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About the Author

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Lois Nicolai is a former teacher; Girl Scout Troop Organizer, Leader and Day Camp Director; Indiana State Champions ASA Girls Softball Coach;  Detasseling Supervisor for Pioneer Seed Corn Fields;  International Organizer/Supervisor of OSCE/PAE Democratic Elections in ten developing countries in Eastern Europe; Founder and Director of World Citizen Diplomats in Princeton, NJ, which led to seven trips into former Soviet Republics during the fall of Communism through Perestroika and Glasnost; and wife for twenty-plus years.

Today Lois is a widowed mother of six living her dream retirement years on the Jersey Seashore enjoying heart-warming visits with her eighteen grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Her first of a three-part "Memoir Trilogy", ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY TIMES;  A MEMOIR OF ONE CITIZEN ACTIVIST, was released on October 1,  2020, Her second book, ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY ELECTIONS: A MEMOIR OF INTERNATIONAL DEMOCRACY BUILDERS was released on October 1, 2021.  Her third and final book of the trilogy, ORDINARY PEOPLE, EXTRAORDINARY DEEDS: A MEMOIR OF WORLD CITIZEN DIPLOMATS, is being released this spring, 2022 and tells about all the projects she encountered from 1988 thru 2014.

Lois's writing is an honest and engaging memoir for all age readers.  Her straight-forward prose makes it possible for the reader to imagine the characters and setting of each chapter and encourages the reader to want to continue on the journey with the author as she begins a new chapter in her life. 

You can learn much more by visiting her website at --  LoisNicolaiAuthor.com  

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