Liza Ketchum

Liza Ketchum is the award-winning author of seventeen books of ?ction and non-?ction for young readers. Her historical novels include two with Vermont connections: The Life Fantastic, a vaudeville story from 1913; and Where the Great Hawk Flies, winner of the Massachusetts Book Award for Young Adults. She is a co-author, with Phyllis Root and Jackie Briggs Martin, of the non?ction picture book Begin With a Bee, illustrated by Claudia McGehee. A citizen scientist volunteer and climate activist, Liza enjoys writing essays on issues related to gardening, the environment, and climate change. She taught creative writing at the graduate level at Hamline University in St. Paul, at Rhode Island College's ASTAL Institute, at Emerson College, Simmons College, and Vermont College of Fine Arts. She and her husband divide their time between Massachusetts and Vermont. Visit her website: www.lizaketchum.org.