CAPITALIZING ON CREATIVITY

–Gaylene Salomons

Sarah Penner is the New York Times and internationally best-selling author of The Lost Apothecary. Throughout her 13-year career in corporate America, Penner craved a creative outlet. One day she finally heeded the urge to write a book and applied the same discipline to writing that she did to analyzing spreadsheets. This year’s Friends of the Library of Collier County welcomes Penner, who resides in St. Petersburg, to an in-person author spotlight event at Sugden Community Theatre on November 3. Turn the page for a conversation with Penner, and learn how she successfully swapped numbers for letters. (collier-friends.org; sarahpenner.com) NI: What is your formal education? Penner: I have no formal writing education. No MFA. No English degree. I went to the University of Kansas and graduated with a degree in finance. [As a…

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Naples Illustrated (Digital) - 1 Issue, November 2022

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