Adam Joshua's relationship to his dog, George, is revealed in three humorous tales about what happens when a boy's best friend tries to sneak into school
She lives and plays in Colorado with her husband, Jim, and their dogs Rosie and Bailey.
Honors/Awards: Bread Loaf Writer's Conference scholarship, 1981, and fellowship, 1982 Named among the Outstanding Young Women of America, 1981 Indiana Arts Commission/National Endowment for the Arts master arts fellowship grant, 1984, for The Show-and-Tell War, and for The Kid Next Door and Other Headaches: Stories about Adam Joshua The Kid Next Door and Other Headaches was selected an International Reading Association Children's Choice, 1985 Addi Award, 1987, for advertising booklet