Jeri WattsJeri Watts worked as a public school teacher for twenty-seven years. She has written numerous short stories and is the author of the novel Kizzy Ann Stamps. She received an Ezra Jack Keats New Writer Award for her picture book A Piece of Home, illustrated by Hyewon Yum, which was also named a Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year. Jeri Watts lives in Lexington, Virginia. Read More Read Less