Peggy M. Fisher earned her M.A. from Teachers College, Columbia University. She has held various professional careers as a registered nurse, army officer, teacher and guidance counselor.  Now retired, she has finally accepted her journey as a writer.  She is the author of  Lifting Voices: Voices of the Collective Struggle.  Her poems have appeared in several anthologies including Commemorating Excellence:  the 1998  Presidential Awards.   She is one of the featured authors in an anthology of essays, The Story That Must Be Told, published by Loving Healing Press in 2007.   Peggy Fisher has completed a memoir tentatively titled, Journey to the Jewels Within, which reflects on her path of self-discovery and change by the practices of classical yoga and meditation for over thirty years. She is also working on two non-fiction books for children.

Peggy M. Fisher has attended many workshops and conferences over the years including the Hurston-Wright Foundation, Goucher College, The Philadelphia Black Writers' Conferences, the New Jersey Council of the Arts Writers and Arts Programs and The International Women's Writing Guild Conferences.  In July 2003, Fisher completed the Amherst Writer and Artists Creative Writing Workshop Leadership course of study.  In 2007 she participated in poetry workshops led by Cave Canem Foundation fellows.

Peggy Fisher presented workshops in writing at the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers annual conferences in 2005-2007.  She continues her commitment to young people by meeting with them to talk about their needs as she completes a book on coping for teens.  Peggy M. Fisher is available for readings as well as workshops.

To Contact Peggy M. Fisher

email: pyramidcl@cs.com

PO Box 2775

Camden, NJ 08101

Tel or Fax (856) 964-4284