Award-winning indie poet, historical novelist, and forensic historian Gini Grossenbacher is one of California’s respected and sought-after creative writing educators, and certified copyeditors. She is an experienced conference presenter and a favorite speaker at book clubs, fairs, and festivals.

In addition to fiction copyediting, Gini leads an inspiring writers group called San Rafael Writers and Artists, providing lessons on novel writing, poetry, and flash fiction on Zoom.

When she’s not writing, Gini can be found taking long bayside walks, working out at the gym, tending the roses in her garden, and barbecuing with her husband and beloved dog, Snickers.

Writers Groups:

She was presented the 2017 Jack London Service Award from the California Writers Club. Currently, she is membership chair of the California Writers Club, Marin Branch. She is an active member of several national and statewide writers groups, including the Historical Novel Society and The Women's National Book Association-San Francisco.

Educational Background:

After completing her freshman year at Dominican College in San Rafael, she earned a BA cum laude in English at Lewis & Clark College; Gini completed postgraduate work in European history and Italian literature in Rome and Perugia, Italy. She received her California Teaching Credential at CSU Sacramento. She has an M.S. in Education from The University of LaVerne, Los Angeles, and earned a certificate in copyediting from UC San Diego in 2021. Gini has forty years of experience teaching writing and language arts to adults and adolescents.

Special Interest: Women's Heritage & International Origins

Gini is also a lifelong forensic historian with a special hands-on interest in the recovery of women’s narratives too often neglected in the stories nations and great cities tell about their origins. She has done in-place literary and historical research across five continents and wandered back alleys and elegant high streets from Bangkok and Kyoto to Singapore, from Mexico City and Martinique to Caracas, from London and Paris to Rome and the medieval hills and historic towns where Francis and Clare of Assisi reinvented European monasticism. She speaks English, Italian and French.