I cannot remember a time when I did not write. Even as a small child I would staple together construction paper and make books out of my stories. My first novel, I'll Be Seeing You, came from a fiction writing class I took at Mercer University while majoring in journalism. I have published 21 novels, and some of them are written just from ideas that sprang into my head, while some, including my Louvre Trilogy and Terezin Twilight, are inspired by real historical events. 

I am a certified teacher with endorsements in Art and English and currently teach K-8 Art, but have also taught Creative Writing, Photography, middle school English and Literature, British Literature, high school art and AP Art. I am a two time recipient of The Margot Stern Strom Teaching Award from Facing History and Ourselves and a semi finalist for The Irena Sendlar Award for excellence in teaching about The Holocaust.

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