About Me - Personal Details

Why I Write
While teaching K and 1st grades, I fell in love with writing for and with children. Although I had enjoyed writing from a young age, and taken creative writing classes in college, it was teaching the process of writing to young kids that changed things. There is nothing like a harmony of 20-some busy bodies in various stages of a Writer's Workshop where kids are learning to share their own stories.
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Now I share the magic of writing with my own children, and devote my time to creating stories with the goal of bringing joy and connection to children.


More about me
I grew up in Washington, DC, met my husband while living in North Carolina, and now live in a 1908 former home of a railroad conductor in Falls Church, Virginia. I am a Catholic, multiple-pet-owning, bluegrass-listening, outdoor-loving mother of three.
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Music I enjoy listening to with my children: Young Folk, JJ Heller, Beethoven Blues by Jon Batiste, and the ballet masterpieces by Tchaikovsky
Books I enjoy reading with my children: anything by April Pulley Sayre, Deborah Underwood, Julie Fogliano, and Tim Ladwig
"Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves"