Carol V. Weishampel, Ed.D. is a retired public school art and reading teacher, and Christian school administrator. Her education is as follows: BFA from the University of Southern Mississippi, MA from Stephen F. Austin State University, and Ed. D. from University of Houston. Weishampel is the single mother of twelve adult children (ten adopted). For six summers she has driven her motor home to Alaska to volunteer and write. She has published five non-fiction books, two novels, and has work in anthologies and periodicals. She speaks on the writing process, parenting, and volunteering. A member of Bayou Writers, Texas Gulf Coast Writers and IWA, when she is not traveling, Weishampel lives in Beaumont, Texas. Visit Carol's blog at www.carol-weishampel.blogspot.com.
