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- Hometown:
- Concord, CA
- Titles of Children's Books You Have Written or Illustrated
- Hugging the Rock, Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom, Oliver's Must-do List and more
- About Me:
- Susan Taylor Brown is the author of the award winning middle grade verse novel Hugging the Rock, the picture books Oliver’s Must-Do List and Can I Pray With My Eyes Open?, and the non-fiction book Robert Smalls Sails to Freedom. In addition Susan has published 43 books for the educational market, including 39 ESL books for the International market. More than 200 of Susan’s articles and stories have appeared in magazines for children and adults.
A popular speaker in the schools and at writing conference, she has served on the faculty for the Highlights Foundation Chautauqua Conference. She is also a former newspaper columnist for the New Orleans Times Picayune and past instructor for the Institute of Children’s Literature. Susan has been the recipient of several grants from the Arts Council Silicon Valley which allowed her to be Writer-in-Residence for the San Jose Alternative Schools At-Risk program and to teach poetry to incarcerated teens.
In addition to writing, Susan and leads creativity workshops for writers and readers of all ages and teaches online social networking for authors.
She lives in San Jose, California with her husband, Erik, her German Shepherd Cassie, and over 8,000 books. When she's not writing or reading, she spends her time training Cassie for her work as a therapy dog and working in her native plant garden.
- Website:
- http://susantaylorbrown.com
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