Lynn Henriksen discovered a profound way to keep our loved ones’ spirits alive after she witnessed Alzheimer’s disease ravage her mother’s mind. She has helped hundreds capture in brief memoirs the memories and feelings they never thought they could record. Her “how to” book, Give the Gift of Story: TellTale Souls’ Essential Guide to Tap Memory and Write Memoir in Five Acts, is easy-to-follow and filled with tips, examples, exercises, and sage advice for memoirists and storytellers alike. Lynn, aka The Story Woman™, holds Story Salons and gives workshops, events, and classes to Tap Memory & Write Memoir: Give the Gift of Story. Her second book, TellTale Souls: Keeping Spirits Alive One Memoir at a Time, is filled with 50 short, true tales capturing the character of mothers from diverse walks of life. The manuscript is presently in the hands of her agent, who is seeking a publisher.

Lynn is a member of the California Writers Club–Marin and the President of the San Francisco Chapter of the Women’s National Book Association, an organization with ten chapters and more than 800 members. An alumna of Dominican University and a member of the Psi Chi Chapter of the National Honor Society in Psychology, her career has been rich and varied as an entrepreneur, business woman, founder of a non-profit institute, neuro-feedback (brainwave) therapist, writing instructor, and project manager for the renovation of historic hotel properties. Lynn is the mother of a son and two daughters, the proud grandmother of two “adorables,” and she lives with her husband in Marin County, overlooking San Francisco Bay.

Website: www.telltalesouls.com

Blog: www.thestorywoman.com

Read our review of Give the Gift of Story