Hope Irvin Marston was the founder of the Black River Valley Writers Club and the founder and director of the North Country Children's Writers and Illustrators Workshop. She has taught creative writing workshops at Jefferson Community College and the Jefferson-Lewis Teacher Center for many years. She has also been on staff at Christian Writers Conferences at Hephzibah Heights, Montrose Bible Conference, and a St. Davids Christian Writers Conference at Beaver Falls, Pa. Hope is a member of the Society of Children s Book Writers and Illustrators and a book reviewer for Church Libraries. She lives in Black River, NY.