Grever, Carol 1940-

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GREVER, Carol 1940-


PERSONAL: Born July 20, 1940, in Tulsa, OK; children: two sons. Ethnicity: "Cherokee." Education: Pacific University, M.A. (with distinction); Oklahoma State University, doctoral study; also attended Phillips University. Hobbies and other interests: Gardening.


ADDRESSES: Agent—c/o Crossing Press, 1201 Shaffer Rd., Suite B, Santa Cruz, CA 95060-5763; fax: 720-304-3437. E-mail—[email protected].


CAREER: Express Services (staffing firm), Boulder, CO, co-owner, c. 1972-95; writer, 1995—. Also worked as college professor. Past chair of Boulder Chamber of Commerce, Boulder Development Commission, Private Industry Council, and Economic Futures Panel; Boulder Rotary Club, president; past member of board of directors, Colorado National Bank, Young Women's Christian Association, and Community Hospital Foundation. Naropa University, member of board of trustees and past board chair; Boulder Technology Incubator, founding director and past vice president.


MEMBER: Colorado Authors' League.

AWARDS, HONORS: Named woman of the year, Colorado Business and Professional Women, 1997; member, Boulder County Business Hall of Fame, 1999; Colorado Community Service Award, National Association of Personnel Consultants; Boulder Pacesetter Award; member of Hall of Fame for Corporate Leadership, Young Women's Christian Association.


WRITINGS:


My Husband Is Gay: A Woman's Guide to Surviving the Crisis, Crossing Press (Santa Cruz, CA), 2001.


Contributor to periodicals.


WORK IN PROGRESS: My Wife Is Lesbian, a companion book for My Husband Is Gay.


BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:


periodicals


Publishers Weekly, April 2, 2001, "Love, from Beginning to End," p. 58.


online


Carol Grever Web site,http://www.carolgrever.com (February 25, 2003).

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