Winifred Conkling

About Winifred:

Winifred Conkling has loved writing since third grade when she taught herself to type. She went on to become a journalist and author of adult non-fiction books, rediscovering her love of children’s fiction when she became a mother.

She has also taught reading to inmates at a maximum-security prison, run a marathon, spent the night in a dung hut with Samburu warriors, and volunteered with Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India.

Winifred is pursuing an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults at Vermont College. She lives in Northern Virginia with her husband and three children.