Liz Dolan, a retired English teacher who taught every  grade from seventh through college. As director of an alternative school in the Bronx, where she was born and raised, Liz helped increase attendance from 65 percent to 90 percent by initiating a daily program of writing across the curriculum. Author of two poetry collections, Liz has won numerous fellowships and awards for her work. She now enjoys babysitting her nine grandchildren--who live a block away from her in Rehoboth, Delaware--in between writing poetry, short stories, and memoirs.