So me and writing, we go way back. I’m not one to keep things, but for some reason I’ve always hung onto a little book I wrote and illustrated (in crayon!) in the third grade.

Maybe this construction-paper masterpiece served to mark my first real accomplishment. It did win me a young author’s award, after all. But maybe it was meant for something bigger. I believe the latter.

Although I’ve always been a writer, my path only recently took me to a place where writing for children made sense. I graduated from Boston University with a journalism degree, so I spent the first part of my career working as an editor for national magazines such as Design Times and Internet World. Looking to stretch more creative muscles, I left the editorial world behind for the greener pastures of marketing/advertising writing. It was that departure that led me to where I am today.

For more than four years, I have been lucky enough to serve as a copywriter for Hasbro Games, specializing in the preschool category. Although I’ve enjoyed the notoriety of national bylines, nothing compares to being part of the zeitgeist of childhood.

I’ve recently become a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers & Illustrators and completed several sessions at Gotham Writers’ Workshop.