Shari Swanson

Shari Swanson (www.shariswanson.com) earned her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She also graduated from UCLA with a degree in English Literature and from USC with her law degree. She is an appellate attorney with many published cases, including the landmark, nationally-followed case, Potter v. Firestone, where she helped her clients recover damages based on Firestone illegally dumping toxics. Shari is also a former middle school language arts teacher. HONEY, THE DOG WHO SAVED ABE LINCOLN, is her debut picture book. Shari lives in Southern California with her husband and their dog, Honey.