About Liz Holzemer

Liz Holzemer is a freelance writer who covers a variety of topics including health, women's issues, personality profiles, travel, canines, baseball and most ideas that occur during one of her shower epiphanies. Her experiences as a baseball-size brain tumor and golf ball-size breast tumor survivor inspire her work and ever increasing quirky sense of humor. She is also a published author, humorist and speaker.

For a dose of laughter, check out Liz’s new Humorist Bark column for The Colorado Dog Magazine, The Chicago Dog Magazine and the newly launched American Dog Magazine.

http://www.thecoloradodog.com/summer2008/p107HumoristBark.shtml

http://www.thechicagodog.com/summer2008/p110HumoristBark.shtml

Frontier's July/August issue of Wild Blue Yonder at:

http://www.gowildblueyonder.com/w01mGE1Jul08.html

and her A Screw Loose column at:

http://www.sanitycentral.net

Liz was raised in the O.C. long before it became a show misrepresenting life there. After completing her English degree at UC Irvine, where she spent most of her time enjoying Pacific sunsets and Coronas at Newport (Zooport) Beach, she packed up her rusty, maroon Honda Accord and made the 20-hour Thelma & Louise drive (without Thelma!) to Boulder, Colorado. There, she earned her Master’s in journalism and spent the next 10 years living out of mismatched suitcases in Canada, Japan, Mexico, Venezuela and a few random states as a minor and major league ballplayer’s wife. Today, she lives with her husband and their two miracle children in a master planned community much like the one she fled.

She is the founder of Meningioma Mommas, www.meningiomamommas.org, a 24/7 online non-profit support group she created after surviving a meningioma brain tumor. Her organization has raised $90,000 to date for meningioma-specific research.

Liz has had numerous appearances in the media including Discovery Health Channel, the TODAY Show, Denver's ABC, CBS and NBC, USA Today, Woman’s Day, Woman’s World, 5280, the Denver Post, Rocky Mountain News, and numerous small town rags. She is the 2006 Tim Gullikson Spirit Award recepient (The Academy Award equivalent for brain tumor community service), the 2004 Woman’s Day “Woman Who Inspire Us” award winner, as well as a Denver NBC 9Who Care and ABC 7EveryDay Hero honoree.

She is also a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors as well as the Denver Woman's Press Club and Colorado Authors' League.

Liz's first book, Curveball: When Life Throws You A Brain Tumor has received the Colorado Authors' League 2008 "Harvey" Award for Book Length Nonfiction: Service and Informational.

Liz is donating a percentage of all proceeds to meningioma specific research. 

Order now at: http://www.ghostroadpress.com/catalog_nonfiction.htm

For more information about Liz's upcoming appearances, please click below:

http://www.LizHolzemer.com/OpenText.asp?ID=Upcoming Appearances

Liz's previous book signings and audiences she's addressed include Amercian Association of Neurlogical Surgeons, American Association of University Women, Barnes & Noble, Borders Books, Tattered Cover, Englewood Library, Legancy Brain Foundation, Tenn Street Cafe, Brain Tumor Society, Brain Science Foundation, Brain Tumor Foundation, Brigham & Women's Hospital, City of Hope, Colorado Authors League, Douglas County Libraries, Lions Club, National Brain Tumor Foundation, Sutter Neuroscience Institute, and the University of California San Francisco.

"Liz Holzemer speaks passionately and with experience regarding meningiomas and the effects of the diagnosis on the life of not only the patient but that of their family. Her knowledge of the disease and her ability to articulate both the physical and emotional impact of the disease make her a dynamic speaker."--Dr. Peter McLaren Black, Chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston; the Franc D. Ingraham Professor of Neurosurgery at Harvard Medical School; the Chief Neurosurgical Oncology at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute; and Neurosurgeon-in-Chief at Children's Hospital, Boston.

"Liz Holzemer has given presentations at three consecutive annual meetings  of the Brain Tumor Foundation. These meetings--Brain Tumor Awareness Day-- usually draw an audience of 300-400 people. Liz, herself, is a brain tumor survivor. She is a natural, engaging, confident and enthusiastic speaker who is always a "hit" whenever she gives a presentation. Her talks are well presented and full of useful information. I would recommend her as an invited speaker for public events."--Dr. Patrick Kelly, MD FACS; NYU Medical Center & President of the Brain Tumor Foundation

"Liz’s passion for her topic is evident from the moment she starts to speak. Her first hand knowledge of the little details associated with a meningioma diagnosis and treatment connect her immediately to patient, family members and caregivers alike as they recognize themselves in her descriptions of a daily life now changed forever. With her intellect, she also serves as a vital link between scientist and patient, distilling complex information to usable facts for overwhelmed patients. Her charm and wit will draw listeners in--she a woman well worth taking the time to hear!"--Dr. Elizabeth B. Claus, M.D., PhD., Associate Professor, Yale University School of Medicine and Associate Neurosurgeon,  Brigham and Women's Hospital

"With a perfect balance of wisdom and wit drawn from personal experience, Liz connects to her audience through both mind and heart."--Sarah Gupta, LICSW, Director of Support Services; Brain Tumor Society