I have been writing for publication since 1985, first as an academic and professor (journal articles and full length academic studies on language and culture; grant proposals, teaching materials, multimedia), and subsequently as a novelist and magazine article writer. Since 1999 I have been self employed as a full time writer, primarily of fiction. Other areas of significant experience:

-- two years as features editor for Quilting Arts Magazine;
-- family histories and biographies based on interviews and examination of family and historical documents;
-- twelve years of demonstrated excellence as a teacher and adviser at the university level
-- one-on-one advising/editing of works in progress  (doctoral theses, fiction)
-- extensive research skills in a wide variety of subject areas
-- nationally recognized expert on issues of language and discrimination

I work well to guidelines and goals, and I pride myself on meeting deadlines.  

An abbreviated resume follows.

Academic Appointments

Associate tenured Professor of Linguistics
University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, 1987-1997

Education
M.A., Ph.D. Princeton University 1984, 1987
B.A. University of Illinois at Chicago 1982

Selected Academic Publications
2004. "Language ideology and language prejudice." Language in the USA: Perspectives for the Twenty-first Century, CUP

1997. English with an accent: Language, Ideology and Discrimination in the U.S. Routledge Press.

Selected Fiction (as Rosina Lippi)

2007 The Pajama Girls of Lambert Square, Putnam Books
2006 Tied to the Tracks, Putnam Books
1998 Homestead. Mariner/Houghton-Mifflin. (PEN/Hemingway Award)
1994 "Katy Marie: Austria 1943" Glimmer Train Stories
1994 "What Laura Wanted" Epoch (Cornell University)
1993 "Postcards from my Father" Redbook
1992 "Letters from Vienna" Glimmer Train Stories

Fiction (as Sara Donati)

All in hardcover, softcover, unabridged audio by Bantam Books
2006 Queen of Swords
2004 Fire Along the Sky
2002 Lake in the Clouds
2000 Dawn on a Distant Shore
1998 Into the Wilderness

Non-profit, Social Sector, Education, Federal, State, Local Governments, Media, Advertising, Publishing, Entertainment, Telecommunications