After earning an MAT in education at Keane College and an MA in Creative Writing from the University of Washington, Sheila Bender has taught writing at colleges, universities, public school classrooms, writer's workshops, teacher training events, and private seminars across the country. She is a poet whose work appears in US and Canadian literary magazines and in several anthologies. She has written nine books on writing and is at work on her tenth. She has also published collections of poetry and a memoir.
Some of her titles include:
A New Theology: Turning to Poetry in a Time of Grief, Imago Press, 2009
Writing and Publishing Personal Essays, Silver Threads Press, 2005
A Year in the Life: Journaling for Self-Discovery, now available in electronic form at the IAJW
Writing in a Convertible with the Top Down, co-authored with Christi Killien, new edition soon available on Libratary.com
Perfect Phrases for College Application Essays, McGraw-Hill 2008
Creative Writing Demystified, forthcoming from McGraw-Hill
In addition to writing poetry, essays, and instructional books, Sheila Bender has been a contributor to Writer's Digest magazine and The Writer. Her work has appeared in the Associated Writing Program's Writer's Chronicle. Sheila has been publishing Writing It Real with her partner Kurt VanderSluis since 2002.
Sheila Bender's students have enjoyed the success of publishing their poetry and essays and they continue to expand their credits and expertise.
Sheila has helped teachers revolutionize their approach to teaching the writing process. She directs the Writing It Real Writer's Conference in Port Townsend, WA each year and brings that conference to a second city each year as well. |
