Eleanor Ramrath Garner, author of Eleanor's Story: An American Girl in Hitlers Germany, is a Boston University graduate and retired editor. A longtime student of Jungian psychology, Eleanor has written fiction and nonfiction articles on religion and psychology and has exhibited her artwork.

Garners presentations, which focus on the Holocaust and other WWII issues, include Practices for Teaching Memoirs in the Classroom Reading Real Life Survivor Stories as a Rich Source of Learning, where the author suggests ways for students to integrate a memoir into their own lives, to encourage reflective critical thinking, and to better understand history. The Anatomy of a Memoir: How Eleanor's Story Was Written, is a presentation about how Garner accessed memories and kept the authentic voice of a child, while still allowing reflections of an older woman's point of view to come through in the text.

Excerpts from her journal help illustrate the awesome process of self-discovery and the difficulties and triumphs in writing an authentic memoir. Elements of discussion also include making a story jump alive, by using active verbs, sound words, metaphors and figurative speech and dialogue. Children in War: A Human Rights Tragedy, is another discussion about how children were affected by Hitlers regime in World War II, comparing their experiences to today's conflicts in the Middle East and Africa. Garner also has a specific program for teachers Facing History: Stories of the Past that Inform the Present and the Future.

Garner lives in San Diego, California.