Highly capable, published, award-winning freelance writer in literary, business and academic genres with a particular talent for writing that moves, excites and surprises the reader. I enjoy the challenge of effective speech and letter writing, reaching for the reader's attention with precision and vitality that will not be forgotten. With three graduate degrees, I am an efficient and well-informed researcher. I am fully familiar with both the researching and the writing stages of the grantwriting process and particularly good at framing a proposal with the right combination of professionalism and passion. (I've received six of the eight grants for which I've applied as a writer of nonfiction or poetry.) Writing samples cannot be displayed in this format but are available in abundance upon request. New challenges are always welcome.