Tri-Valley Writers has selected Violet Carr Moore to receive the 2013 Jack London Service Award for her outstanding service to the branch.
Violet Carr Moore is the author of In the Right Place and Moments of Meditation. She has had many of her short stories and poems published in Chicken Soup for the Soul, Christmas Miracles, the annual Las Positas College Anthologies and affiliated Bay Area News Groups, printed and online editions. Violet has been a National Novel in a Month (NaNoWriMo) winner for five continuous years. Two creative nonfiction short stories have been published in Tapestries anthology and three in Voices of the Valley: First Press (December 2011), a CWC Tri-Valley Writers anthology.
Violet is a featured devotional, inspirational and Bible study writer for More to Life Ladies Ministries. She is a frequent speaker at churches and senior centers. She is co-owner of Carr Twins & Co., independent publisher, and past President of California Writers Club Tri-Valley Branch. She is a member of Voices of the Valley anthology 2013 committee. She has spent countless hours volunteering her time managing the Tri-Valley Writers website. Now she looks for other ways to volunteer.