About Colleen Corbett

I trained to be a writer during much of my undergraduate work, but never pursued it as a career.  (I opted for a paycheck instead of pursuing a dream.)  In my 46 years of employment, I have been a healthcare counselor, program manager, and teacher.  In my personal life, I have been a daughter, sister, wife, mother and "nana."  My work and home life have often provided intrinsic motivation to create stories that make baffling situations understandable.

In my 50s, I realized that writing was the one thing I would do and never look at the clock to see how much time had gone by.  I started taking writing classes each summer at the Summer Writer's Institute at Washington University in St. Louis.  In the 2020 summer session, five fellow students formed a writer's group, and ever since, we have met every five weeks to workshop each other's writing.  The pieces on the website a fruits of these labors.