Carol D. Marsh

Carol D. Marsh is a writer living in Washington, DC. Her book, "Nowhere Else I Want to Be: A Memoir", is about her life and work with Washington, DC's homeless women with AIDS. It has won the following prizes:

* Grand Prize Winner (Nonfiction): Authors Talk About It Book Contest, 2017

* Finalist (Memoir): Indie Excellence Book Awards 2017

* Finalist (Memoir, Autobio): Next Generation Indie Book Awards 2017

* Finalist (Memoir Category) for the Sarton Women's Book Award 2018

PLUS

* 5-Star reviews from Book Review Directory, Authors Talk About It, and Readers Favorite.

Her essays have won various awards, including winning the 41st New Millennium Writings Literary Nonfiction Award in 2016, and Honorable Mention in the Fifth Anniversary Contest of the literary journal, "under the gum tree". Other essays have been published in literary journals included Los Angeles Review, River Teeth, and Lunch Ticket, among others. .

Before becoming a writer, she founded, lived at and was executive director (1992-2009) of Miriam's House, a residence for Washington, DC's homeless women with AIDS. After chronic migraine disease forced her to leave her work, she began writing stories about the women she'd known and loved. She didn't want to forget them. After about 30,000 words, Marsh thought she may have a book in progress, and, not knowing much about writing a book, got her Master of Fine Arts in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College in 2014. Her thesis was the memoir, "Nowhere Else I Want to Be."

Marsh is also founder of Forum for Growth in Service, an online school designed to support, challenge and encourage people who are in direct service to others, and that also provides classes, materials and workshops for readers of "Nowhere Else I Want to Be."

Visit her website (www.caroldmarsh.com)and her school (www.forumatcaroldmarsh.com)