Lynne Golodner is the award-winning, bestselling author of eleven books and hundreds of essays and articles as well as a marketing expert, writing coach and retreat leader. After working as a journalist in New York and Washington, D.C., and earning an MFA in writing, Lynne returned to the Midwest, where she created Your People, a marketing company with a focus on storytelling. Between 1996 and 2013, Lynne wrote eight books-two poetry collections and six nonfiction titles. Around 2020, she started writing fiction with a goal of producing a book year. Her first novel, WOMAN OF VALOR, won an honorable mention in the Eric Hoffer Award for Spiritual Fiction and her second novel, CAVE OF SECRETS, hit #1 on Amazon in Jewish fiction, gay fiction and British and Irish literature. In January 2025, she published FOREST WALK ON A FRIDAY, a collection of personal essays. Her third novel, I LOVE YOU, CHARLIE TANNER, will publish in May 2025.Lynne has degrees from the University of Michigan, Goddard College and a Certificate in Entrepreneurship from the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program. She is the mother of four young adults and lives in Huntington Woods, Michigan.Find Lynne: https: //lynnegolodner.com