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• Ferida's Backyard

Ferida Wolff is the author of seventeen books for children and three essay books for adults. Her essays have appeared in the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and HCI's Ultimate series as well as newspapers and magazines.

How did you get to where you are now?

I started out as a teacher in elementary school and thought I would be a teacher forever. That lasted a couple of years until I started my own family and became a stay-at-home parent. I always loved to write and I was lving stories for children all the timeso I began writing them down. I sent them to publishers and got them back. So I reversed my teacher role and did my own homework - reading, researchings, learning the ins and outs of being an author. It was quite an education. When my first book was published I realized that was what I was meant to do all along.

How do you see yourself differently now than you did 10 years ago?

I was a very shy child. I am no longer shy. Because I present programs at schools and speak to groups, I had to give myself permission to interact with others and I find that I thoroughly enjoy that. I now can feel comfortable wherever I am.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

I am open to being wherever I find myself. I will still be writing, I think, because it is part of my spirit but other than that...