About Ann Silverthorn – Ann Silverthorn

Ann Silverthorn began her writing career as a copywriter and feature writer and then spent a number of years as an editor for technology publications. She has also freelanced for many publications and websites.

Other types of writing Ann has engaged herself in include biography, travel, business, grant writing, real-estate, creative, and blogging. Ann served as the grant writer for Gannon University and the program director for Penn State’s online MBA program.

In the creative-writing realm, Ann writes fiction, poetry, and drama, having been recognized in all three genres. She wrote a historical novel for her graduate thesis and was awarded the Graduate Excellence Award in English from Gannon University for her efforts. She has recently revisited this manuscript and is in the process of revising for publication. The novel follows a woman’s life in the twentieth century from childhood to old age, a life that has been affected by violence at the hands of a neighborhood bully.

She also spent more than a decade researching and writing the life of William E. Dimorier, a nearly forgotten educator and poet. Ann self published the extensive biography in 2022.

Ann also taught college freshmen and graduate students for more than a decade. Courses taught include undergraduate college composition, undergraduate critical thinking, and graduate-level grant writing.

As a student, Ann was the first non-traditional member of the Gannon University Honors Program. She earned a bachelors degree in English, with a minor in business, in 1996. A year later, Gannon awarded Ann with a teaching assistantship, and having received the Graduate Academic Excellence Award in English, she earned her masters degree in 1999. Then, in September of 2013, Ann earned an executive certificate in leadership and management from the University of Notre Dame. In May of 2014, she graduated from the Erie Ambassador program.

Ann was inducted into the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) in 2014, and she now serves as vice-regent of her local chapter. Her hobbies include history, genealogy, wellness, and lifelong learning.

As treasurer of the Erie County World War One Centennial Committee, Ann was part of a project that installed a memorial to area fallen WWI soldiers and was one of the principal writer/editors for the resulting book, Answering the Call: Erie County Pennsylvania in World War I. She currently serves on a committee that is writing a book on Erie County in World War Two.

In April 2022, Ann was appointed to the Erie’s Public Schools Athletic Facilities Commission through April 14, 2025. This is an evolution of the stadium commission, which traced its roots back to William E. Dimorier.

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Ann’s Top Blog Posts

History

The Case for an Old Schoolhouse
Myron Hutchinson Silverthorn: Erie County Servant Leader
The Perry Monument That Almost Never Was
The Sergeant and the Shooter

Dimorier

Travel

Life/Health

Reviews/Entertainment

Miscellaneous

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