Roswitha P. Houghton

"A very long time ago I was born on an island off the coast of Germany.
One day my parents decided to take my brother and me, along with two old suitcases,
to a new country to play out our dreams. We arrived in America and lived on a farm where I played
out of doors and learned to draw a few dreams. When I grew up I became a nurse, an economist, and eventually a mom,all the while learning to draw and paint the dreamy things I saw. Now I paint
and draw to make others dream."

EDUCATION::

Mercer Hospital School of Nursing, Trenton, NJ 1969,
graduate Certificate Registered Nurse.

George Mason University, Fairfax VA, 1989,
BA Economics minor in Art/English.

Robert Quackenbush's Children's Book Writing and Illustrating Workshop,
New York, NY 2000

Vassar College Institute of Publishing and Writing:
Children's Books in the Marketplace 1995

Vermont College/Union Institute & University, Montpelier, VT
Graduated, Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children & Young Adults 2006