About Me
Earliest memory:
I started nursery school at age two and a half. Not too long afterward, I remember walking across the parking lot with my dad, who had come to pick me up. He explained that this nursery school cost a lot of money and I really should get our money's worth by playing with the toys and the other kids, not just sitting and watching. I don't know if I took his advice, but I do think that my tendency to sit back and observe other people was instrumental in my development as a writer.
School:
From Happy Acres Nursery School, I moved on to Summit Park Elementary School and Pikesville Middle and Pikesville High School, all in the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland. I have a bachelor of arts in English from the University of Pennsylvania, where I met a number of wonderful writers and friends. I also have a master's degree in education from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where my courses included adolescent psychology and strategies for teaching reading and writing. My biggest regret about school is that I stopped playing the cello when I got to ninth grade.
Family:
I grew up as an only child--and my fantasies about having a brother or sister shaped my first novel, “Cheeseburgers and Other Hazards of Sixth Grade.” In 2000, I married a wonderful man named Eric, and our daughter Talia was born in 2005. Eric died in 2008 at age 37, shortly before the birth of our son Nathan. Doing my best to honor his memory through writing, parenting, and whatever else life brings.
Second-most life-altering experience:
copyright 2012
by Pamela Ehrenberg
