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Lurie grew up in Albany , NY where she enjoyed
writing fictitious stories since elementary school.
Writing for fun took the sidelines while she worked toward
graduating with a B.S. in Communications from Ithaca College
and then moved to the suburbs of Boston to open her own
copy center business. After 11 years in Boston , she realized
a life long dream by leaving the brain freeze of the northeast
and moving to sunny South Florida. Free to enjoy the warm
weather and inspired by the Latin sounds all around, her
love for dance and exercise took center stage. She became
a fitness instructor of Latin Dance Aerobics and Pilates
and a performer of Latin Ballroom Dance. Her biggest inspiration,
however, came from her children and she returned to her
love of writing. Another dream was realized when her first
book, It's Time For Bed, Sleepyhead, was published,
followed shortly by the Tomgirlz series of chapter books
based on, you guessed it, her daughter. Her writing is
full of messages of love, hope and positive attitudes. "The
greatest thing I can do is to spend my time encouraging
children to adventure through life by reading and writing," says
Lurie. "I want to teach them that when they take their
dreams, turn them into goals and then into plans… their
dreams really can come true."
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