About the Author
Dawn-Michelle Baude is an active corporate speaker specialized in global communications. She has lectured throughout Europe and Asia to businesses and alumni groups alike. An accomplished writing professional, she has written copy for Gucci perfumes, feature articles for Reader’s Digest and Vogue, and co-authored a self-help best-seller, Savoir Dire Non (Flammarion, 2006), in addition to publishing widely in art criticism and poetry. In 2000, she began working as a writing consultant for IBM Corp. She holds an MA, an MFA, a DEA, and a Ph.D. in English. A 2005-06 Senior Fulbright Scholar in Creative Writing, she teaches at the American University of Paris.