Full of Empty

Tim J. Myers is a writer, songwriter, storyteller, and senior lecturer at Santa Clara University. His children’s books have won recognition from the New York Times, NPR, and the Smithsonian; he has 15 out and more on the way. He’s published over 140 poems, won a first prize in a poetry contest judged by John Updike, has four books of adult poetry out, published a nonfiction book on fatherhood, and won a major prize in science fiction. He won the West Coast Songwriters Saratoga Chapter Song of the Year and the 2012 SCBWI Magazine Merit Award for Fiction. Tim can whistle and hum at the same time, though he hasn’t won any awards for that–yet. Find him at www.TimMyersStorySong.com or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/TimJMyers1.

Dr. M. Priscilla Myers Ph.D. is a senior lecturer and reading specialist in education at Santa Clara University. Dr. Myers has been a K-12 reading specialist, a high school and middle school English and French teacher, and a university instructor at three universities and in public and private schools in the United States, France, Norway, England, and Japan. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. In 2003, Myers received the Santa Clara University President’s Faculty Recognition Award. She and her husband Tim are the parents of three adult children, all of whom love reading as much or more than she does.

Rebecca Sorge loves telling stories and drawing pictures so becoming an illustrator made perfect sense. She currently lives and works in Utah, creating art for children’s books, magazines, posters, cards, and anything else people will let her draw on.