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MY LIFE
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As you already know, I'm a children's book author. Most of all, I love discovering little-known stories from history and helping them come alive.
But you probably want to know a little more . . .
I was born in Carbondale, Illinois (way down in the southern tip of the state). However, I was raised in suburban Chicago where I played baseball with my brothers and cheered endlessly for the Chicago Cubs.
When I was fourteen, my family moved to Kansas, where I saw my first cow that wasn't in a zoo. (Really!) I spent my high school years running track, playing tennis, and playing clarinet in the band and orchestra.
I earned degrees in English from Luther College and Kansas State University & later completed an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Currently, my veterinarian husband and I live in rural South Dakota where we raised three children and more animals than I could keep track of.
We're down to three horses, three dogs (including a smiling English setter named Wendy), and a house mouse that wakes up every night at 11:30pm while I'm reading.
So far, I've written 13 books for children. To tell you the truth, the best training for my writing was reading nonstop to my kids when they were growing up.
Now that they are grown, I work at the public library as the children's librarian, reading to more kids and teaching them to love the freedom of books.
But you probably want to know a little more . . .
I was born in Carbondale, Illinois (way down in the southern tip of the state). However, I was raised in suburban Chicago where I played baseball with my brothers and cheered endlessly for the Chicago Cubs.
When I was fourteen, my family moved to Kansas, where I saw my first cow that wasn't in a zoo. (Really!) I spent my high school years running track, playing tennis, and playing clarinet in the band and orchestra.
I earned degrees in English from Luther College and Kansas State University & later completed an MFA from the Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Currently, my veterinarian husband and I live in rural South Dakota where we raised three children and more animals than I could keep track of.
We're down to three horses, three dogs (including a smiling English setter named Wendy), and a house mouse that wakes up every night at 11:30pm while I'm reading.
So far, I've written 13 books for children. To tell you the truth, the best training for my writing was reading nonstop to my kids when they were growing up.
Now that they are grown, I work at the public library as the children's librarian, reading to more kids and teaching them to love the freedom of books.