April Dammann

April Anson Dammann was born in Hollywood and grew up in a showbiz family. An award-winning screenwriter and producer of plays in Los Angeles, Dammann turned to non-fiction to chronicle the story of her husband's grandfather in her first book, "Exhibitionist: Earl Stendahl, Art Dealer as Impresario" from Angel City Press. Her second book is also available from Amazon and Angel City Press: "Corita Kent. Art and Soul. The Biography." Next came two more biographies: "A Short Biography of Pablo Picasso" and "A Short Biography of Auguste Rodin," both from Applewood Books.

Dammann is married to Ronald Dammann, former president of The Stendahl Galleries, their family business, now closed, after 106 years operating in Los Angeles. Dammann holds degrees from UCLA, the University of Rochester and La Sorbonne. She is active in the Writers Guild of America, Women in Theatre and Hedgebrook for Women Writers and has relocated to the Mendocino Coast in Northern California.