I am a graduate of Hamline University's MFA program in Writing for Children and Young Adults, and a writing teacher at the Loft Literary Center in the Twin Cities. A Minnesota native, I now live in South Minneapolis with my family. I love cooking, reading, and hiking in all kinds of weather.My first picture book, Loon Baby, just came out with Houghton Mifflin (2011), and my first Young Adult novel, Silhouette of a Sparrow, is due out with Milkweed Editions in the fall of 2012. I am working on more picture books, and a middle grade novel.Though my writing reaches across all age groups and genres, it all demonstrates my passion for exploring young people's changing relationship to the natural world. For more information about my books, writing classes, events, and manuscript critique service, please visit www.mollybethgriffin.com.