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Heather
Taylor brings her own particular Boomer experience to The Heather
Taylor Show—from issues of midlife career changes to caring
for young children and aging parents. Former host of the current events
show, American Odyssey Radio on WEBR's Fairfax Radio in Virginia,
Heather has been a freelance writer for more than a decade. Her travel
and lifestyle features have appeared in a variety of publications, including
The Washington Post and Family Fun Magazine.
Heather's first book, Where the Trains Are! Wonderful North American
Train Attractions for Kids of All Ages was published at the age
of 40, the same year she greeted the arrival of her second child.
Heather received a Master of Arts degree in International Affairs from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Washington, DC and a Bachelor's degree from Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. She lives with her family in Washington, DC.
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- Moderated author panels at Olsson's Books & Records, 418 Seventh
Street, NW, Washington, DC
Thursday, December 6, 2007 at 7:00 p.m.:
Theme: Food
Michel Richard, chef;/owner and author of Happy in the Kitchen; Gillian Clark, chef/owner and author of Out of the Frying Pan and Eric Felten, Wall Street Journal columnist, musician and author of How's Your Drink?
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.:
Theme: Career Changes & New Beginnings
Julie Jansen, career coach and author of I Don't Know What I Want, But I Know It's Not This; and Ginger Pape, owner, Repotting, LLC and co-author with Diana Holman of Repotting
Thursday, February 21, 2008 at 7:00 p.m.:
Theme: Writers in Midlife
E. Ethelbert Miller, poet, literary activist and author of Fathering Words: The Making of An African American Writer and How We Sleep on Nights We Don't Make Love; and Patricia Elam, educator, writer and author of Breathing Lessons. - Smithsonian Institution Hostings:
Saturday, February 23, 2008, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.,
National Air & Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution
Theme: African American Pioneers in Aviation and Space
Interviewed panels at the National Air & Space Museum African American Family Heritage Day.
Sunday, March 2, 2008 at 3:00 p.m.,
Donald W. Reynolds Center for American Art and Portraiture, Nan Tucker McEvoy Auditorium, Smithsonian Institution
Theme: Sharing Stories and Heritage
Scheduled to interview Angela Shelton, writer, director and editor of the film, Searching for Angela Shelton and author of the newly released book, Finding Angela Shelton. - Interviewed by WUSA Channel 9 anchor J. C. Hayward on February 21, 2008 at 36th year anniversary and launch of Our Time, a new website for Boomers. (For video of the website launch interview, click on www.dvmOurTime.com.)
- Appearances on Retirement Living Television's Daily Cafe in September and October 2007 to talk about her midlife career change and recent news stories.
- Essay entitled, "Midlife Intern: Free to Follow Her Heart," published in The Washington Post (September 3, 2007)
- Featured in The Christian Science Monitor newspaper editorial entitled, "Internships for All Ages." (September 20, 2007)