It’s that time again – Poetry Stretch – and this week’s challenge was to write an acrostic poem. Since I’ve been playing around lately with garden poems, my offering this week is about a garden for those who love veggie pizza. I’ve seen these gardens described in several places and recently, at a workshop [...]
I've lived and traveled around the world, but now make my home in California.
By day, I teach; evenings and many weekends, I write.
My teaching, reading, and writing eventually led to a Master's degree in Language and Literacy and, later, an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts.
My first picture book, BLUE ON BLUE, illustrated by the amazing Beth Krommes, will be published by Beach Lane Books (Simon and Schuster) in 2014.