Lois Ann Abraham grew up in New Mexico in a home rich with books. She attended the University of New Mexico, winning the Freshman Honors prize the first year and dropping out the next. After working as a transportation auditor/consultant, and a brief career as singer-songwriter, she taught literature, creative writing, and grammar at American River College in Sacramento. Her books are Circus Girl & Other Stories, Tina Goes to Heaven, and Deborah’s Gift. Lois Ann loved imagining lives she hadn’t lived; she wrote to understand what really goes on in the minds, hearts, bodies, and souls of other people. She lived on the banks of Chicken Ranch Slough in Sacramento with her sisters and two orange and white cats. Lois Ann passed away in 2025 and is sorely missed by her friends and readers.
Watch a video of Lois Ann's May 2023 workshop to Gold Country Writers on how to write feelings: https://youtu.be/PxPRQ3TRqtw
