Michele Ulriksen was born on February 26, 1970 in Newport Beach, California and raised in Orange County.  While navigating (badly) through a sea of teen angst she was shipped off to reform school, an experience that inspired her first book, Reform at Victory (Pizan Media, 2008).

As an adult she moved to the Bay Area to study Film and Creative Writing at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco.  After five memorable years in the Bay Area, she headed north to Oregon where she accepted a writing/editing position with Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB.)             

After four rewarding years working in public radio, she resigned to accomplish some personal goals: finish her book and return to school.  She is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in English with emphasis in creative writing and women's studies at Portland State University. 
 
Her publishing credits include World Kid Magazine, Listen Magazine, Freethought Today, Gazette-Times, OPB Member Guide, Willamette Freethinker, Rational Atheist, The Peaceworker, Red Room, Alternatives Magazine, International Library of Poetry, The Alchemist, The Daily Barometer, HEAL, Creative Highway, and The Commuter, where she also served as a Copy Editor while attending community college. In addition to being a student and promoting her newly published memoir, Michele will begin work soon with an Oregon media company to film a movie based on her book. Visit her in the Red Room at http://www.redroom.com/author/michele-ulriksen

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