lindagaleanderson
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Bio
I am a photojournalist living in the wilds of Wyoming. I am completing my first children's book, The Thwarting of Mr. Dingsnapple.
Professional:
• Master’s Degree in Library Science
o University of South Florida
• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Education
o University of South Florida
• Taught for 10 years at elementary school level as teacher and school librarian
Work Experience:
• Taught for 10 years
o Elementary School Librarian
o Taught 4th and 5th grades
o Taught Learning Disabled Students
• Owner of Storybook Farm Petting Zoo for 10 years
o U.S.D.A licensed petting zoo
o 150 birds, mammals, and reptiles
o Compiled bibliography of books with teaching aids to help teachers provide a unit of study when classes came to zoo
o Hands-on guided tour of zoo with opportunities to pet and handle most of our animals
o Taught ecology, environmental issues, general genetics
• Emu Farmer for 5 years
Writing Associations:
• Participated for one year in Auburn University’s Novel Writer’s Workshop under tutelage of Mary Moran
• Alabama Writer’s Conclave
• Georgia Writer’s Association
• WyoWriter’s Inc.
• Range Writers
• Wind Writers Critiquing Group
• WyoPoets
Published Works:
• “The Akbash Dog: An Up and Coming Solution to a Problem in an Up and Coming Business”. The Ostrich News. May5, 1992. vol. 5 no 44. pp. 28-30
• “Smooth Sailing Through Life”. The Christian Librarian. 44 (1) 2001. p. 27
Awards:
• First prize WyoWriter’s, Inc. Short Story Contest. 2005
o Custom Peepers – Flash Fiction