Simone C WilsonSIMONE C. WILSON (LARK), the author of Going to Grandma's Country, presently resides in New Jersey. She is the proud mother of two children, seven grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Upon the urging of her friends and family she began her writingexperience by submitting her poetry in several poetry competitions. As a result of her submissions, Ms. Wilson is now recognized as an International Poet of Merit by the International Poet Society as well as a published poet in several anthologies. The International Library of Poetry have selected several of her poems, because of the diversity to be included in a recorded poetry collection, The Sound of Poetry. She is also the author of two published poetry books Roses Amidst The Thorns, and Roses Amidst the Thorns The Parch Garden. Ms. Wilson is a retired master teacher of 40 years for the East Orange, New Jersey School District, where she was exceedingly proud of being honored as its "Teacher Of The Year. She has enjoyed writing poetry, short stories and plays most of her life. However, her greatest ambition was to write children's books and so the birth of Going To Grandma's Country was born. Read More Read Less