Carole Sarkan is a retired school teacher who has always had a passion for writing, music, history, and art. She earned her Master’s in guidance and counseling, and retired in 2015.
Since the age of six, she has always wanted to write children’s books. Now her dream is happening with the partnership of Emily Christoff-Flowers as her illustrator, and they have embarked on an adventure about Carole’s English Springer Spaniel, Candy who lost her leg but kept smiling.
Carole comes from a family of artists. Her grandparents were songwriters, her mother and father were musicians and teachers, and her brother Jim Grabill is a prolific poet and teacher in Portland, Oregon. Carole is originally from Bowling Green Ohio and currently lives in Grand Rapids, Ohio. She taught writing reading and history in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Come hear Carole share her journey to being a published author at 6:00 p.m. at the Grand Rapids Branch Library.
September is National Library Card Sign Up! Come to both the Weston Public Library and the Grand Rapids Branch Library to get your FREE Library Card! We will be celebrating YOU all month, with freebies (while supplies last), games and even a LIBRARY SPIRIT week. Join the fun!