Our featured author, Gayle Forman, writes teen and young adult novels which focus on their struggles with mental health. That is why I chose to feature her this month for Mental Health Awareness. Her background Gayle Forman’s writing career started with writing articles for Seventeen magazine. Her focus was on teens and social issues. She …
With April being Autism Acceptance Month, our featured author, Michael McCreary, is a comedian and is autistic. He tells his story through his memoir, Funny, You Don’t Look Autistic and gives us permission to laugh at at the lighter side of the autism spectrum. His background Michael McCreary was diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, mild form …
This month’s featured author, Maya Angelou, is a Black American memoirist, poet and civil rights activist. She tells her story about growing up in the south through her first book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Last week, we talked about two women who also knew a lot about the Civil Rights Movement and …
