Roseanne has visited many schools across the U.S. and abroad. in Latin America and Asia. She would love to visit your school as well, for writing workshops and author visits. For more details contact her at: rosghk@gmail.com.
I have always loved writing, and composed my first poem when I was four years old. I always wrote in bed because I was not allowed to get up before 7:00 a.m. I kept a pen and paper by my bedside, and wrote every morning until the rest of the family woke up!
When I was older, my parents sent some of my poems in to our town's local newspaper. Luckily, they printed a few of them.
In college, I studied journalism and wanted to be a reporter. I wrote for several newspapers, but later changed careers when I was offered a teaching job in Taiwan.
After that, I taught English in many places: California, Guatemala, Vietnam and Hong Kong. However, I still loved writing.
When my daughter was two years old, I wanted to buy her a book about shapes she could find in Hong Kong, where we lived. As hard as I looked, I could only find books about shapes in America. So, I decided to write her a book, myself. This is how Round is a Mooncake started.