Awards and Honors
Winner of a Minnesota Writers Career Initiative Grant
For Trick-or-Treat on Milton Street:
IRA/CBC: Children's Choice Award
National Parenting Publications: Children's Resources, Silver Award
Storytelling World Awards: Honor Title
For the "Animal Opposites" series:
2007 Teachers' Choice Award

Forthcoming Books
Fast Cars Series, Capstone Press (2007):
Corvette, Ferrari, Mustang, Porsche

Published Books
You Can Write a Story! A Story-Writing Recipe for Kids, Two-Can Publishing (2007)
Trick-or-Treat on Milton Street, Carolrhoda Books (2001, Paperback 2004)
Not Enough Beds!, Carolrhoda Books (1999, Paperback 2004)
Animal Opposites Series, Capstone Press (2006):
Big and Small Animals, Fast and Slow Animals, Long and Short Animals, Wet and Dry Animals, Loud and Quiet Animals, Smooth and Rough Animals
Eat Your Colors Series, Capstone Press (2006):
Red Food Fun, Green Food Fun, White Food Fun, Brown Food Fun, Orange Food Fun, Yellow Food Fun
Pull Ahead/Mighty Movers Series, Lerner Publications:
Supercross Motorcycles (2007), Hovercraft (2007), Lowriders (2007), Cranes (2007), Powerboats (2004), Stock Cars (2004)
Fast Car Series, Capstone Press:
Chevrolet Corvette (2007), Ferrari (2007), Ford Mustang (2007), Porsche (2007)
All About Me Series, Picture Window Books (2003):
Marvelous Me, My Body, My Family, My Home, My Neighborhood, My Day

Other Publications
"Heroes, Visionaries, and Busy Bodies," Ruminator Review
"Who We Are, Where We're Going," Ruminator Review
"Pleasures and Treasures," Ruminator Review
"First Fruits," Ruminator Review
"Lettering the Landscape," Ruminator Review
"Saving the Planet on Our Street," Ruminator Review
“The Hopeful Poet’s Checklist,�? with Jeffrey Shotts, A View from the Loft
“They Shoot Publicists, Don’t They?,�? A View from the Loft
“A Global Community with Its Doors Locked,�? Minneapolis Star Tribune

Employment Experience
New Rivers Press, Minneapolis, MN
Interim Executive Director, 2000-2001
Graywolf Press, Saint Paul, MN
Marketing Director, 1995-2000
Coffee House Press, Minneapolis, MN
Marketing Director, 1992-1995
Lerner Publications Company, Minneapolis, MN
Marketing Department, 1985-1991

Other Professional Experience
Roster Writer for the COMPAS "Writers & Artists in the Schools" Program
Loft Literary Center Teaching Fellow & Education Committee member
Teacher for a variety of community education programs
Manuscript consultant for a variety of writers
Marketing consultant for children's authors through Winding Oak Literary Services
Two terms as President of the Minnesota Book Publishers’ Roundtable
Two terms on the Board of Directors, Upper Midwest Booksellers Association
Four years as co-host of “Write On Radio�? on station KFAI, Minneapolis

Education
Denver Publishing Institute, University of Denver, CO, graduate
Concordia College, Moorhead, MN, B.A., Summa Cum Laude