Mentoring Youth Writers: Six Strategies to Bring Out the Author in Every Student - Paperback

Wendy R. Williams is an associate professor of English education at Arizona State University. This is her second book. She is also the author of Listen to the Poet: Writing, Performance, and Community in Youth Spoken Word Poetry (2018) and numerous articles and chapters. Her current projects address visual and multimodal storytelling and food studies in English language arts. Williams is co-chair of the ELATE Commission on Arts and Literacies and past editor of English Journal's Teaching Creative Writing column. At her university, she has organized community writing events, designed new academic programs, and developed and taught courses on narrative research, visual narratives, Studio Ghibli films, children's literature, and food writing. Before becoming a professor, she taught high school and middle school English for nine years. She is a cellist, certified Maricopa County Master Gardener, and classically trained chef.