I discovered Marilyn Nelson’s powerful stories and amazing poetry - Carver: A Life in Poems , A Wreath for Emmett Till, and Fortune’s Bones – several years ago. I’m so pleased to see Nelson’s work spotlighted on The Brown Bookshelf‘s: 28 Days Later, 2009 campaign (including her latest, The Freedom Business, which I have yet [...]
The Brown Bookshelf’ has posted their picks for Black History month’s “Twenty-Eight Day’s Later” list. Check out this year’s spotlights.
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.
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