Nina Shengold’s books include Reservoir Year: A Walker’s Book of Days, River of Words: Portraits of Hudson Valley Writers, and the novel Clearcut. Her teleplay Labor of Love won a Writers Guild Award and she won the ABC Playwright Award for Homesteaders. A longtime Hudson Valley resident and ardent walker, Nina has led writing and creativity workshops at Omega Institute, Writers in the Mountains, Poetry Barn, Word Cafe, and various outdoor venues. She teaches Creative Writing at Vassar College.