A Giddy Leap Through a Legal Window, Straight Onto the Barbeque Pit of Public Debate
About Beren
Beren spent her first 21 years in three seven-year stints in California, on Vancouver Island, and in Seattle, resulting in a Californadian accent confusing to her peers. After graduating from the Univ. of Washington, she leapt head first into domestic bliss, moving increasingly south of Seattle, until coming to a full stop in cozy liberal Portland, Oregon. During that time, she wrote humor and social commentary about life as a lesbian mom for Curve, ecomagazine green*light.com, award-winning And Baby, prideparenting.com, on her site, ww.berendemotier.com, and for newspapers across the country. Her writing has been described as "bawdy", "sexy" and "fun." She contributed to The Complete Lesbian & Gay Parenting Guide by Ari Istar Lev, and wrote for www.eHow.com as an Expert in Gay/Lesbian Family and Relationships. The Brides of March was published in April 2007; it is her first book.
When she's not up to her elbows in dishes, driving kids across town, or trying to find something funny to write about the flu, she paints portraits of dogs and horses. She lives with her spouse, their three children, and a Labrador the size of a small horse.
