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Louise Shaffer is a graduate of Yale Drama School, has written for television, and has appeared on Broadway, in TV movies, and in daytime dramas, earning an Emmy for her work on Ryan's Hope. Her debut novel, The Three Miss Margarets, was released in 2003. Shaffer and her husband live in the Lower Hudson Valley. www.louiseshaffer.com
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DC Stanfa's engagements' built around humor and the importance of self-esteem draw from her own experiences at surviving high school, the Catholic church, datelessness, and the Jerry Springer Show.
Born and raised in
Toledo
,
Ohio
, DC insists she grew up after college in
Dallas
during the 1980s, an experience she refers to fondly as "the destructive and reconstructive years." Her maverick spirit is revealed early on in The Art of Table Dancing: Escapades of an Irreverent Woman, when she "as a mere seventh-grader" goes toe-to-toe with the church, and continues through a chronicle of crazy-but-true stories revealing how imagination
and perseverance may carry one through. From
Toledo
to sex in the Big City, DC manages both an epic escape and a remarkable transformation. Armed with sarcasm and a pen, she proves truth is funnier than fiction.
DC has made various local television appearances and was featured in an interview for In The Tank, a documentary program on PBS. She has appeared in several publications, including The Cincinnati Enquirer, Ohio Magazine, and award winning humor writer Susan Reinhardt's nationally syndicated column.
DC has also been a guest on various radio programs, including
Youngstown
based The Ron & Casey Show and
Cincinnati's
Q102. She is a regularly featured guest on Q102's radio show Amy's Table: A Girl's Guide to Living, where she speaks about a wide range of book topics.
Taking her book tour all over the
Buckeye
State
and even
Kentucky
, DC has hit the road with her beach party book signings ranging from locations like
Covington
,
Kentucky
to
Cincinnati
,
Columbus
, and
Toledo
,
Ohio
.
She currently lives in
Cincinnati
with her daughter, Cori, and two cats, the requisite writerly minimum. www.dcstanfa.com
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