Abigail Carter wrote The Alchemy of Loss: A Young Widow’s Transformation (HCI, 2008) as a form of catharsis after her husband’s death in the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001. Her work has also appeared in SELF magazine, Reader’s Digest Canada, MSN.com and More.com and she maintains blogs at abigailcarter.com and alchemyofloss.com. Abigail is also the co-Founder of Writer.ly an online marketplace where writers can find the people they need to publish successfully. She can be found on Facebook and Twitter (@abigailcarter).
Abigail teaches memoir writing at Camp Widow, a yearly retreat for widows and at The Recovery Cafe in Seattle, a community center for people recovering from addiction. She has extensive Board experience: Executive Board of The Healing Center, a Seattle-based bereavement center for children and their parents; Executive Board, Hedgebrook, a women’s writing retreat on Whidbey Island, WA; Executive Board, The Seattle Freelances Association, a respected professional writer’s association based in Seattle; Advisory Board, University of Washington Digital Publishing Program.
Abigail moved from New Jersey to Seattle in 2005, where she now lives with her two children.