Carrie Classon
St. Paul, Minnesota USA
Writer & Reinvention Guide — Humor, Life Change & Second-Act Stories
🎯 Snapshot
Carrie Classon is a nationally syndicated humor columnist, published every week in more than 200 newspapers through Andrews McMeel Universal.
She writes about reinvention, courage, everyday wonder, and finding humor in the unexpected.
A former theatre actor, MBA, and international project consultant, Carrie eventually rewrote her own life story — and now helps others do the same.
Her memoir, Blue Yarn, chronicles how personal upheaval led her to rediscover creativity and rebuild a life with purpose and joy.
🧭 What She Brings to Uptales
- Guidance in memoir writing, personal storytelling, and narrative voice
- Support for writers navigating life transitions, identity shifts, and second acts
- A coaching style that is warm, encouraging, humorous, and deeply real
- Expertise turning lived experience into clear, meaningful, publishable stories
- A storyteller’s ear and an editor’s eye — helping you shape both truth and craft
🛠️ Background & Experience
- Author of the memoir Blue Yarn
- Writer of The Postscript, a nationally syndicated weekly column
- Former theatre actor and Equity theatre founder
- Earned an MBA, worked on international infrastructure projects in Central Asia and West Africa
- Splits her time between St. Paul, Minnesota and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico — living her belief that life can be reinvented, joyfully
💡 Carrie’s Storytelling Philosophy
“It’s never too late to reinvent your life — and your story deserves to be told with curiosity, laughter, and heart.”
✅ Work With Carrie On
- Crafting your personal memoir or life-story narrative
- Finding your authentic writing voice
- Structuring stories drawn from lived experience
- Adding humor, depth, and emotional clarity to your work
- Writing your next chapter — on the page and in life