Virginia A. Simpson

Virginia A. Simpson, Ph.D. is a bereavement care specialist and Executive Counseling Director for hundreds of funeral homes throughout the United States and Canada. She brings more than 37 years of experience to her work with adults and children who are grieving and/or dying. She founded The Mourning Star Center for grieving children and their families, which she ran from 1995 to 2005, and author of the memoir The Space Between (She Writes Press, April 2016) about her journey caring for her ailing mother. Virginia has appeared on numerous television and radio programs and has been honored for her work by the cities of Indian Wells, Palm Desert, Palm Springs, and Rancho Mirage. www.drvirginiasimpson.com. www.virginiaasimpson.com. The Space Between has been honored with the following awards: First Place: 2015-2017 May Sarton Story Circle for best Memoir 2017 Independent Press AWard for best book on Relationships 2016-2017 Reader Views Awards for Memoir/Autobiography/Biography, and Best from West Pacific Finalist: 2017 International Book Award for Autobiography/Memoir 11th Annual National Indie Excellence Book Awards for Memoir 5th Annual Beverly Hills Book Awards for Memoir Second Place: Northern California Publishers & Authors for Memoir and Book Cover Runner-Up: 2016 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book for Memoir Honorable Mention: 2016 Hollywood Book Festival for Memoir