Hillary Hyde, MSW started Good Books NW, LLC, along with its sister blogs Good Divorce Books, Good Blended Family Books and Good Grief Books, because she is a firm believer in arming yourself with information so you can make good choices.

She has worked with families for more than 15 years. She has been a parent educator, mediator, and custody evaluator. Hillary teaches mandated classes for parents divorcing or making custody decisions and has talked with thousands of people navigating their way through those processes. In addition, she has worked in Early Intervention/Early Childhood Special Education, assisting families who have young children with disabilities or developmental delays.

She holds a Masters degree in Social Work from Portland State University, and a B.S. in Psychology from Colorado State University.

In addition to her professional experience, she brings personal experience to her work. Hillary grew up in a divorced family and is part of several stepfamilies. She is the mother of one and the stepmother of one. She is a solo parent and widow. Like divorced parents, her adult experiences have brought unexpected changes, loss of dreams, and concern for the impact of these life events on her children. Reading lots of good books has helped her immeasurably along the way.

In other incarnations over the past 30 years, she has lived in Colorado, New York and Florida. She has worked as a corporate & securities paralegal, cook, office manager for a medical/legal consulting business, office staff in a Montessori school, and a restaurant and hotel evaluator among other jobs. She has had many good adventures by saying “Sure, I can do that,” and meaning it.