Biography:

Editor, author. teacher.  Born– December 26, 1942, Kansas City, Kan. Parents– Thomas B. and Rebecca (Hurt) Sawyer. Married– Patrick Leland Robinson, March 26, 1973. Children– Two. Education– Grinnell College, B.A., 1965; Northern Arizona University, 1969-1970; University of New Mexico, M.A., 1973. Served as a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer teacher in Togo, 1965-1967; assistant editor for Scott, Foresman Company, 1967-1969; teacher at Rough Rock Demonstration [Navajo] School, Ariz., 1970-1972; Instructor, Institute of Children’s Literature, 1986-88; Senior Editor, Highlights for Children magazine, 1988-2009. Member of the Alabama Writers Conclave and the Creative Writers of Montgomery.

Source:

Contemporary Authors, vol. 101; web profile.

Joint Publication(s):

Mr. Goat’s Bad Good Idea. New York; Crowell, 1979.