Louise Nayer’s latest memoir, Narrow Escapes is filled with adventure and romance, her journey in Morocco and traveling cross country by herself in the early 1970’s. It is also about her inner struggles to deal with an accident that burned her parents when she was four. She has written five other books, Burned: A Memoir, an Oprah Great Read, two poetry books and two non-fiction books, one about rituals for everyday life and one on retirement. She has been an educator for over 40 years, teaching English and creative writing at City College of San Francisco and more recently memoir workshops. She is a member of The Writer’s Grotto, has been interviewed widely, including on NPR. She has two grown daughters and a step-daughter and lives with her husband and dog, Ella, in San Francisco, www.louisenayer.com