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- 2007 Wal-Mart Teacher of the Year, Mary Ellen Courville strives to build connections with students. Empathy motivates her writing as well. Her voice is heard locally through regular parenting articles in BRParents magazine.
Fiction is Mary Ellen's first love, however. In 2007 a short story "Breathe," inspired by the aftermath of the Louisiana hurricanes, appeared in an anthology. The companion Y/A novel tracks the lives of three teens as they face life after destruction and rebuild. It is currently in the revision phase.
Elementary children have received most of Mary Ellen's writing attention recently as her first children's book "The Pilgrim's Basket" awaits release in 2008. As both a teacher and a writer, Mary Ellen listened as she heard about a class of Louisiana children who grew a garden and donated the vegetables to hungry families. "The Pilgrim's Basket" is a fiction children's story based not on the lessons the learning project meant to teach, but the unexpected outcome that taught the most. Check out its journey through the publication process at http://writethroughme.blogspot.com/.
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That was four years ago. Today, I am delivered from drugs and being homeless. I am happily married to my wife of two years. I am a licensed minister for Church of God in Christ. And I also write books about my struggle with drugs. I have two published books and you can purchase either of them from: www.awjbooks.com or Barnes & Noble bookstores. The name of my book is: "Look What The Lord Has Done". Tell someone about my testimony. Thank you and God Bless!
Arthur W. Johnson
awjbooks@yahoo.com
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Congrats on your success thus far.
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