Michele Prestininzi
Biography
Michele Prestininzi is an enthusiastic writer and educator with a specialization in children’s literature. She runs a critique group for middle grade writers and mentors students in the creative writing process. She’s published in Hopscotch for Girls magazine and won the Candlewick Press Scholarship Award for Picture Books. The transformative power of stories has always inspired her, and she’s thrilled to share her passion for storytelling with others. Michele holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts, and an MS in Education from Hofstra University. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, three almost-out-of-the-nest kids, and two adorably evil kittens.