[her] ability to probe beneath the surface of behaviors makes this an especially valuable book for formal and informal caregivers.... Hodgson's direct and folksy writing style make for quick and easy reading.--Library Journal
Harriet Hodgson has been writing for 30+ years, is the author of 28 books, and hundreds of print and Internet articles. She has written about a variety of topics, including child nutrition, sexual harassment, Alzheimer's disease, aging, and caregiving.
All of her writing comes from experience and Hodgson's recent work focuses on loss, grief and recovery. She is the author of Smiling Through Your Tears: Anticipating Grief, written with Lois Krahn, MD. Hodgson is also the autor of Writing to Recover: The Journey from Loss and Grief to a New Life and the Writing to Recover Journal, which contains 100 journaling jump-starts.
A popular speaker, Hodgson has given presentations at nutrition, Alzheimer's, hospice and grief conferences. She has appeared on more than 160 radio talk shows and dozens of television stations, including CNN. When she was in the CNN studio in Chicago, a small fire broke out in the studio one minute before air time. Though it was smothered, Hodgson was still nervous when the program began.
Hodgson is a contributing writer for the Open to Hope Foundation website and a columnist for Caregiving in America magazine. Her work is cited in Who's Who of American Women, Who's Who in America, World Who's Who of Women, and Contemporary Authors. She is a GRG -- grandparent raising grandchildren -- and lives in Rochester, MN with her husband and twin grandchildren.
