Dodie Cross Profile

Age? Well, I’m not supposed to reveal that, but a sure sign I’m on the downhill slope is that lately I’ve been hearing my favorite songs played in elevators. I’m a Virgo-compromised female, very disciplined and have a strict regimen that I adhere to: I write four hours a day, play golf four hours a day, quilt for a couple hours, and watch Sex in the City reruns; these tasks are accomplished whenever the urge hits me. Sleep comes in 5 or 6 hour spurts but I'm rarin' to go by 5 a.m. I'm a hopeless romantic, love and devour memoirs—the funnier the better. I fantasize about Dave Barry, Bill Bryson—The Thunderbolt Kid—and me, a literary manage a trios, on an island in the Caribbean, writing and laughing at each other’s hilarious humor. Did I mention I’m also very humble? Check out my website on www.dodiecross.com Book trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O2ReEvBc5dw I’ve traveled the world writing about life in foreign countries. My first book, A Broad Abroad in Thailand: An Expat’s Misadventures in the Land of Smiles took First Place in the National Indie Excellence Awards for Memoir, and was a Finalist in the Humor category. Also Abroad won Silver in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards for Memoir, as well as Gold and Silver in TravelersTales Solas Awards for travel excerpts from the book. I’m currently working on my next book, A Broad Abroad in Iran: One Strappy-Sandaled Foot Ahead of the Mullahs (during the revolution). I’ve been published in the The Desert Sun, the Seattle Post Intelligencer, and as a guest columnist for the Lake Chelan Mirror in Washington State. My essays have appeared in the Monterey Bay Parents Magazine, the University of Texas Literary Magazine, RiverSedge, Expat e-zines: TalesMag.com and Escapeartists.com. I’m currently a member of the National League of American Pen Woman, Palm Springs branch, and a columnist for the Palm Springs Writers Guild. I hope to get some great critiquing from everyone and look forward to doing the same for other writers.