Students should emerge with an understanding of the differences between plagiarism, copying, parody, fanfiction, homage, and researched information.

I am the author of sixteen books for tweens and teens, including the 𝘗𝘪𝘱 𝘉𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘵'𝘴 𝘎𝘶𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 series (Scholastic), the 𝘌𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘦, 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘳 series (Bloomsbury), and the 𝘋𝘰𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴 series (Bloomsbury). My books are published in twenty-three languages around the world, and have won multiple state and national awards. I have taught creative writing classes across the country at schools, libraries, colleges, and camps, and have taught over 5000 students here on Outschool!

In addition to being an author-- whose work has been plagiarized before-- I have also taught writing courses across the world at camps, universities, schools, and seminars. I also edited and reviewed college admissions essays-- where I not only encountered plagiarism on a regular basis, but was asked to quietly commit it. I am eager to help students understand where "the line" is and why respecting that line is so important!