About the Authors & Contact

Rich Kent

Richard Kent is a professor at the University of Maine. He is also the co-director of the Maine Writing Project, a site of the National Writing Project. The award-winning author of many books, including Writing on the Bus, The Athlete's Workbook, and Room 109, Kent works with teachers, students, athletes, and coaches at all levels. In his free time, he can be found running, hiking, or cross-country skiing the western mountains of Maine with his Bernese Mountain Dog, Bailey Tuckerman. He maintains a resource website at WritingAthletes.com

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Josie Bray

Josie Bray is a director-choreographer who has worked at regional and Off-Broadway theatres, and as an assistant on several national tours and the recent Broadway Revival of Ragtime.  Josie was the Co-Artistic director of the Animus Ensemble, a Boston-based theatre company, for five years and also served as the Executive Director of Green Street Studios, Center for Movement and Dance.  She currently teaches at Emerson College and is producing a new musical intended for Broadway.  Josie practices yoga and Pilates, experiments in the kitchen, and spends time with her hilarious husband, Jack, and their energetic preschooler, Redd.

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