The Friends of the Library present: An Afternoon with Author Wanda Fischer

Wanda Fischer has loved baseball since she was nearly eight years old. At one point in her life, she aspired to become a sportswriter; however, in the mid-to-late 1960s, that avenue was difficult for women to pursue. After retiring from a 40-year career in public relations/marketing/media relations, she parlayed her love of America's pastime into her first novel, "Empty Seats," which is not necessarily about her favorite team, the Boston Red Sox. A native of the Boston area, she often declares that she's a baseball fan first and a Red Sox fan second. She also ardently follows the Tri-City Valley Cats. 

When not writing or watching baseball, she's listening to folk music for her show, "The Hudson River Sampler," on WAMC-FM, the Albany, New York National Public Radio affiliate--a program she's done since September 1982. On February 13, 2019, the Folk Alliance International Inducted her into the Folk DJ Hall of Fame at its annual meeting, this year held in Montreal. She is one of only nine members of this elite group.

In 2012, she auditioned to become the public address announcer for the Red Sox and made the finals for the job, but ultimately wasn't chosen. On August 5, 2012, she announced a complete game between the Red Sox and Minnesota Twins on "Vermont Day." 

A graduate of Northeastern University in Boston, she has been married to Bill Fischer, a retired local physician, since 1973. They met at a coffeehouse at Boston College in 1966, where both of them appeared on the stage. They have two grown children and five (soon to be six) grandchildren. They moved to Schenectady, New York, in 1979, where they both still live.

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