--Coauthor of textbooks, Challenging Behavior in Young Children (Pearson Education, first published in 2003, now in its 4th edition) and Challenging Behavior in Elementary and Middle School (Pearson Education, 2009), both winners of Texty Awards for Textbook Excellence and translated into Arabic, Chinese, and Korean. --Coauthor of Meeting the Challenge (Canadian Childcare Federation and National Association for the Education of Young Children, 1999), a bestseller and still in print. --Coauthor of The Daycare Handbook (Little, Brown Canada), a Globe and Mail Editor's Choice. --Editor, trade book, Walter's Welcome: The Intimate Story of a German-Jewish Family's Flight to Peru (Skyhorse, 2018). --Feature writer, Los Angeles Times, Toronto Globe and Mail, Montreal Gazette, and Canadian and US Reader's Digest and staff researcher for the Canadian Reader's Digest.
BA, Stanford University, Stanford, CA MA, Columbia University, New York, NY
Award-winning freelance writer and editor with a particular interest in education, parenting, and health. Most of my work has been with Barbara Kaiser, noted specialist in challenging behavior in young children. Our latest book, for administrators, is Addressing Challenging Behavior in Young Children: The Leader's Role (National Association for the Education of Young Children, April 2021).
Quebec Writers Federation (QWF)
American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA)
