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Sharon Van Epps’s Biography

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I'm a versatile freelance writer who has published personal and reported essays, creative nonfiction and memoir pieces, short humor, author interviews, and service journalism. My favorite subjects to cover include food, writing, parenting, adoption, race, social justice, and youth soccer, including the ways these seemingly unrelated topics sometimes overlap.

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What Do We Tell Our Kids? - The Perkins Perspective - The John Perkins Center at Seattle Pacific ...

What Do We Tell Our Kids? - The Perkins Perspective - The John Perkins Center at Seattle Pacific ...

The Perkins Perspective | Features | Autumn 2013 By Sharon Van Epps This summer, our family of five relocated…

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In Adoption, Love Means Never Having to Say You're Grateful

In Adoption, Love Means Never Having to Say You're Grateful

"Thank you for being my mother." "Yeah, thanks." "Thank you." Image: Embassy Pictures. The kids and I were ha…

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Is she happy? Is she loved? Remembering the girl who was almost my daughter.

Is she happy? Is she loved? Remembering the girl who was almost my daughter.

I stepped across the familiar threshold and collapsed into sobs while my husband held me up. We were at an or…

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Why I Refused to Change My Name When I Got Married

Why I Refused to Change My Name When I Got Married

On my wedding day, my new father-in-law offered an emotional toast that ended with a little joke: "No matter …

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The Top Five Ways I Text With My Children

The Top Five Ways I Text With My Children

I'm the mother of three kids who are obsessed with technology. Persuading them to step away from the screens …

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Adoption Doesn't Make Our Family Any Less "Real"

Adoption Doesn't Make Our Family Any Less "Real"

A soccer dad and I were commiserating on the sidelines one afternoon about the challenge of getting our kids …

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After 20 Years of Marriage, My Husband and I Know 'Love is Blind'

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Malte MuellerGetty Images If you’ve binged the new dating show Love is Blind, you already know that Lauren and Cameron are #couplegoals. For those who’ve yet to surrender to the discomfiting charm of the Netflix hit, the show features a group of attractive singles who “date” by talking through an opaque screen. Couples form, but meet in person only after they’ve gotten engaged, sight unseen.
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Why I Love Living in Berkeley’s North Shattuck Neighborhood

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By Mary Corbin, Free-wheeling Spirit, Maryann LoRusso, Sharon Van Epps Verified
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Full of gourmands, but (finally) no longer referred to as the Gourmet Ghetto Illustration: Aaron Alvarez My neighborhood feels like a small town some days and a cultural mecca every day. It’s one of the best-known neighborhoods in Berkeley. For 50 years, it was referred to as the Gourmet Ghetto. As its former name hints, this area is famous for its groundbreakers in the culinary realm.
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Friday 5: Down-to-Earth Napa Wineries to Visit This Spring

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By Free-wheeling Spirit, Maryann LoRusso, Sharon Van Epps Verified
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When you want relaxing—not pretentious Let’s distract ourselves from politics for the moment and talk about something else: wine. The weather has been so nice lately, which means it’s time to head to wine country before tourists roll up in the summer. We know that as locals, you are likely to spend more time in Sonoma than Napa. Sonoma is the cooler, more chill sibling.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

I love typewriters! I'm thinking of getting one to write the first draft of my memoir. Typewriters don't have the internet!

Who do you wish followed you?

All the literary agents I'm planning on pitching very soon.