Anne Ierardi

Creative Nonfiction Writer

Yarmouth Port, MA
Massachusetts US

Author's Bio

Anne Ierardi is a writer and visual artist. Her memoir "Coming Alive" was published by Shanti Arts in 2022 and grapples with faith, sexuality, art. A coming out and coming into one's own life it is told with humor and honesty.  Anne illustrated the book, "Walking with Grief: A Healing Journey." She also created a series of women jazz singers and abstract workds inspired by her love of jazz. A Boston native, she studied fine arts in college and pastoral counseling at Boston University (Doctor of Ministry) and founded a holistic healing center on Cape Code where she worked as a therapist for 30 years. She is a member of The International Women Writer's Guild, the Cape Cod Writer's Center, and the Cape Cod Musuem of Art. 

Publications & Prizes

Book:
"Coming Alive" (Shanti Arts Publishing, 2022)
Prizes won: 

    

       Next Generation INDIE Award  memoir, "Coming Alive" LGBTQ+ category                                                                                      Eric Hoffer Award da Vinci Eye Finalist  "Coming Alive" for the Cover Art                   

   

                                                                                                      

                                                                            

                                                                                                    

 

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Virginia Woolf, Thomas Hardy, Jane Austen, W. Somerset Maugham Dostoevsky, Anais Nin, Agatha Christie, Kathleen Spivack, Jacqueline Winspear, Joan Chittister, EM Forrester
What I'm reading now: 
Mansfield Park by Jane Austen, Virginia Woolf Diaries by Virginia Woolf, Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin, How the Light Gets In by Pat Schneider

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Italian American
Prefers to work with: 
Adults, Any, LGBTQ, Seniors, Women
Born in: 
Boston, MA
Massachusetts
Raised in: 
Boston, MA
Massachusetts
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Last update: Mar 07, 2025