Meet Buffy Silverman!              

Although I always had my head in a book as a child, I did not become enthralled with children's books until my own kids began devouring one picture book after another. The stories that they demanded I read over and over seemed so simple-surely I could write one.

It's ten years since I started writing and submitting manuscripts to children's publishers, and I'm still waiting for fame and fortune to find me. But along the way I've learned so much about writing and revising and revising and revising….

I've met many wonderful people through SCBWI who have inspired and encouraged me to keep writing, who have helped me enjoy the journey and cope with rejection. Because of their encouragement I've kept at it and had success writing nonfiction for educational and magazine publishers.

I still dream of my children (maybe grandchildren?) pulling books off the library shelves with my name on the spine.

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