Title:The Write Stuff: A GEMA Talks Podcast – Ambassador Tatiana Gfoeller-Volkoff on Writing As A 2nd Act

Welcome to the second episode of The Write Stuff, a GEMA Talks podcast from the Hoya Writing Collective!

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Join host Maura McDonough (C’18) and Ambassador Tatiana Gfoeller-Volkoff (SFS’83, MSFS’83), former U.S. Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, for an inspiring conversation about writing as a second act. Ambassador Gfoeller-Volkoff shares how she maintained her passion for fiction throughout a 33-year diplomatic career spanning postings in Poland, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the Soviet Union, Russia, Belgium, and Turkmenistan – and how she finally published two novels after retirement, with a third in the works.

Books Mentioned:
A Simple Love by Tatiana Gfoeller-Volkoff
Becoming Virginia by Tatiana Gfoeller-Volkoff
United By the Caspian by Tatiana Gfoeller-Volkoff (nonfiction)
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie

Connect:
Ambassador Tatiana Gfoeller-Volkoff: www.tatianagfoeller.com

The Write Stuff is a GEMA Talks podcast produced by the Hoya Writing Collective, an initiative to connect Georgetown alumni who are passionate about writing. To learn more, visit gema-hoyas.org.