Nancy Brashear, Ph.D., wrote her first poem (about sitting in the fog on a bench with magical creatures swirling around her) when she was eight years old, and she’s been composing poetry and prose ever since. As an adult, she has published short stories and poems. She also has written three unpublished (so far!) novels. She is Professor Emeritus from Azusa Pacific University, has written articles and chapters for academic books, regularly writes blog reviews for The International Literacy Association (for children’s and adolescent literature), and has participated in poetry and short story readings. She met her husband when she was in the eighth grade with him, and she’s the proud grandmother of seven talented and independent young girls (some of whom are already budding writers), ranging in age from three to eleven.