BIOGRAPHY - CAROL WALLACE

• Name: Carol Wallace
• Born: May 10 - in Chickasha, Oklahoma
• Husband: Bill Wallace -- Author and former Fourth Grade Teacher, Chickasha, OK. Former principal of West Elementary School -now Bill Wallace Early Childhood Center.
• Children: Daughters: Laurie Beth, Amanda Nicole (Nikki), AUTHOR of Stubby and the Puppy Pack, and Stubby and the Puppy Pack: To the Rescue; Son: Justin Keith.
  Granddaughters: Kristine & Bethany, and Jordan.  Grandsons: William and Kaden.
• Education: Received B.S. in Elementary Education from USAO in 1970.
  Received M.S. In Elementary Education (Reading) from SWSU in 1974.
• Jobs: Legal secretary, bank teller, full time wife, mother, home accountant, tractor driver,
  Started teaching second grade in Chickasha at Southwest Elementary School in 1970
  Moved to Grand Avenue Elementary in 1985
  Author/public speaker 1999.
  
  Began Writing: "After teaching second grade for twenty six years, I felt I needed a change.
  I came home to clean closet and do all those things around the house that I always needed to do, but never had time. Cleaning closets got old - very fast! So I ended up watching a LOT of TV. When I rushed into Bill's office one day -- all excited to tell him that someone had fallen down on one of the game shows I was watching - we BOTH decided that I really needed something to do.
  I came up with the idea for our first book, together, The Flying Flea, Callie, and Me from watching our cat, Gray, and his irritation with the local mockingbirds. Bill helped me outline the story, and I did the writing. Then both of us sat down and revised the story, together.
  That Furball Puppy and Me was our second book about Gray, and was inspired by his
  relationship with our Scotty, Chomps."
  New books that I've done, all on my own, include One Nosy Pup, Turkeys Together, The Santa Secret, and Easter Bunny Blues. These are Holiday House publications, and considered "Easy Readers" for grades one and/or two.
  
  Awards: 2008  Garden State Children's Book Award (One Nosy Pup)
• Speaking: Elementary schools in Alabama, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Texas, Washington.
  Renaissance Learning National Conventions in Las Vegas and Orlando.