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# Bill Zahren

Speaker

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Bill Zahren is a fifth-generation Iowan born in Lake Park. He graduated from Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, and worked for the *Le Mars Daily Sentinel* and *Sioux City Journal* before moving to West Des Moines where he now lives with his wife, Rhonda. Bill and Rhonda have two daughters, Haley and Jena. Bill works as a full-time freelance marketing writer when not drafting the latest adventures of Tom Kingman and Hillary Reed.

### Community Involvement

* 2016, Speaker, [Des Moines 2016](/events/des-moines-2016.md#world-building)

### Connect

* <i class="fa-globe-pointer">:globe-pointer:</i> Website: <http://www.billzahren.com/>