Cathy Stefanec Ogren

Cathy Stefanec Ogren began her writing career scripting plays with her neighborhood friends and persuading their parents to come and watch with a promise of Oscar-winning performances. Cathy’s parents filled their home with books and encouraged reading which fueled Cathy’s desire to write. After graduating from college, she was an elementary school teacher, working with second and third graders. Her last years in education were spent as a librarian in a small school where she was passionate about introducing new and diverse books to her students. She has had two early chapter books published and has been published in educational and children’s magazines. She believes in reading and writing books that children can use as magical tools to feed their curiosity and teach them about the world.