Peggy Rosen

I’m “outdoorsy” and “down to earth”. You can often find my husband and I hiking, rock-climbing, skiing, or mountain biking. I live in the mountains of New Hampshire, USA, but spent my childhood near the water– swimming, sailing, fishing, crabbing, and roaming the marshlands. I love dogs, horses, cooking, gardening, traveling, and figure skating.

I especially love spending time with words, with books, with writing, and writers.

I’ve always been a writer. I began college as an English major, hoping to write for a living. But my empathetic, compassionate, and “caring for people” side steered my career path to healthcare. I graduated with a degree in Nursing and practiced as a Registered Nurse, then earned a graduate degree in Health Education and worked in healthcare administration roles. 

I kept writing though. I wrote grants, program implementation strategies and guides, reports, proposals, and edited organizational documents and promotional materials. I have been a freelance magazine contributor and a top ten finalist in several writing contests.

I started helping people dive into their memories and write their personal stories. I’m a certified Guided Autobiography (GAB) Instructor through the Birren Center for Autobiographical Studies. I lead life story writing sessions using the GAB method and help to curate and edit essays for the Birren Center’s annual life story anthologies. 

After serving people in the memoir realm since 2017, I’m now using my project management, writing, and coaching skills to serve fiction writers. As an Author Accelerator-certified book coach, I am qualified to coach writers using Author Accelerator’s strategy, methods, and materials, but I operate independently of Author Accelerator and am not affiliated with them.