Lydia Griffin grew up in the Kennebunkport Inn in Kennebunkport, Maine. She has a BA from Colorado College and received her MFA in Writing from Spalding University. Lydia is the past-president of the Colorado Independent Publishers Association and the immediate-past Resident Artist in Writing for the Teton Arts Council in Teton County, Idaho. Lydia is the author of two children's picture books BeBa and the Curious Creature Catchers (Laffin Minor Press 2006) and Prunes and Rupe (Filter Press Books 2007). She is also the author of a Now You Know Bio book Susan Anderson: Colorado's Doc Susie (Filter Press Books 2007). Lydia has a passion for people, travel, writing, reading, and teaching. Lydia lives in the Rocky Mountains with her husband Michael Hudacsko and their enormously slobbery dog named Mason.

Lectures and Presentations

Colorado Independent Publishers Association
Lecture: Trends in Childrens Lit: Write What They'll Buy
Date: March 26, 2010

Jackson Hole Middle School
Greater Yellowstone American History Grant
Project: Co-authored historical fiction curriculum model
Dates: Oct- Dec 2009

Spalding University
Lecture: Doppelganer Dissected: How to Use Doppelgangers in Writing for Children
Date: November 2008

Rutgers Universtiy Summer Institute
Lecture: Five Strategies for a Successful Writer's Workshop
Date: June 27, 2008

The Kennebunk River Club Tea & Conversation Series
Lecture: The Book Inside You
Date: Summer 2006

Denver Public Library- Lecture Series
Lecture: The Book Inside You--How to Get it on Paper!
Date: 2005

Essay Publications

Valley Citizen (Newspaper), Driggs, Idaho
Essay Title: "City Slickers and Mountain Mamas"
Date: December 15, 2010

Teton Valley Magazine, Driggs, Idaho
Essay Title: "Rising to the Challenge: Local kids demonstrate a range of writing talents"
Date: Winter 2008-09

Other articles published in:
The Cultural Times, Breckenridge, Colorado
Holderness School Today, Plymouth, NH

©2011 Lydia Griffin