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Author Profile -- Rick Walton
Born: Provo, Utah
Parents: Bill Walton, ed psych professor, BYU (retired) Wilma Walton,
kindergarten and 1st grade teacher, retired
Spouse: Ann Ivie
Education: B.A., BYU, Spanish, Portuguese minor M.A., BYU, English with
creative writing emphasis
Places Lived: Provo, White City, Draper, Brazil, Orem, Springville, Kearns
Other jobs held: dishwasher, copy center clerk, cook in Mexican
restaurant, arts administrator, secretary, teacher, software designer
Hobbies: folk and bossa nova guitar, travel
Phobias: heights
Recent books: A VERY HAIRY SCARY STORY (Putnam)
SUDDENLY ALLIGATOR (Gibbs Smith)
BUNNY SCHOOL (HarperCollins)
MRS. MCMURPHY'S PUMPKIN (HarperCollins)
Publish with: HarperCollins, Candlewick, Putnam, Gibbs-Smith, American
Girl
School visit activities: assembly, brainstorming workshop, riddle-writing
workshop
Website features: curriculum, wordplay, stick worm cartoons, huge
collection of public domain folktales
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Profile of children's author-- Rick Walton
This profile first appeared in the UCWI Newsletter
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