My life and work have been profoundly affected by the central circumstance of my existence: I was born into a very large military Catholic family in the United States of America. As a child surrounded by many others, I wrote, performed and directed family plays with my numerous brothers and sisters. I graduated Cum Laude with a double major in French and English (with a writing emphasis) from Loyola Marymount University of Los Angeles. Here, I wrote weekly columns (Fine & Fancy Ramble) as Feature Editor of the Los Angeles Loyolan. My first job out of school was a writer of Camp Fund stories at the LA Times, published every day that summer. In this series, I recapped stories of poor children who wanted to go to summer camp (I never got to go myself!) .. . my brothers and sisters were on the lookout every day for the articles written by me because I used the names of all my siblings in the series. In radio in San Francisco @ CBS & NBC, as Mgr/Adv & Promotion @ KYUU-FM. At 26, I dropped out of the corp world to become an actress. At that time, I met my soul mate in an Improvi class—an accomplished Canadian artist, Gordon Halloran. In Toronto, I began writing for the theatre when Tarragon Theatre invited me to be a member of the Playwrights Unit there. My first play" Six Palm Trees", co-written with Gordon Halloran, came out of that effort. As a playwright & performer I toured with partner Gord Halloran, in Canada and internationally to standing ovations & excellent reviews. One of my plays was adapted to a feature film: "Singing the Bones" (www.fatsalmon.ca). While Gord worked as dramaturge and director to my theatre work, I have promoted his work as an artist ever since I met him. (www.gordonhalloran.com) My first novel, A THEORY OF EXPANDED LOVE was published by Light Messages ( US), and received many awards & enthusiastic 5 star reviews. 2nd novel KENNEDY GIRL a stand-alone in the same world, looking 4 publisher. My podcast, SOME KINDA WOMAN, Stories of Us entertains with the voices of many women characters I have embodied in my touring productions. https://www.caitlinhicks.com/wordpres... My path as a writer has always been a personal spiritual journey, although my work is not religious. I am drawn towards stories that I don't hear often in the mainstream. I enjoy bringing to life personal, pivotal stories which have the kernel of transformation and which connect us all to each other. My writing has been broadcast on CBC National & regional radio. Print work published in: SF Chronicle, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Fiddlehead Magazine, LA Times, Vancouver Sun, Herizons Magazine and more. Currently I write book reviews for the New York Journal of Books, a lovely way to read, read, read! https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/sear...