Penny Porter American Ex-Prisoners Of War Biography

Last Name: PORTER	First Name Middle Initial: PENNY	Nick Name:
Street: 3830 N PANTANO RD.	City & State: TUCSON, AZ	E-Mail: WPORTER202@AOL.COM
Zip: 85750	Phone: 520-296-5299	HUSBAND: WILLIAM
Past Occupation: FORMER TEACHER AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR
Current Occupation: FREELANCE WRITER

Bio:
Penny Porter
(Freelance Writer)

A former teacher and school administrator, Penny is one of the most successful freelancers ever to hit Reader’s Digest. She has published stories in a wide range of national circulation magazines, including Arizona Highways, Arizona Magazine, Catholic Digest, Guideposts, Honda, Arizona Farmer, and Rancher, and recently her works have appeared in a 5^th portion of Chicken Soup for the Soul and Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul.

Penny often writes non-fiction accounts of her experiences and adventures with her husband and six children while cattle ranching on their remote ranch in Cochise County, Arizona. She began writing for middle and high school levels because of a need for compelling materials for this age group, and now adapts her stories for all ages while compiling her first collection of true stories, Love Tales.

Penny is also the author of, The Keymaker: a novel for (grades 4-12), Howard’s Monster, (K-3), Green Eggs and Sam (all ages) and the biography of Eugene Gifford Grace, "as we remember him," she is a frequent speaker at workshops across the country, including The Society of Southwestern Authors conference of which she is the current president. She now lives in Tucson, Arizona, with her husband, and continues to write and provide reading and writing workshops for students and adults.

By Ray Newton: Director of Reader’s Digest Workshops