Stephanies tolan biography

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  • Stephanie S. Tolan is the well known author of young adult and children's fiction, as well as an author and speaker on her topic of passion: exceptionally.

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    Tolan, Stephanie S. 1942-

    PERSONAL: Born October 25, 1942, in Canton, OH; daughter of Joseph Edward and Mary (Schroy) Stein; married Robert W. Tolan (a theater director and producer), December 19, 1964; children: R. J.; step-children: Patrick, Andrew, Robert, Jr. Education: Purdue University, B.A., 1964, M.A., 1967.

    ADDRESSES: Home—4511 Eagle Lake Dr., Charlotte, NC 28217. Agent—Elaine Markson, Elaine Markson Literary Agency, 44 Greenwich Ave., New York, NY 10011. E-mail—[email protected].

    CAREER: Purdue University, Fort Wayne, IN, instructor in continuing education, 1966-70; State University of New York—Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, faculty member in speech and theater, 1972; Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, PA, adjunct faculty member in English, 1973-75, coordinator of continuing education, 1974-75; writer, 1975—. Lecturer at Indiana University, 1966-70; participant, Artists-in-Education, Pennsylvania, 1974, Ohio, 1975, and North Carolina, 1984; faculty membe

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    "...that joy in reading made me want to be a writer, and from the time that I was nine years old, I never doubted that inom would be one." -- Stephanie S. Tolan

      

    Great new interview with Stephanie! Writing to the beat of her own heart: Stephanie Tolan, an advocate for gifted kids, weaves their tales into her fiction "The author, who has lived in Charlotte since 1999, isn’t afraid to blow off steam, especially on behalf of begåvad children who haven’t been encouraged to live up to their potentials..."

    Don't miss Tolan's newest non-fiction, Out of Sync, Essays in Giftedness. Stephanie's powerful essays, collected for the first time. Read her compelling metapor, "Is It A Cheetah?" and many other great essays on giftedness. As Joy tells us, "These are valuable gems in the canon of giftedness. Treasure them."  – Joy L. Navan, Ph.D.

    Coming next fall (2017), Applewhites Coast to Coast, Tolan'

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    Biography of Stephanie S. Tolan

    Stephanie S. Tolan's earliest memories involve books -- those that were read to her and those she read to herself, often late at night with a flashlight under the covers. She always thought there was a special magic in the little black marks on paper that could turn into whole worlds and real people. Born in Ohio and raised in Wisconsin, she wrote her first story in the fourth grade. It was thrilling to discover she could make the magic herself, and she decided then and there to be a writer.

    Other ambitions came and went, but writing stayed on, and she majored in creative writing at  Purdue University, then went on to a Master's Degree in English. Marriage and the sudden addition to her life of three young stepsons, and then a son, forced writing into the nooks and crannies, but she wrote poetry and plays for adults as she taught college English. Her husband's career in professional theatre moved the Tolan family around the country, and

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