Carrie Classon

Bio:

Carrie Classon is a performer and nationally syndicated columnist with Andrews McMeel Universal. She was born in Minnesota and had a 14-year career in the theater, performing in dozens of shows from Oregon to Maine. After founding and running a professional Equity theater for seven years, she got her MBA and worked in international business, crafting feasibility studies and business plans for projects from Central Asia to West Africa. She has an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of New Mexico and has written a memoir, several plays, and more than 600 columns.

  In her weekly column, “The Postscript,” Carrie writes about the transformative power of optimism and how to find the extraordinary in the ordinary. She champions the idea that it is never too late to reinvent our lives in unexpected and fulfilling ways. Carrie and her husband, Peter, and former street cat, Felix, split their time between St. Paul, Minnesota, and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. “Loon Point” is her debut novel.