About

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
> Creative and versatile freelance writer and published author with extensive experience writing textbooks, learning materials, and works of nonfiction and fiction for readers at all levels.
> Consistently delivers thoughtfully written, high-quality text that requires little or no editing.
> Strong research and organizational skills, excellent attention to detail.
> More than ten years as Staff Writer for Curriculum Concepts, a NY-based development company.
> Author of 24 books, including Preparing for the New York Regents Examination in English, which has sold over 150,000 copies.

PUBLISHED WORK

EDUCATIONAL BOOKS
Essay Writing: Amsco School Publications
Study and Test-taking Skills: Amsco
Building Vocabulary: Amsco
Vocabulary for Success: Amsco
Vocabulary Explorations (three books—Grades 6–8): Amsco

TEST-PREPARATION (LANGUAGE ARTS) BOOKS
Preparing for the New York Regents Examination in English: Amsco
Preparing for the Virginia EOC English Test: Amsco
Preparing for the New Jersey Language Arts Literacy Exam (four books—Grades 8–11): Amsco
Mastering the Massachusetts Language Arts Exam (MCAS): Amsco
Preparing for the Michigan HST in Reading: Amsco
Mastering the California English Language Arts Standards: Amsco

NONFICTION BOOKS
Building Greenscrapers (elementary level): Bearport Publishing
Wretched Ruins (elementary level): Bearport Publishing
Cursed Grounds (elementary level): Bearport Publishing
Witchcraft in Salem (elementary level): Bearport Publishing
Witches Among Us: The Story of the Salem Witchcraft Trials (young adult): Amsco
Looking Beyond the Walls (government): HUD

FICTION BOOKS
The Earth Project (young adult novel): Amsco
Hex (adult suspense novel): Pocket Books

OTHER WORKS
More than three dozen articles and short stories, in publications ranging from the New York Times and Racquet Magazine to All Cats and NJEA Review.