Anne M. Picard is a former educator and now an author and illustrator of an awarded children’s book called “Peace and Pancakes” which is a fable to help children develop their peace skills. She is also a poet and watercolor artist publishing a book called “My Song”. Anne has also published a book of poems, “Looking Again,” with photos from White Bear Lake photographer Larry Nelson that celebrates the natural beauty all around us. Her latest book, “Sacred Journey: Portal of Possibilities”, is a spiritual memoir.

Writing is a part of her life journey and she enjoys introducing the possibility of encouraging others to create their own memoirs as a wonderful way to give our life story as a gift to family and friends.