About Me

I write, read, and teach young adult and middle grade fiction.


Mom. Humor-and-drama-loving kid at heart.  Fan of the unexpected. Respecter of the Unexplainable. Optimist.

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"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children." Madeleine L'Engle

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I'm represented by Erzsi Deàk at HEN & INK Literary.

http://www.henandink.com/

 

PUBLICATIONS 

CIRCLES JOINED TO CIRCLES: Real Stories by Real Women on Mothers, Daughters and Sisters. Released in conjunction with the award winning web-series, My Bitch-Witchy Paris Vacation. ebook edited and published by Alexis Niki, 2010. Story, "Jump Off That Bridge" by Ann Jacobus

Download your copy of the ebook here:

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/33655

 

 SURPRISE ME! HOW THE UNEXPECTED TRANSFORMS READERS AND WRITERS IN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE, Article in WRITE4CHILDREN, The University of Winchester Press, Volume 2, Issue 1 (2010)

http://tinyurl.com/37ltcdw

 

Poem "WHAT Was The Question?" in September 2010 Issue of CRICKET Magazine for Kids 

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=07bcc935-b84b-4c1f-af38-48c40a27476e%40sessionmgr115&vid=1&hid=125&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=prh&AN=53414869

 

LINES IN THE SAND: New Writing on War and Peace. Story, "In Her Hand," by Ann Jacobus Kordahl. Edited by Mary Hoffman & Rhiannon Lassiter. London: Frances Lincoln, 2003. New York:The Disinformation Company, 2003

 

WORKS IN PROGRESS

MITCH THE MIGHTY  

Middle Grade

 

 

INEFFABLE BLUE

 Young Adult