Migael Scherer is the author of four books and numerous essays that range from the literary to the practical. Her first book, Still Loved by the Sun: A Rape Survivor's Journal, won a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and a PEN/Albrand citation for distinguished nonfiction. Back Under Sail: Recovering the Spirit of Adventure is her most recent publication. An experienced mariner, she also wrote the first comprehensive cruising guide to Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands, now in its second edition. Scherer served for over a decade as a lecturer and program consultant to the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at the University of Washington in Seattle, teaching journalists how to cover traumatic events in ways that are sensitive to victims and survivors. She also directed the Dart Award for Excellence in Reporting on Victims of Violence. Scherer currently works as a literacy coach for the Seattle School District. (from http://www.counterbalancearts.org/spe...)