I
was born in Wheeling WV, but I have also lived in Arizona, Kansas, Michigan, and New York. I have been an educator for 30
years. I earned a bachelor's degree at the University of
Kansas and a master's degree and doctorate in education from the University of
Michigan.
At the start of my career, I taught high school
students in rural Kansas and Michigan. For the last twenty-seven years I
have instructed college students from Detroit to New York City how to read
and study better.
A lifelong writer (I wrote my
first real story in the fifth grade), I won a Hopwood Award for writing at
the University of Michigan in 1975. In 1988, my first two children's
books were published. Since then, I have published almost two dozen books, all
but one for children.
My wife is a retired school librarian. We currently live
in southern Arizona, with
our four children and our very lively Norfolk Terrier named Bobby.
If you'd like to know more about me and the books I've written, visit my
writer website at www.jamesmdeem.com.
