R.G. AUSTIN is the pen name of Nancy Lamb, author of 43 fiction and non-fiction books for adults and children. As Nancy Lamb, she is the author of The Art and Craft of Storytelling and The Writer's Guide to Crafting Stories for Children. Lamb serves on the faculty of the Big Sur Writing Workshop and the Big Sur Children's Writing Workshop. She taught at the Hariette Austin Writing Program at the University of Georgia. She recently taught a master class in Singapore sponsored by the Media Development Authority. In addition to writing and teaching, she is also an editor and story strategist.Nancy has joined the faculty of a new online learning site for writers, www.ScribblersUniversity.com, where she joins authors Ellen Hopkins, Andrew Smith, Arthur Slade and many others in helping others to become published, and stay published.