Brian Backman grew up in Seattle, Washington. After high school, he served in the United States Army in Europe for three years. He then returned to Washington to attend Seattle Pacific University...Read More
Mary Borg teaches American history classes at the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, where she also supervises student teachers in social studies and history...Read More
John O. Cole is a former high school English teacher and retired associate professor of English at West Liberty State College in West Liberty, West Virginia...Read More
Dawn DiPrince loves to teach writing. She has helped many people, from age 7 to 87, to become writers. She has taught poetry, journalism and other writing to middle school students at a local after-school program...Read More
Benjamin Green is a widely published poet who also works as a school janitor. After graduating from college, he decided to start a janitorial service...Read More
Patricia Howard is an artist known for her bright and inviting watercolor paintings. In addition to her Flower Posters, her illustrations appear in several Cottonwood Press books. ...Read More
Hank Kellner is a veteran of the Korean War and a retired educator who has served as an English department chairperson at the high school level and an adjunct associate professor of English at the community college level...Read More
Elaine Lundberg, M.A., is an ex-special ed teacher turned humor therapist who is often invited to keynote at national education conferences...Read More
Barbara Ann Murray is a former high school teacher and counselor who served for ten years as the executive director of a hospital foundation...Read More
Children's book author, Darcy Pattison, is the author of The Journey of Oliver K. Woodman (Harcourt), which received starred reviews in Kirkus and Bulletin for the Center of Children's Books...Read More
Samantha Prust is a freelance writer who has contributed materials for many language arts textbooks. She is a writer and editor for Cottonwood Press...Read More
Jack Rightmyer has worked as a secondary English teacher since 1980. He has also been an adjunct education professor at Siena College in Loudonville, New York...Read More
M. S. D. Samston is a pseudonym for the staff writers at Cottonwood Press:
Dawn DiPrince, Mary Gutting, Stacy Hosek, Heather Madigan, Samantha Prust,
Amy Rider, Sarah Stimely, and Cheryl Miller Thurston...Read More
Sheree Sevilla (who has since become Sheree Barrios) has been teaching middle school and high school students for eleven years. She currently teaches seventh and eighth grade social studies and language arts at Willamina Middle School in Willamina, Oregon...Read More
Suzanne Stansberry has been teaching language arts and reading for seven years in the states of Alaska and Oregon. In addition to her regular classroom experience, she has taught instructional workshops at many educational conferences and schools...Read More
Heather Stenner is a former public school music teacher who now operates “Enthusic,” a company devoted to allowing anyone to “try on the hat of a musician and discover the joy of music without the pressure of performance.” ...Read More
Cheryl Miller Thurston is the president, founder and editor of Cottonwood Press, Inc., which she started in 1986 with a $2000 loan from a friend...Read More
William Virden is the Instructional Director for two Teaching American History Grants that work to improve the teaching of U.S. history in Colorado schools...Read More
Patricia Woodward is a veteran teacher with over 25 years of experience at the junior high and high school level. She was named Colorado Teacher of the Year in 1987...Read More
