Eva Augustin Rumpf is the author of the memoir Reclamation: Memories from a New Orleans Girlhood, the satiric novel Prot U and co-author of Til Divorce Do Us Part, a self-help book for women in troubled marriages. She has been a freelance writer for 35 years, publishing hundreds of newpaper and magazine articles. Several of her essays and articles have been syndicated nationally.
Born in New Orleans, Rumpf left Louisiana to attend Elmhurst College in Elmhurst, Illinois. She began her professional career as a teacher of English and reading. She later earned her Master’s degree in journalism from Marquette University and worked for several years as a reporter for the Milwaukee Journal while also teaching a university journalism class. She has worked in full-time positions teaching journalism and advising student media, first at Marquette University and later at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.
Eva now lives in Milwaukee with her husband and continues to write and teach writing workshops for adults.