Ms. Garfield-Woodbridge is a member of the Academy of American Poets, The Authors Guild, the Milford Arts Council, and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
MILFORD, CT, June 23, 2016 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Nancy Garfield-Woodbridge has been included in Marquis Who's Who. As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
The daughter of Solomon and Betty Silbowitz, Nancy Garfield-Woodbridge embarked on her adventures in writing in 1955 after earning a Bachelor of Arts in literature from Bennington College. She went on to earn a Master of Science in education from Hofstra University in 1972 and did postgraduate work at the same university. Ms. Garfield-Woodbridge began her career as an editorial assistant with The Wenner-Gren Foundation from 1952-1955, where she worked on publications: the "Directory of Anthropological Institutions" and "Man's Role in Changing the Face of the Earth." She went on to become a picture editor for Forbes Magazine in New York City for one year and served as the editor-in chief of The Gifted Child Magazine.
From 1958 to 1972, Ms. Garfield-Woodbridge was the VP of Information Retrieval Systems. She also served as a research associate for the vice president and editor at the New York Institute of Technology in Westbury, and the director of special projects for Girl Scouts of the USA for nearly 30 years. Ms. Garfield-Woodbridge has authored several books, and most recently began writing children's books again in 2000.
Ms. Garfield-Woodbridge wrote her first book in 1968, titled "The Tuesday Elephant." She also wrote "The Dancing Monkey," "Juvenile Justice," "Poems in Exile," "A Bouquet of Fairy Tales," "Hilary and the Secret Skulls," "Journey," "If I Had $1500 I Would Clean My Karma," "Stories from Around the World," "More Stories from Around the World," "Arctic Butterfly," and "The Islanders." In 2018 she wrote 6 books: "The Magic Paintbrush," "The Rainbird," "Shanti Means Peace," "Gideon's Dreams," "The Honey Hunt" and "Moonbeam Flowers." "Suns of Darkness" will be published in 2020. Further, she has contributed several articles to professional journals and magazines.
A certified kindergarten through eighth-grade teacher, and seventh- through ninth-grade English teacher in the state of New York, Ms. Garfield-Woodbridge has accomplished many things over the course of her career. In 1967, she was offered a scholarship to the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in Vermont. She was also a speaker for the Vice President's Task Force on Youth Employment in 1979. Additionally, she was a speaker at the Governor's Conference on Juvenile Justice in Baton Rouge and presenter at the Education Commission for the States in Denver in 1979.
Ms. Garfield-Woodbridge is a member of the Academy of American Poets, The Authors Guild, the Milford Arts Council, and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. She has been featured in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in the World, and Who's Who of American Women.
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