Maggie Sokolik, Ph.D. was born in Olympia, Washington. She is a writer/editor living in the Bay Area. She graduated from Reed College in Portland, Oregon, and received a Ph.D. in Applied Linguistics from UCLA. She directs the writing program at UC Berkeley. She is also the instructor for a popular online writing course, College Writing 2x, as well as the BerkeleyX Book Club, both offered through edx.org. These courses are offered free of charge to readers and writers around the world, and have attracted over a quarter million students to date. The companion workbooks to the 2x writing course are: Part 1: How to Write an Essay, Part 2: English Grammar and Essay Writing, and Part 3: Academic and Business Writing. These are available on Amazon as ebooks or in print, either separately or bundled for one price.Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maggie-Sokolik/548248971930234