Standish, Ali: - Ali Standish, author of the critically acclaimed The Ethan I Was Before, August Isle , and Bad Bella , grew up in North Carolina and spent several years as an educator in the Washington, DC, public school system.
You can visit her online at www.alistandish.com..
She lives in Raleigh with her husband, Aki, and their two rescue dogs, Bella and Keeper.
She has an MFA in children\'s writing from Hollins University and an MPhil in children\'s literature from the University of Cambridge.
Standish, Ali: - Ali Standish, author of the critically acclaimed The Ethan I Was Before, August Isle , and Bad Bella , grew up in North Carolina and spent several years as an educator in the Washington, DC, public school system