Publications

A Walk Among Lepers - Memoir

California Writers Club Literary Review 2021 · Oct 1, 2021

The CWC Literary Review is a statewide anthology of memoir, prose, and poetry. Out of 300 entries throughout California, Ann's memoir, "A Walk Among Lepers," was one of thirty chosen for publication.

A Walk Among Lepers - Memoir

Pathway to the Heart - 2021 Writers of Kern Anthology

A story of a boarding school field trip to the Rawalpindi Leprosy Hospital in Pakistan. First place - 2018 Writers of Kern Fall Competition.

Invisible Memoirs: Vol 1: I Speak from My Palms, Memoir Journal

"Ann Cook" is a writer and award-winning graphic designer. Vignettes from her memoir, Happy Acres Trailer Park, have appeared in Memoir Journal’s anthology, Invisible Memoirs: I Speak From My Palms and Invisible Memoirs: Lionhearted. Ann enjoys writing about everything from childhood trailer-park escapades in Central California to boarding-school adventures in the Himalayas of Pakistan. Currently, she lives in the Kern River Valley with her husband, fine artist David Cook.”

Invisible Memoirs: Vol 2: Lionhearted, Memoir Journal

Volume 2 contains more misadventures from Happy Acres Trailer Park. Ann writes about stealing Barbies from a local department store. Her humorous stories include trading a dollar for a diamond solitaire ring, almost drowning in the public swimming pool, and her infatuation with David Cassidy and The Partridge Family. She gets cat-eye glasses and discovers she's an artist, thanks to a red-headed girl named Ethel.