Freelance Editor and/or Writer

Sylvia Whitman teaches creative and professional writing at Ringling College of Art and Design in Sarasota. She has published hundreds of articles for adults and children, a dozen books for young readers, and stories in magazines ranging from Redbook to The Florida Review. Recognition for her work includes two appearances on the Banks Street College annual list of Best Children’s Books of the Year for What’s Cooking? A History of American Food and her YA novel The Milk of Birds. Her middle-grade novel If You Meet the Devil, Don’t Shake Hands is due out in September 2023. She has an MFA in creative writing as well as master's degrees in both American studies and Arab studies. Interests include history and culture.