American Teacher

Katrina Fried has previously written Everyday Heroes: 50 Americans Changing The World One Nonprofit At A Time, American Farmer, and as Senior Editor and Assoc. Publisher of Welcome Books has edited or produced numerous award-winning and bestselling titles including: Artists in Love, The Oxford Project, Gay in America, The Last Good War, Slow: Life in a Tuscan Town, Cooking with Italian Grandmothers, Primal Cuts, On The Street, and Red Carpet. Creating unique visual narratives that push the boundaries and traditional limitations of illustrated books is her greatest passion. She lives and works in NYC and Northern CA.Foreword writer Parker J. Palmer is a writer, speaker and activist who focuses on issues in education, community, leadership, spirituality and social change. He is the founder and Senior Partner of the Center for Courage & Renewal, which oversees long-term retreat programs for people in the serving professions. Palmer holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California at Berkeley as well as eleven honorary doctorates, two Distinguished Achievement Awards from the National Educational Press Association, and an Award of Excellence from the Associated Church Press. He is the author of nine books, which have sold more than half a million copies, including several best-selling and award-winning titles: The Courage to Teach,  Let Your Life Speak, Healing the Heart of Democracy, A Hidden Wholeness, To Know As We Are Known, The Active Life, and The Heart of Higher Education (with Arthur Zajonc). In 2011, the Utne Reader named him one of 25 visionaries on its annual list of “People Who are Changing the World.” He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.