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Monica Wesolowska writes for both adults and children. Her most recent children’s picture book Elbert in the Air was named a “Best Children’s Book of the Year” by Bank Street College of Education. Her debut picture book Leo + Lea won an SCBWI Crystal Kite Award. She’s also published widely for adults, including the memoir Holding Silvan: A Brief Life which was named a “Best Book of the Year” by Library Journal and The Boston Globe.
In addition to writing, Monica is a respected creative writing instructor and editor. For over twenty years, she’s taught at Stanford Continuing Studies, UC Berkeley Extension, Left Margin Lit, Book Passage, and elsewhere around the Bay Area while also running an independent editing business. A graduate of Reed College and a former fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, she is the current co-coordinator for SCBWI, Alameda County. She lives with her family in her hometown of Berkeley, California.