Lorna Collier Mailing Address: P.O. Box 861 Belvidere, IL 61008 County: Boone E-mail: lorna@lornacollier.com Phone numbers: 815-985-4774 Genre: Memoir; also news feature articles

Periodical Publications:

• Chicago Tribune (Womanews section, Tempo section, Health & Family section)
• Crain's Chicago Business
• Variety of national newspapers have picked up health-related stories
  (including Philadelphia Inquirer, Miami Herald, Orlando Sentinel, San Jose
  Mercury News)
• Public Access Journalism project (see www.pajournalism.com)
• Smart Computing magazine (and affiliated computer publications)
  

Book Publications:

• Tilli's Story: My Thoughts Are Free (iUniverse, July 2004):
  memoir written for Tilli Horn Schulze about her life as a non-Jewish German
  child in Germany during and after WW II

Forthcoming Publications:

Awards, Fellowships, Grants and Honors:

• Feature-writing and news-writing awards while a reporter for the Rockford Register Star in the 1980s (Illinois Press Assn. awards, Gannett awards)
  Fiction-writing award while student at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb
  (1980s)

 

Recent Readings, Performances and Productions:

• Numerous readings and presentations for "Tilli's Story" in Rockford region throughout fall/winter 2004
  (including talk for Educators Night at Barnes & Noble in Rockford; presentations
  at Ida Public Library in Belvidere, Winnebago Library in Winnebago, Genoa Public
  Library in Genoa, Julia Hull District Library in Stillman Valley; talk to senior
  citizens' group at Zion Lutheran Church in Belvidere; upcoming talk at Byron Public Library in Byron)
• Also numerous book-signings in Rockford area (Barnes & Noble, Canterbury Books,
  Media Play, Edwards Apple Orchard in Poplar Grove, and upcoming signings at
  Waldenbooks and Borders)

Recent Workshops:

Present Employment: freelance writer

Preferred Audience: those with interest in WW II history (especially German history); senior citizens; teachers; home-school parents; students; anybody who loves a good story
Willing to travel: Yes

Willing to travel-Other: