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In Honor of Marie Colvin

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Marie Colvin was a foreign correspondent working from the UK, but present in the most violent and conflicted areas of the world. She brought to our awareness the extreme oppression suffered by world citizens in the most violent conflicts imaginable. Her calling was to bear witness to the atrocities taking place around the world, to let all of us know to the best of her ability what was going on in war-torn and oppressed regions far from the comfort of our own homes.

She wasn’t fearless. Rather, she moved forward with fear. After losing her eye in an explosion in Sri Lanka in 2001, she suffered from PTSD and perhaps from a deeper awareness of her own vulnerability. But that didn’t stop her from reporting what she witnessed in war zones around the world. She knew that she risked her life to share the realities of those who suffer, to…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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