Marie LathersMarie Lathers grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, and spent summer vacations with her grandmother in Waycross, Georgia. Her first question when she arrived there was always, "When are we going to the Okefenokee?" Unlike her friends at home, she was nver afraid of alligators--up to a point. Lathers holds advanced degrees in literature and has spent thirty-five years teaching literature, film and French to university students, mostly at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. She has written scholarly books and articles and is trying her hand at creative writing for children. Read More Read Less