Susan Koehler is a teacher, reading coach, author, and national writing consultant. She has a master's degree in reading education and is certified in K-12 reading. Susan is currently a teacher at Holy Comforter Episcopal School in Tallahassee, FL. Susan has more than 30 years of experience teaching a variety of grade levels and also trains teachers with the CraftPlus® Writing Program (available through Maupin House). She is the 2005 recipient of the Mary Brogan Award for Excellence in Literacy Education. Susan is the author of Crafting Expository Papers and Purposeful Writing Assessment, as well as the project editor for the CraftPlus Daily Writing Lessons and co-author of Models for Teaching Writing-Craft Target Skills, 2nd edition.