Lorraine Ash works as a book editor and author coach specializing in all forms of autobiographical writing. She has penned two memoirs, Life Touches Life: A Mother’s Story of Stillbirth and Healing and Self and Soul: On Creating a Meaningful Life. Most recently, she edited the award-winning Corona City: Voices from an Epicenter, an anthology of first-person writings that chronicles life in New Jersey and New York when these two states were the nation’s first COVID-19 epicenter. Her shorter works, including essays, articles, and short stories, have appeared in various anthologies, literary journals, and newspapers, including USA Today. Lorraine studied at Fordham University and California State University, Long Beach. She lives in New Jersey.