About Ann Matzke
Ann Matzke
The curious case of Ann
Ann enjoys touring famous libraries like the New York Public Library, Library of Congress, British Library, University of Vienna main library, and the ancient structural remains of the Library of Celsus in Ephesus, Turkey.
Ann has a Bachelor of Science Education degree in early childhood and elementary education from Drake University. Her first poems were published after college. She completed a Master of Science degree with a library endorsement from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She published articles in children’s magazines and professional journals. She earned an M.F.A. in Writing for Children from Hamline University and published more than a dozen nonfiction books for the school and library market.
When Ann is not writing, she enjoys traveling, reading, and discovering new facts and information to answer her own curious questions.
Photos by Megan Coloson