Events › Author Panel: The Healing Power of Storytelling through Memoir

Join us for an afternoon featuring Pacific Northwest authors from She Writes Press, a publishing Imprint dedicated to elevating women's voices. 

The authors will share insights into storytelling as a therapeutic and empowering tool that fosters community and healing.

Panelists:

• Linda Lockwood | Sky Ranch: Reared in the High Country

• Carol Odell | Girl, Groomed: A Therapist's Memoir of Trauma

• Shigeko Ito | The Pond Beyond the Forest: Reflections on Childhood Trauma and Motherhood (publish date: Oct 7, 2025)

• Leslie Johansen Nack | Nineteen: A Daughter's Memoir of Reckoning and Recovery (publish date: October 14, 2025)

Moderated by Laurie Riepe, lauriepetherapy.com.

Books by all featured authors will be available for purchase and signing.

Registration not required. Light refreshments sponsored by Friends of the Woodinville Library.

Reasonable accommodation for people with disabilities is available by request. Email access@kcls.org at least seven days before the event. Automated closed captioning is always available for online events.