Sue Hertz is author of "Write Choices: Elements of Nonfiction Storytelling" and "Caught in the Crossfire: A Year on Abortion's Front Line." Her narratives have appeared in numerous national and regional publications and anthologies, including Yankee, The Washington Post, Medium, The Writer, Redbook, House Beautiful, Parenting, Boston Magazine, Boston Globe Magazine, New England Monthly, Maine Magazine, and Walking. A newspaper feature writer before she began the double life of teaching and writing, Hertz worked for The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, The Herald in Everett, WA, and The Hartford Courant. She has appeared on various literary panels sponsored by organizations such as the Association of Writers & Writing Programs, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the Key West Literary Seminar.