My professional career spans three decades from teaching and advocating for students with special needs to being a university disabilities specialist. I began writing picture book stories when I first began teaching. Bertha Klausner, an international literary agent, represented my early manuscripts. I felt so lucky - Bertha had represented Eleanor Roosevelt, Upton Sinclair, and Fidel Castro. My stories weren't polished or published. Since I didn't understand why, I abandoned the pen. Years later, I decided to try again, but this time, I enrolled in courses to formally learn about picture book writing, and today I continue to study and write. I love discussing story development with Michael Burnam, my husband and fellow author. A true optimist, he writes happy endings to his anti-dystopic young adult Sci-Fi novels. Check out Michael's terrific Sci-Fi books as well.