JoAnn Early Macken’s newest picture books are Waiting Out the Storm (Candlewick Press, 2010) and Flip, Float, Fly: Seeds on the Move (Holiday House, 2008). Baby Says, “Moo!” will be published by Disney-Hyperion Books in spring 2011. JoAnn has also written an assortment of poems, several articles for writers, and more than one hundred nonfiction books for young readers. She earned her M.F.A. in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. JoAnn teaches part time at Mount Mary College in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, blogs on the Teaching Authors group blog, and speaks about poetry and writing to children and adults at schools, libraries, and conferences.
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Alice Benson lives in Wisconsin with her wife and their dog. She recently retired from a job in a human services field; previously she spent over thirteen years working with a domestic violence program. Her Read more