Margaret KramarMargaret Rayburn Kramar is an educator and author whose memoir, Searching for Spenser, explores how she was transformed through the death of her disabled child. A graduate of Grinnell College, she received an M.A. in journalism from the University ofIowa. Subsequently employed as lifestyle editor for the Denison Newspapers, her work received awards from the Iowa Press Association Better Newspaper Contest and Herbert Bayard Swopes Memorial Awards. In 2012 she received a Ph.D. in English from the University of Kansas and taught English composition, drama and American literature. Previous to the Ph.D., she was employed for twenty years as a civil rights investigator by the Kansas Human Rights Commission. Her work has appeared in numerous anthologies and print and digital publications. A chapter from Searching for Spenser captured the first place award in the Kansas Authors Club Contest. She and her family live on a small farm in northeast Kansas where they produce organically grown fruits, vegetables and free-range eggs. Read More Read Less