![]() ![]() In her Author's Notes for each book, she includes a portion of the historical research from which her fiction or poetry emerged. Her works are often inspired by true events, many of which took place in the areas where Weatherford has lived. Initially, Weatherford was invited to FSU as a writer-in-residence, but in 2007, she received the position of associate professor.Īs an author, she acknowledges her calling "to mine the past for family stories, fading traditions and forgotten struggles." The books she writes, in poetry and prose, explore African-American history from a children's perspective and relate the past to new generations. Although a Baltimore native, she now resides in North Carolina and teaches composition and children's literature at Fayetteville State University (FSU). ![]() in publication design from the University of Baltimore. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and an M.A. ![]() Continuing to pursue creative writing as a hobby through high school and college, she later earned her M.F.A. Her father taught printing at a local high school and published his daughter's early works. Weatherford began writing in first grade by dictating poems to her mother. ![]()
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