Camille DeFer Thompson

After 30 years in local government in departments as varied as collections, social services, and law enforcement, Camille decided to give it all up for the glitz and glamor of freelance journalism. Her work has been featured on the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop website, and popular women's blogs, including midlifeboulevard.com.

Camille's short fiction and non-fiction appears in a number of collected works. She recounts a near fatal attempt at DIY in "Jolt of Reality" published in Not Your Mother's Book...On Home Improvement. "Neurotic in Lisbon" in Clash of the Couples tells the tale of a dream European vacation gone horribly wrong. In "Not Your Mother's Book...on Working for a Living, Camille's "Slip of the Tongue" describes her dream job turned nightmare while employed with the local sheriff's office.

Camille lives in Northern California with her husband. She has an awesome daughter and an adorable grandson.

Follow her humor blog at www.camilledeferthompson.com.