Alicia Meyers"

Alicia Meyers is an elementary school teacher in Washington, DC, who was diagnosed with Tourette syndrome at a young age. As a neurodiverse author and teacher, she hopes to encourage those with TS to embrace their tics as part of who they niquely are. She is a graduate of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, where she sang in an a cappella group called the Acabelles. In addition to Tic-Errific Me, Alicia is the author of The A-to-Z Teaching Toolkit for Early Childhood and Elementary Educators. She also writes humorous picture books, early chapter books, and is currently working on an educational resource book for teachers. When she’s not teaching or writing, she can be found singing, reading, traveling the world, and reminding others how totally tic-errific they are.

Alicia was a 2023 PB Party Finalist, won 11th place in Ciara O’Neal and Kaitlyn Sanchez’s Spring Fling Contest, and received Honorable Mentions in Mindy Alyse Weiss’s PB Party (2021 & 2022), Vivian Kirkfield’s 50 Precious Words (2022 & 2023), Kailei Pew’s Kids’ Choice KidLit Writing Contest (2022), and Susanna Hill’s Halloweensie (2021). She is an active member of SCBWI, Julie Hedlund’s 12x12 Picture Book Challenge, NaNoWriMo, and a past student of Storyteller Academy.