Sunday Brunch featuring Author Phyllis M Skoy

7901 Mountain Road Northeast,Albuquerque NM 87110

21 May, 2023

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Please join us for the Turkish- Style Brunch on Sunday, May 21st, 2023 at 11 am to meet the author Phyllis M Skoy for a reading from her new book and a beautiful Turkish brunch. Author Joan Schweighardt will interview her. Books will be available for purchase and signing. Also enjoy delicious homemade Turkish bakeries, pastry, salads, Turkish tea / Turkish coffee, conversation and more...             DATE: Sunday, May 21st, 2023 TIME: 11:00 AM- 12:30 PM VENUE : Raindrop Foundation (Address: 7901 Mountain Rd. NE Suite:A ABQ, NM 87110) Please RSVP to secure your seat as we have limited seats available!We look forward to seeing you. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Phyllis M Skoy has been writing throughout her life. However, it wasn’t until 2013 that she submitted her work for publication. Phyllis was named Discovery of the Year for “bosque, the magazine” for her short story, “Life After.” Her first novel, What Survives, was short-listed for the Santa Fe Writers Project. A one-time song lyricist, Phyllis practiced the short form as she studied and pursued a career as a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst. While living in New York City, she studied American Sign Language and Seido Karate and established a karate program for the deaf in collaboration with her karate grandmaster, Kaicho Nakamura. Although she retired as a second degree black belt, her program continues. Phyllis has a master’s degree in counseling from Fordham University, a master’s degree in social work from Wurzweiler School of Social Work (Yeshiva University) and a certification in the child and adolescent from Metropolitan Institute for Training in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. In 2000, Phyllis and her husband relocated to Placitas, New Mexico, but Phyllis returned to NYC in 2001 to work as a volunteer for the Red Cross after Sept. 11. “As They Are,” forthcoming in April 2022, is the prequel to her award-winning novel, “What Survives,” both of which are set in Turkey. She also is the author of “Myopia, a memoir.” Phyllis is retired from a small private psychoanalytic practice in Albuquerque, New Mexico.