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Kathy Ayres   Lecturer in English/Writing and Coordinator, Writing for Children and Adolescents Program   Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA   Joined Chatham: 1997   Areas of Interest: Writing and literature, the outdoors, gardening

Colleges & Universities Attended, Degrees Received • MA Tufts University Child Development • BA College of Wooster Honors in Psychology and Sociology, Phi Beta Kappa     Scholarly & Professional Achievements • Coordinator, Writing for Children group of the Graduate Writing Programs (ongoing) • Consulting Editor, Project Listen, a computer assisted reading tutor, Carnegie Mellon University • Lecturer, Visiting Author, Writer in Residence at various schools and conferences, both locally and nationally     Selected Publications • Up Down and Around (2007) Candlewick Press • Matthew's Truck, (2005) Candlewick Press • A Long Way, (2003) Candlewick Press • Macaroni Boy, (2003) Random House • Stealing South (2001) Random House • Silver Dollar Girl (2000) Random House • Voices at Whisper Bend (1999) Pleasant Company; Under Copp's Hill (2000) Pleasant Company • North by Night (1998) Random House • Family Tree (1996) Random House • numerous magazine and professional journal publications     Awards & Recognitions     Professional Organization Memberships • Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators