This week on the podcast, Hollie Michaels joins me to discuss her favorite childhood book, Ramona the Pest by Beverly Cleary.

Hollie Michaels is an author, illustrator, playwright, theater teacher, and director. She is the author of a new chapter book series Golda and Ezra, published by Capstone. Recently she was a finalist for the Cornerstone Writer-in-Residence Program at Wilton Library, a RUCCL mentee two years in a row, and her illustration portfolio won the Tassy Walden Award for New Voices in 2023.

Hollie has a background in theater and film. She holds two masters, one in Creative Writing Scripts from City University of London, and the other in Educational Theater from City College of New York. Before the pandemic Hollie was a k-12 theater educator. Currently Hollie is focused on writing for children full time. She is also a published youth playwright. Her middle grade play Children of Hooverville is published by YOUTHplays and is performed around the country by middleschool students. She is an active member of 12X12, SCBWI, and Kids Comics Unite. She lives in New England with her two kids, one corgi and one former ally cat.

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