A popular workshop presenter and winner of NCTE's James Moffett Award in 2010, Gretchen Bernabeihas been teaching kids to write in middle school and high school classrooms for more than thirty years. In addition to four other professional books and numerous articles for NCTE journals, she is the author of National Geographic School Publications' The Good Writer's Kit, as well as Lightning in a Bottle, a CD of visual writing prompts. Judi Reimertaught fourth grade in San Antonio, Texas, for seventeen years and continues to advise students and school districts. She has worked as a freelance writer, contributing columns and features for Parents, Ladies' Home Journal, and other national magazines. Judi has also written articles forStudies Weeklyclassroom publications and has been a freelance writer for American Legacy Publishing.