisfying career for her, providing her with health insurance and the ability to pay her bills while she works on developing a writing career. She also enjoys being able to boss people around and understands teenage angst all too well.

She has been a lover of words and self-important emotional pronouncements all her life, so her primary genre is creative non-fiction. She once said in an interview, “Creative nonfiction is where I get to talk about myself all I want and no one can stop me. All I have to do is figure out how to make myself interesting.” As you can see in this first collection of essays, Michèle has a way of making just about everything interesting. Seeing life through her lenses is a refreshing reprieve from the grind. Listening to her voice coaxes you to escape your own life for a while and skid along a new path of entertaining observations, emotional complexities, and sometimes compelling insights.