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Once in school I began writing them down,  but in college I chose to study Architecture rather than English. Later, as a single mom raising two kids, I supported us by managing architects' offices and to this day the architecture of a place or building always catches my attention. Taking in (or creating) a scene without noting the architecture  would be like eating a hotdog without onions and mustard! It  wasn't until I was in my 30s, when I moved from southern California to San Francisco, that I began to make my living with words--first as a critic and reviewer, then as the writer and host of my own television show and later as a journalist. I also had two more marriages during which I got to raise five step-children, some of the same ages as my own offspring and some after the earlier brood were off and on their own. I have loved that aspect of my life, and am delighted that so many have stayed in close touch. It was only after the end of the last marriage that I began to think about writing a novel, and when I stumbled on Guinevere many things, including her being step-mom to Arthur's son Mordred, fell into place. When working on a book I'm generally pretty obsessive--it's what gets me out of bed as soon as I waken, and often keeps me up until the candle has burned to a stub.  But in the time when I'm not researching, hatching, writing or polishing a book I'm likely to be found growing catnip and orchids in my fern garden; making (or revising) clothes of many eras, planning trips both of a camping and motel nature, or harassing  my favorite neighbors and ex-spouses.  Since they range from railroad photographers to physicists, ex-pats to spiritual tutors it makes for a lively mix--and it's all, every bit of it, grist for my books. At present I'm about six years into a big Micheneresque historical; have spent a good four years researching the Trojan War and have just finished the manuscript of Ophelia's Tale.  So when well-meaning friends point to my age and suggest I can't possibly get all those books finished before I die, I simply quote Parke Godwin's Guinevere -- \"I hope I live to be a hundred --I'd hate  to think this is as wise as I'll ever be, and besides, something fascinating might happen tomorrow.\""},{"label":"Search SCL Digital Archives for this Author","value":["Woolley, Persia, 1935-2017"]},{"label":"Search Author or Book in Library Catalog","value":"Search for works by Persia Woolley in the <a href=\"https://find.sonomalibrary.org/client/en_US/default/search/results?qu=%22Woolley%2C+Persia%22&te=&rt=false%7C%7C%7CAuthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">library catalog</a>"},{"label":"Author Website","value":"View <a href=\"https://persiawoolley.wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">personal or professional website</a> for Persia Woolley"},{"label":"Search Author in Open Library","value":"Search for works by Persia Woolley in <a href=\"https://openlibrary.org/search/authors?q=Woolley+Persia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Open Library</a>"},{"label":"Author's Place(s) of Residence","value":["Sebastopol"]},{"label":"Sort Title","value":"Persia Woolley (1935-2017)"},{"label":"Significant Title","value":"The Guinevere Trilogy"},{"label":"Digital Archives Identifier","value":"persia_woolley"},{"label":"Digital Archives Collection Name(s)","value":["Sonoma County Local Authors"]},{"label":"Date Added","value":"2012/02/28"},{"label":"Filename","value":"persia_woolley.jpg"},{"label":"Title","value":"Persia Woolley (1935-2017)"},{"label":"Item Type","value":["Text"]},{"label":"Item Format or Genre","value":["Biography files","Bibliographies","Portraits","Photographs"]},{"label":"Search SC Local Arts for this Author or Artist","value":"<a href=\"https://digital.sonomalibrary.org/documents?filter_363=persia_woolley&applyState=true\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Persia Woolley (1935-2017)</a>"},{"label":"Collection(s)","value":["Sonoma County Local Authors"]},{"label":"Author Name (Controlled)","value":["Persia Woolley (1935-2017)"]}],"description":"Persia Woolley (1935-2017)","sequences":[{"@type":"sc:Sequence","canvases":[{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/86b631ac-eb3f-475c-81db-4609d1865a30/canvas/_1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"Persia Woolley (1935-2017)","height":450,"width":362,"images":[{"@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/86b631ac-eb3f-475c-81db-4609d1865a30/full/full/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/86b631ac-eb3f-475c-81db-4609d1865a30","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json","tiles":[{"width":512,"scaleFactors":[1]}]},"height":450,"width":362},"on":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/86b631ac-eb3f-475c-81db-4609d1865a30/canvas/_1","metadata":[]}],"thumbnail":{"@id":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/86b631ac-eb3f-475c-81db-4609d1865a30/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","height":500,"width":500}}]}],"thumbnail":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/86b631ac-eb3f-475c-81db-4609d1865a30/full/500,500/0/default.jpg","logo":"https://iiif.quartexcollections.com/sonomalibrary/iiif/logo"}