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About the author

BARBARA STAHURA is a freelance writer, essayist, and Certified Journal Facilitator with work spanning personal essay, history, and brain injury rehabilitation. Her books include After Brain Injury: Telling Your Story, What I Thought I Knew, and Hoosier Farmers (1919–1999) Era of Change: A History of Indiana Farm Bureau.

Stahura is an award-winning author who co-wrote After Brain Injury: Telling Your Story with Susan B. Schuster; it is the first journaling book for people with brain injury.

When she’s not writing, Stahura facilitates journaling programs for Brain Injury Association conferences, university continuing education programs, the National Guard, and family caregivers. This work with survivors and caregivers directly informs her writing on brain injury and recovery.

Barbara lives in Newburgh, Indiana.