About Heather Tomasello

In first grade, I wrote my first complete story. It was about an ice cream Pegasus who flew too close to the sun and his wings melted. I made the book covers and pages shaped like an ice cream cone. My teacher entered it in a school writing contest and I won first place. I was hooked! I knew then that I loved to write and hoped someday to be a published author.

I attended the University of Florida with the goal of going to Law School, but got sidetracked by the wonderful Children’s Literature classes which I took “just for fun.” I added an English major and graduated in 1999 with a degree in Political Science and a degree in English. I also wrote my first book, Strategies for Winning Science Fair Projects (John Wiley & Sons, 2002) and followed it up with So, You Have to Do a Science Fair Project (John Wiley & Sons, 2002.) Both were co-authored by Joyce Henderson.

I worked as an academic advisor for the University of Florida while my husband completed his education. Then we moved to Richmond, VA, for his job. I continued to write for children, including stories for Pockets, Highlights for Children, Guideposts for Kids.com, and Hopscotch for Girls. I also taught “Writing for Children” as an adjunct community college professor, wrote a newspaper column, and co-authored Before You Call Mom (Write That Press, 2006) a book for young adults leaving home for the first time.

In 2006, my husband and I returned to Florida to be closer to our families and to open a preschool/daycare center. That endeavor – and raising our three fantastic children – keeps me very busy, but I still try to find time to write. I’m currently working on an easy reader series starring a mystery-solving fairytale heroine. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it finds a good publishing home soon!

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		In first grade, I wrote my first complete story. It was about an ice cream Pegasus who flew too close to the sun and his wings melted. I made the book covers and pages shaped like an ice cream cone. My teacher entered it in a school writing contest and I won first place. I was hooked! I knew then that I loved to write and hoped someday to be a published author. I attended the University of Florida with the goal of going to Law School, but got sidetracked by the wonderful Children’s Literature classes which I took “just for fun.” I added an English major and graduated in 1999 with a degree in Political Science and a degree in English. I also wrote my first book, Strategies for Winning Science Fair Projects (John Wiley & Sons, 2002) and followed it up with So, You Have to Do a Science Fair Project (John Wiley & Sons, 2002.) Both were co-authored by Joyce Henderson. I worked as an academic advisor for the University of Florida while my husband completed his education. Then we moved to Richmond, VA, for his job. I continued to write for children, including stories for Pockets, Highlights for Children, Guideposts for Kids.com, and Hopscotch for Girls. I also taught “Writing for Children” as an adjunct community college professor, wrote a newspaper column, and co-authored Before You Call Mom (Write That Press, 2006) a book for young adults leaving home for the first time. In 2006, my husband and I returned to Florida to be closer to our families and to open a preschool/daycare center. That endeavor – and raising our three fantastic children – keeps me very busy, but I still try to find time to write. I’m currently working on an easy reader series starring a mystery-solving fairytale heroine. I’m keeping my fingers crossed that it finds a good publishing home soon!