Fuzzy Ears and the Grocery Store Adventure

Swannee Rivers is a mother, business owner, community activist, showcase developer, motivational speaker, and author of Healthcare Under Duress-An Inside Look at the University of Washington Billing Scandal (2003, ) Hidden Treasures: Small Businesses Doing Great Things in the Pacific Northwest (2007, ) Cancer Journal for the Survivor in You (2003 edition I, ) Parents Don't Know Everything-A Teen Freedom of Expression Journal (2003, ) and the updated Cancer Journal for the Survivor in You II (2009.) Healthcare Under Duress is recognized internationally for its symbolic stance against fraud in the healthcare industry, and continues to be used to train management at local insurance institutions, and colleges in the Pacific Northwest. Swannee Rivers has been a contributing feature writer in The Renton Reporter, Seattle Times, Northwest Baby & Child, Campfire Girls National Campaign, as well as the Chicken Soup for the Soul Series where she also was actively involved in the selection of incoming story contributions for years. Her work has been featured on several online publications including Soap Opera Central, eHow, and Consumer Review.com. In 2008 she was a contributor for question development with New Play Media in their creation of an online Soap Opera Trivia Game. In 2018 she appeared in the documentary The Last Swing which was featured at the Seattle Film Festival and the Tacoma Film Festival. That same year she also was featured in the Oxygen channel's series Criminal Confessions. Now a nationally credentialed Early Childhood Educator her love of children has led to the release of her latest work Fuzzy Ears Grocery Store Adventure. Swannee Rivers is a graduate of the University of Washington and lives in Renton, WA. with her husband, James, and two daughters.