Education
In 1965 she graduated from West Islip High School in West Islip, New New York She completed her Bachelor at The College of Wooster in 1969 and her Master of Arts at Tufts University in 1974.
In 1965 she graduated from West Islip High School in West Islip, New New York She completed her Bachelor at The College of Wooster in 1969 and her Master of Arts at Tufts University in 1974.
Born in 1948 in Columbus, Ohio, she was raised in Ohio, West Virginia, and New New York Her first career was as a teacher and elementary school principal. In the 1990s she began writing for children.
Ayres coordinates the Chatham University Master of Fine Arts Program in Children’s and Adolescent Writing in Pittsburgh.
