Author Sarah Grace McCandless
Born in Chicago, raised in the suburbs of Detroit, served time in DC and NYC, but now (once again) calling Portland, Oregon home.
Author of two novels, both published by Simon & Schuster. Adapted second book for the screen and currently working a scripted series and a memoir. Producer for Why Fathers Cry podcast, hosted by #1 New York Times bestselling author and Emmy Award-winner Kwame Alexander.
Creator of the Hopeless Semantic project, a visual curation of words and my reaction to them, inspired by their true definitions and deeper intentions.
Contributor of essays, short fiction, and feature articles for several publications and anthologies, including Cassette From My Ex: Stories and Soundtracks of Lost Loves and Drawing Lines: An Anthology of Women Cartoonist.
Writing by Writers Mill House Residency recipient. Lead instructor and co-facilitator for creative writing, fiction, and memoir classes at Gotham Writers, the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Cape Cod Writers’ Workshop, and the Chautauqua Institution.
Mortified performer and producer. Back Fence PDX storyteller. Creative writing, fiction, and memoir instructor at the Chautauqua Institution, Gotham Writers Workshop and Mediabistro.
20+ years of corporate expertise as a purpose-driven leader and creative strategist, architecting global, integrated brand marketing and customer experience solutions that serve the entire customer journey. Visit Grace Pointe Consulting to learn more; additional details also available on LinkedIn.
Celebrity crushing on Tina Fey, Kerry Washington, Christina Hendricks, Ira Glass, Tim Gunn, Padma Lakshmi, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
Lover of Halloween, infomercials, drugstores, things with owls on them, Imagine Yoga Studio, and dogs. All dogs. Proud dog mom of my rescue pup, Gilda Radner, a blue-eyed Corgi-Terrier mix.
Foes include cottage cheese, humidity, riding in the back seat, and bare feet.
Guilty pleasures roll call: Sanders Bumpy Cake, Vernors, Utz's Cheese Curls, KFC Mashed Potatoes & Gravy. Not necessarily at the same time.
Fan of staccato sentences. Your new best friend.