Deborah Wiles is the author of picture books and novels for young readers including Each Little Bird That Sings (a National Book Award Finalist), and Countdown, book one of “The Sixties Trilogy: Three novels of the 1960s for young readers.” She taught “Writing Techniques for Teachers” at Towson University and has taught in the MFA in Writing programs at Lesley University and Vermont College. She has taught personal narrative writing for many years, to children and adults. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.