I am a semi-retired elementary school teacher and full-time writer. My first novel, The Cottonmouth Club (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) was selected as an IRA Children's Book Award Notable Book for 2...ver maisI am a semi-retired elementary school teacher and full-time writer. My first novel, The Cottonmouth Club (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux) was selected as an IRA Children's Book Award Notable Book for 2005. It is available as an e-book at Barnes and Noble and Amazon.ver menos