Carmela Martino is an author, speaker, and writing teacher who holds an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults. Both of Carmela’s novels have received Catholic Press Association Book Awards and the CWG Seal of Approval. Her historical novel, Playing by Heart, also won the 2018 Catholic Arts and Letters Award (CALA) for Children’s/Young Adult Fiction. Carmela has taught writing classes for over twenty years, and she blogs about teaching and writing at www.TeachingAuthors.com. For more, see www.carmelamartino.com.