About Silver Threads

Silver Threads is committed to developing the craft of the literary memoir as an emerging genre by

• encouraging and assisting others in writing and producing their own memoirs
• publishing selected memoirs and other works that we feel have uncommon commercial or literary merit
• teaching classes and workshops in memoirs and personal histories

Robert Goodman, the publisher of Silver Threads was a college and adult school teacher, an urban planner, and a technical writer before he founded Silvercat Publications in 1988. He has authored, edited, published or packaged numerous books, articles,and other material. He is on the faculty of the La Jolla Writers Conference, a frequent presenter at Publishers Marketing Association's Publishing University, and a past president of Publishers & Writers of San Diego.

Peggy Lang, the editorial director of Silver Threads, is a former English teacher with more than sixteen years of experience in public and private schools. She has been a writer and an editor for more than ten years. Peggy is the publisher of White Light and the author of Academy of the Soul Earth Campus. She is a co-founder of the San Diego Book Awards.