Hollye Dexter, Neighbor

Hollye Dexter is author of the memoir <i>Only Good Things</i> and co-editor of the upcoming anthology <i>The Shame Prom</i> (Seal Press). Her stories have been published in <i>Chicken Soup for the Soul- Answered Prayers, </i>and<i> Character Consciousness</i> as well as online at <i>Fem2pt0, The Next Family, The Shape of A Mother, Over Fifty Living  </i>and<i>  iPinion Syndicate</i>, where she is a regular contributor.

Hollye is a singer/songwriter with four albums out. She also founded two nonprofit organizations, running arts programs for teenagers in the foster care system. In 2007 she received the Agape Spirit award from Dr. Michael Beckwith (from <i>The Secret</i>) for her work with at-risk youth. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband and three children. You can find her blogging away at www.hollyedexter.blogspot.com, www.iPinionSyndicate.us, and her politics blog with Amy Ferris, iSane (www.sanityprevails.blogspot.com).