Brenda J. Krupp has 33 years of experience as a classroom teacher and staff development coach in the Souderton Area School District. She has worked with the National Writing Project and the state affiliate (PA Writing and Literature Project) as a co-director for the Summer Invitational Institute and as a presenter at National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) conference, Keystone State Literacy Association conference, as well as local conferences. This is her first book.