Jack Gantos is a world-renowned, award-winning author, who is best known for his characters Rotten Ralph and Joey Pigza. He developed the Master’s degree program in children’s book writing at Emerson College and now devotes his time to writing books and educational speaking. He will conduct this fascinating workshop for children from grades 4-8 with a focus on writing a short story and setting up writing journals to find good stories from their own lives.