SALLY STILES worked for fourteen years in New York City as an editor and writer and, later, as an advertising executive. She has published over a hundred magazine articles, seven books, poetry and short stories. She holds a Master of Fine Arts in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts.After leaving New York, she and her husband, David, lived in Nigeria, Michigan, New Hampshire, Tanzania, British Columbia, Washington State and Virginia. She taught writing at Lebanon College in New Hampshire, at the Simon Fraser Writing and Publishing Program in Vancouver, B.C., and the Christopher Wren Society at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA.Her volunteer work has included, among many other things, running a women's shelter; a craft store; a woman's golf league; an investment club and an after-school enrichment program for primary school children in East Africa. She has served on the executive board of An Occasion for the Arts and the Williamsburg Book Festival. Sally Stiles' just-released book is ACROSS THE COVERED BRIDGE, a novel in 9 stories. Preview readers praise this book as "beautiful", "insightful", "inspiring" and "a must read". Her lyrical, captivating novel, LIKE A MASK DANCING, a story of Tanzania, was published in 2020, and her acclaimed memoir, PLUNGE! was released in 2013. Her poetry books include THE HAIKU GUIDE TO CRUISING (The Pacific Northwest) (2020); CRAZEMAN IN THE BOTTLE (2014) and the popular HAIKU GUIDE TO WILLIAMSBURG (2016)Read more about this authorRead less about this author