Barbara WortonBarbara Worton is an author, poet, playwright, blogger, and songwriter. Her books include Bedtime Stories: The Short, Long and Tall Tales of a Sleepwriter and the award-winning children's book Too Tall Alice. She coauthored the coreo-poem If I'm Talking, Why Aren't You Listening? with Linda Dini Jenkins and the web memoir and blog The Adventures of The Baker's Daughter with Rochelle Udell. Barbara's story "London Calling" appears in Memories of John Lennon, edited by Yoko Ono. Her writing has also appeared in literary journals and women's service and business publications, including The Haight-Ashbury Literary Journal, Ovunque Siamo, The Paterson Literary Review, VIA: Voices in Italian Americana, and Platform Review. Her writing and publishing career includes editing and ghostwriting for publishers in the US and UK, working as an advertising copywriter and as a writer for some of the world's largest household-name organizations. She was an Associate Producer on the independent film Surviving on LES, which won the Chelsea Film Festival Audience Feature Film Award and the Bowery Film Festival's Feature Film Award. Barbara is a member of the Italian American Writers Association, writes songs as a member of Laverne + Ralph, and lives with her husband Geoff in New Jersey. For more information, visit www.barbaraworton.com