![]() But headline-makers often stand on the shoulders of those who first paved the way for them to follow. Change happens slowly, many times because people quietly push through barriers and move things forward until bam! someone else makes a big splash. ![]() “I love to write about ordinary people who do extraordinary things and shine the light on their little-known stories. And after college, I was an editor until I moved to Vermont in 1996 and became a writer. In college, I was an English major at Oberlin, which gave me the perfect excuse to spend all my time reading and writing. My dad built me a kid-sized reading loft only I could climb up to–I spent hours up there! In high school, I studied music at a performing arts high school. ![]() My dad is a professor and writer and my mom was an elementary school librarian, so books were everywhere in our house. I always read a ton of books, and would take out more than I could carry from the library on the weekends. “I grew up on the beach on Long Island Sound, so tide pools and jetties were my playground. ![]()
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