Catherine Wald
cathy@writerwald.com

Freelance Writer /Editor (7/87 - present): Writing, editing and project management of internal publications, marketing brochures, magazine articles, slide presentations, speeches, training materials, corporate histories and by-lined articles. Corporate clients include AlliedSignal, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Miles Pharmaceuticals, Pepsi-Cola, Prudential Rayonier, Société Générale, Unilever, Union Carbide, Carl Zeiss, Inc.
Corporate Communications Writer/Editor: Between 1981 and 1997, held corporate communications staff positions at Avon Products, Inc., Philip Morris Inc., and AIG.

Publications

Book Translation: "Childish Things," a translation from the French of Valery Larbaud's collection of short stories, "Enfantines," Sun & Moon Press, 1994.
Book Chapter: "The Power of Self-Revelation: An Interview With Mary Kay Blakely," in "The Essay Writer at Work" Heinemann, 1998. Lee Gutkind, editor.
Articles: More than two dozen articles on women's issues and family life have appeared between 1994 and 1999 in Woman's Day and Reader's Digest. Two articles, "The Writer As Translator," and "Ancient Traditions in a New World" appeared in Poets & Writers Magazine. "In Search of Belle Epoque Paris," appeared on November 7, 1999 in the Travel Section of The New York Times.
Essays: Essays have been published in Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, Gannett Suburban Newspapers, Newsday, The Peekskill Herald and Writer's Digest.

Fiction

Woman in Flames, a novel completed in 1997. Set in Bengal, India, in 1905, it is the story of a passionate young woman who loses her husband, her beauty and her identity and is forced to reinvent herself in the face of two obstacles: a rigid society that has rejected her and an obsessed pursuer determined to destroy her.
Jewelsong, a novel-in-progress set in Paris in 1911, is the sequel to "Woman in Flames." Its two main characters are a Muslim prince from East Bengal and a Scottish opera diva.

Education

B.A. in French with honors, Barnard College, Columbia University, 1976.
Graduate courses in journalism at New York University.
Fiction seminars at SUNY Purchase and Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center.

Awards

April 2002: Gold Award for Journalism, Women in Communications

Westchester Chapter, Clarion Awards Competition

July 2000 & September 1998: Fiction residencies at Ragdale Foundation,

Lake Forest, Illinois.

March 1997: Bronze Commendation, Women In Communications Clarion

Awards Competition, in the Newspaper Editorial category.

August 1994: Second Prize, 1994 Writer's Digest Writing Competition,

Personal Essay Category. Bertrand's "Gaspard de la Nuit."

June 1993: Award of Excellence from the Connecticut Chapter of the

International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) in the feature writing category.

May 1992: Award of Merit from the N.Y. IABC in the feature writing category.

May 1989: Award of Excellence from the N.Y. IABC for a General Foods

recruiting brochure.

June 1987: Award of Excellence from the N.Y. IABC for the Avon publication,

Outlook.

November 1982: IABC District 1 Award of Merit for the AIG publication,

People.

June 1976: Eleanor Keller French Prize, Barnard College for senior thesis, a

a translation of Aloysius Bertrand's "Gaspard de la Nuit".

Apearances

Public speaking includes radio and cable TV interviews, lectures at New York University School of Continuing Education and Professional Studies, The Westchester/Fairfield Writer's Union and the International Association of Business Communicators. Media Experience includes BBC Radio 4's "Fontline" and "Outlook" programs, WGN Chicago (radio) "Nick at Night" and Channel 12 Westchester's "Daytime Edition."