About Patricia Reilly Giff:
Patricia Reilly Giff is an American author and teacher. She was educated at Marymount College, where she was awarded a B.A. degree, and St. John's University, where she earned an M.A. and Hofstra University, where she was awarded a Professional Diploma in Reading and a Doctorate of Humane Letters. After spending some twenty years as a full-time teacher, she began writing, specializing in children's literature. Giff now resides in Trumbull, Connecticut, along with her husband Jim and their three children. Giff's writing workshops have influenced other children's authors such as Tony Abbott and Elise Broach.
Do you all have a living room floor or a bedroom floor? Then you can write a book.
Patricia Reilly GiffRevision is the heart of writing. Every page I do is done over seven or eight times.
Patricia Reilly GiffI have no special talent, you know. I never took a writing course before I began to write.
Patricia Reilly Giff