Megan McClardMEGAN BROWN MCCLARD was born in 1927 in Hollywood, and attended schools in California, Montana, and Colorado. She began college at age thirty-five, a single mother of five children, and went on to earn a PhD in English at University of Denver, speciaizing in creative writing. She taught literature, writing, and women's studies for many years at Metropolitan State University in Denver before retiring as a professor emeritus. She has published two books for young people, Hiawatha and the Iroquois League; Harriet Tubman: Slavery and the Underground Railroad. She lives in Portland, Oregon with two dogs and three people. Read More Read Less