Andrea Perry

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio the oldest of eight children, Andrea was raised on a steady diet of Dr. Seuss which probably accounts for her love of all things rhymed.  Over the years she also devoured Ogden Nash, Jack Prelutsky, and Douglas Florian, but never considered a career writing rhyme for herself until 1991.  After taking a community college course in writing for children, she joined the local chapter of SCBWI (Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators).  Fifty-eight rejections later she sold her first poem, The Mommymobile.  Since then she has been published in childrens magazines, partents magazines, teaching journals, craft books and poetry anthologies.