About Donna Cooner
Donna Cooner is the author of over twenty picture books and was a
founding member of the Brazos Valley Society of Children’s Bookwriters and
Illustrators. She has also written children’s television shows for PBS and
textbooks for future teachers. SKINNY
was her debut novel for young adults. A former teacher and school
administrator, she now teaches teachers and principals at Colorado State
University where she is the director of the School of Teacher Education and
Principal Preparation. She lives in Fort Collins, Colorado.
About Sandy Rustin
Sandy Rustin is an
actress and playwright. Her sketch comedy musical about parenthood, Rated P (For Parenthood), opened to
critical acclaim off Broadway at the Westside Theatre in 2012; her one-act
comedy, Fireworks, recently won the
seventh annual Nor’Eastern Playwriting competition; and her newest full length
play, The Cottage, was selected as
part of Midtown Direct Rep’s 2013 Theatre in the Loft Reading Series. A
graduate of Northwestern University, she currently lives in New York City.