Darryl A. Forman grew up in Newton Mass and graduated from Syracuse University. She discovered northern California and, except for a brief interlude on a hippie farm in upstate New York, has lived in San Francisco. Darryl is the author of “The Unleavened Truth,” an ebook of humorous essays filled with word play, irony, a dash of poignancy and just a pinch of snark. Always verbal and usually entertaining, Darryl’s writing is simply a melding of the two together. Unlike speaking, writing is a real discipline. Darryl wrote the essays for The Unleavened Truth before she’d ever thought of having them published, and in so doing, she created a new literary genre – notaubiography. It’s similar to memoir or fiction based on real events. Darryl retired from her career as a financial-services writer in 2011. She figured that between 1984 and 2011, she had written more than 1,375 newsletters for various investment firms. She joked that she really was Rumpelstiltskin, turning a company’s performance into gold. In 2019, PrettyProgressive.com named “The Unleavened Truth” to its list of the “11 Funny Books Women Can Get a Ton of Laughter From.” Her 6-word memoir on advice, “Because I’m your mother, that’s why,” made it to page 22 of the book and a favorable mention in the New York Times Parenting Blog. Since retirement, Darryl has volunteered at 826 Valencia and Project Open Hand. Now she lives with her adorable poodly dog Romo on Bernal Heights. She is now working on her pandemic series: “The Good, The Bad and the Orange.”