CIPA award winning author for women's fiction, PHYLLIS MAGOLD, is a former college professor and secondary English teacher, and an International Baccalaureate Examiner. She has been awarded numerous local, state, and international recognitions for her fiction and nonfiction writing and work in education, including curriculum development and archival writings for Wynton Marsalis Enterprises and Jazz at Lincoln Center. Magold currently lives in Central Ohio, but with roots firmly planted in Cleveland and Parma.