Michele Gierck

Michele Gierck is a writer, an inspiring speaker and an educator. Michele’s latest book, Fraying: Mum, Memory Loss, the Medical Maze and Me, published in February 2015, chronicles a mother’s and daughter’s journey through memory loss and the medical maze.

Her other books include 700 Days in El Salvador and The Man Who Threatened Rome (co-authored with Martin Flanagan).

Her work has featured in the Age, Eureka Street and many other publications. Passion, justice, community and human spirit are central to her writing, her public speaking and her life.