Saturday, September 27th from 1:00-3:00 pm at the Georgetown Library, Journalist and author Jessica Carew Kraft (Why We Need To Be Wild: One Woman's Quest for Ancient Human Answers to 21st Century Questions) and her 15-year-old daughter, published author Simone Elias (Old Films, Young Eyes: A Teenage Take On Hollywood's Golden Age) will be teaching a course on memoir-style creative nonfiction. The workshop is limited to 15 participants, registration is required. Call the Georgetown Library, 530-333-4724 to reserve your spot. This event is made possible by a Poets & Writers' Grant.
How can we weave our personal experience into wider narratives in our writing? Creative nonfiction incorporates research-driven writing that springs from the real world, told with the emotionality of fiction. Kraft and Elias will share their tips for nonfiction writing, along with prompts and exercises to get you started on a more personal approach to the story you want to tell.
Author Bios
Jessica Carew Kraft is the author of Why We Need to Be Wild: One Woman’s Quest for Ancient Human Answers to 21st-Century Questions (Sourcebooks, 2023). She chronicles her journey from burning out in Silicon Valley tech to embracing the ancestral skills community that allowed her to finally thrive in nature. An independent journalist trained in anthropology, she holds degrees from the University of London, Yale University, and Swarthmore College. Her reporting on health, culture, tech, and education has been published in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Forbes, San Francisco Chronicle, Politico, NBC News, KQED, and many other outlets. In mid-life, she became a naturalist and wild food forager. Formerly residing in Berkeley, she now lives with her partner, two daughters, and like-minded neighbors of various species in the forest of the Sierra Foothills.
Simone O. Elias is a 15-year-old writer and sophomore at El Dorado High School in Placerville. Her book, Old Films, Young Eyes: A Teenage Take on Classic Hollywood came out from McFarland Press in 2024. She has also written for Psychology Today, Internet Archive, and Santa Monica Mirror, and covered the Tribeca Film Festival and the Turner Classic Movie Festival, and will be featured on Turner Classic Movies as a guest host in December 2025.
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