“I thought it was time to impart the message of Bad Bill to children everywhere – a message of human frailty, the sometimes painful reality of choices and consequences, and, of course, the power of love and redemption”
Cindy with her brother.....the real Bad Bill
CINDY SIMMONS
Author
Once upon a time, Master Storyteller Cindy M. Simmons was a teacher – first at Loren Miller Elementary School, Sierra Canyon School, Stephen S. Wise Day School, Castlebay Lane School and Sumac Elementary School. During that time she taught many things to many children in many grades. For more than 40 years, Cindy shared the Bad Bill Stories with her classroom children, their friends and families…and then she decided to tell them to all the children of the world.
Today, Cindy is retired from teaching. She continues to write the Bad Bill Stories. She appears at locations throughout the United States to tell the stories in person to new readers and old friends alike. She lives in Agoura Hills, CA with her kind, patient husband, author Scot Simmons, and their two magical cats, Mozz and Hidee. She has a beautiful daughter, Caitlin, who lives in a castle in Iowa City, IA and is a professor.
Cindy is available for Readings (Classroom or Assembly), Personal Narrative Writing Sessions (Grades 2-5), Interviews, One-on-One Teacher Consultations. She can be contacted at: Badbillstories@gmail.com
NANCI POWERS
Illustrator
Fifteen years into a flourishing career as an art director and graphic illustrator, Nanci Powers began teaching art to elementary school children and found it so rewarding that she went back to school to earn her California Teaching Credential.
Nanci had many adventures along the way, and in the end, she became a teacher. She currently teaches at Mariposa Elementary school and lives happily in Agoura Hills, CA with her husband, Casey. She has two beautiful children, Quinn and Zoe.
ANNA MCNAUGHT
Pumpkin book photographer and designer
There once was a girl named Anna McNaught who grew up in a beautiful forest in Pennsylvania. She discovered she had a passion for photography and graphic design, so she left the forest to seek her fortune. Her travels took her to SCAD (Savannah College of Art and Design) and later, Ithaca College. Her photographic vision grew into a beauteous portfolio of images combining the realism of photography and the whimsy of graphic imagination – the style and creative innovation she brings to the newest Bad Bill stories. Cindy thinks that Anna’s is a fresh and exciting new style in children’s illustration. You’ll see.
She currently lives in a magical tower with her Prince Charming, James, and their two enchanted felines, Leonardo the Toothless and Lucy the Striped.
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