Katherine Mayfield

A former actress who appeared Off-Broadway and on the daytime drama Guiding Light, Katherine Mayfield is the author of "The Box of Daughter: Overcoming a Legacy of Emotional Abuse," a guide to recovery from bullying, "Bullied," several books on recovery from dysfunctional families, a book of essays, "The Meandering Muse," and two books on the acting business: "Smart Actors, Foolish Choices" and "Acting A to Z", both published by Back Stage Books. Her short story, The Last Visit, which is based on the last time she visited her father in hospice care, won the Honorable Mention award in the 2011 Warren Adler Short Story Contest. "The Box of Daughter" is based on the title poem in her book of poems, "The Box of Daughter and Other Poems."

Publication credits include Dance Teacher Now magazine, Dance Spirit magazine, The Significato Journal online, Sasee magazine, The Women’s Times, the Greenfield Recorder, Fiftyshift.com, and WomensMemoirs.com.

Ms. Mayfield pursued a professional acting career in her twenties and thirties, performing Off-Broadway, in Hal Hartley’s first film, The Unbelievable Truth, and on the daytime drama Guiding Light. She teaches writing in Maine.

Website: http://www.TheBoxofDaughter.com
Twitter: @K_Mayfield
Blog: http://www.TheBoxofDaughter.com/dblog.html

http://www.TheBoxofDaughter.com

bully    bullying    child abuse    childhood    dysfunctional families    emotional abuse    healing    healing from trauma    memoir    recovery    selfesteem    verbal abuse    women