Anne Marie Pace has loved to read and write since she was old enough to turn the pages of a book and hold a pencil. The first story she remembers writing was about a child who was sledding on a winter day and couldn’t get his sled to slow down. He caused all sorts of trouble, including sledding right through his mom’s kitchen! Anne Marie also loved writing stories about families with ten or twelve children. She loved her only sister, but she thought it would be fun to live in a house with lots going on.
Anne Marie has lived in Virginia all her life. She studied English and history in college and then learned to be a teacher in graduate school. She was a teacher before she was a professional writer, and now she loves to help other writers improve their stories. She also loves visiting schools to share her books. Anne Marie has written lots of picture books and has published eleven of them, including Groundhug Day, Busy-Eyed Day, Sunny’s Tow Truck Saves the Day!, Mouse Calls, and the four books of the Vampirina Ballerina series. She loves to bake cookies and cakes for her four children and her husband. (Her two dogs and three cats do not get any cake.)
