Elizabeth Hale is a literacy consultant who works with schools districts around the country on the teaching of writing and has been a featured speaker at literacy conferences. Liz is the author of Crafting Writers, K-6 (Stenhouse 2008) and is currently working on another book about deepening reading comprehension through writing. She worked in the Boston Public Schools for ten years as a teacher, writing teacher, and literacy coach and also taught in the education department at Emmanuel College.Liz is currently pursuing her doctorate at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. www.craftingwriters.com