Allison Stein is a writer and writing consultant at Allison Stein Consulting, LLC. In addition to contributing a poetry column to The Lakeshore Guardian, she has published three books of her poems: Summer Sensations, Spring Fever, and Trust the Wind. Allison works as the office manager at The Minden City Herald and a project assistant for the Thumb Community Health Partnership. She earned a bachelor’s degree in Professional and Technical Writing from Saginaw Valley State University.

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