Connie Kirk is a children's writer and actor living in Portland, Oregon. Formerly the marketing director contracted for KenArnoldBooks, she continues to write fiction in the middle grade and picture book genres. Her essays and poetry have appeared in Funny Times, Angels on Earth Magazine, Defiance!, The Open Circle, Collages & Bricolages, and Afterthoughts. Connie is also an actor represented by Actors in Action in Portland, Oregon and trained with Tony Nominee, Drama Desk Award Winner, actor and director, Austin Pendleton (My Cousin Vinny) at HB Studio in New York.