Writer in Residence Workshop: Memoir and Autobiography

An autobiography is the story of a life--A memoir is a story from a life. Often memoirs have a theme, whereas an autobiography is history that requires dates and research. A memoir is how one remembers one’s own life. We will practice powerful and effective ways to tell our own stories by speaking truthfully and personally about our lives. e.e. cummings said, "To be yourself is the hardest battle to fight in a world that wants to make you everybody else."  Presented by Writer in Residence Donis Casey.

Donis Casey is the author of the Alafair Tucker Mysteries, a historical mystery series, set in Oklahoma in the booming 1910s, featuring a sleuthing mother of ten children. She has twice won the Arizona Book Award for her series and was a finalist for the Willa Award and the Oklahoma Book Award. Her first novel, The Old Buzzard Had It Coming, was named an Oklahoma Centennial Book.  Donis is a former teacher, academic librarian, and entrepreneur. She was born and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and now lives in Tempe, Arizona.