Cathy Altman Nocquet made a career of creative thinking while working in international advertising as a writer and strategist. Her creative writing workshops at schools, at libraries and for non-profit groups featured original, inspiring exercises designed to develop creative thinking. Discover them in Write Outside the Lines. She now guides students from for students in the US, Europe and Asia in writing their college application essays. Her second book, Write a Bad College Essay Then Write the One That Gets You In, accompanies readers from ideation to final edit. Ms Altman Nocquet's work has been shortlisted and nominated for editorial prizes in national and international writing competitions. Near Misses is her first novel.