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Dodie Cross
Dodie Cross is a freelance writer and author of the memoir A Broad Abroad In Thailand: An Expat's Misadventures
in the Land of Smiles:
- First Place in the National Indie Excellence 2008 Book Awards for Autobiography/Memoir;
- Finalist in Humor;
- Silver in ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Award for Humor;
- Gold in the 2009 Solas Awards 'Funny Travel' category.
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Dodie has received numerous awards for her writing and poetry,
among them the prestigious Southern California Writer's Conference
First Place Award for Best Nonfiction
for Abroad, as well as First Place
in their inaugural Poetry Award. She is a prize-winning author,
accruing first and second place prizes in her published articles.
Most recently she was awarded Gold in
the 2009 Solas Awards
for Best Travel Story in the Funny
Travel category, and Silver in the
Bad Trip category. (Both winning stories were excerpts from A
Broad Abroad in Thailand.) Her education has been in Creative Writing
and journalism. She also attended Cerritos College and College of
the Desert for magazine and newspaper writing. Her online articles,
which range from soup to nuts, can be found by Googling "Dodie
Cross."
Her articles have appeared in The Desert Sun, the Seattle
Post Intelligencer, and as a guest columnist for the Lake
Chelan Mirror in Washington State. Her essays have been published
in the Monterey Bay Parents Magazine, the University of
Texas Literary Magazine, RiverSedge, and in Expat e-zines
Talesmag.com and Escapeartists.com. Many of her articles
have been syndicated on writing websites on the internet. She is a
member of the American Pen Women, and currently a columnist for the
Palm Springs Writers Guild.
Dodie has traveled the world writing about life in foreign countries
such as Iran (very foreign), Thailand (very lovely), as well as
not-so-foreign places like New Orleans (very kinky), Orange County,
California (very last week), and Lake Chelan, Washington (very
old-world lovely).
She is married, has four children and nine grandchildren. She spends
her time between the beautiful shores of Lake Chelan, Washington and
Southern California's balmy Palm Springs.
Look for her next book: A Broad Abroad in Iran:
One Strappy-Sandaled Foot Ahead of the Mullahs (During the Revolution).
Sneak peek Here. Also: Follow Dodie's blog entries about this book as she writes!
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© Dodie Cross
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