About the Author

          Tonia Lee was born and raised in Greenville, South Carolina. She attended the University of South Carolina where she earned Bachelors of Art degree in English in 1993. In 1994, she received a Master’s Degree in the Teaching of English at Teacher’s College, Columbia University. She is an employee of the New York City Board of Education where she has taught English in a public school in Harlem for over ten years. Mrs. Lee currently resides in New York City with her husband Bernard Lee and son, David Lee.