Background
Jaffurs, Lee Wardlaw was born on November 20, 1955 in Salina, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Joseph Patterson and Margaret Lillian (Laux) Wardlaw.
Jaffurs, Lee Wardlaw was born on November 20, 1955 in Salina, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Joseph Patterson and Margaret Lillian (Laux) Wardlaw.
Bachelor, California Polytechnic State University, 1977.
Director's assistant, Los Ninos Head Start, Santa Barbara, California, 1978; head teacher and director, Goleta (California) Head Start, 1978-1979; director, Cornelia Moore Memorial Dental Foundation, Santa Barbara, 1979-1982; educational advisor, Cornelia Moore Memorial Dental Foundation, Santa Barbara, 1982-1992; proprietor, writer, Outlaw Communications, Santa Barbara, 1982-1986. Instructor Santa Barbara City College, since 1988. Creative writing teacher/author-in-residence Mountain View Elementary School, Goleta, 1990-1991.
Troop leader Girl Scouts American, Montecito, California, 1977-1978. Volunteer reading tutor Peabody Elementary School, Santa Barbara, 1985-1993. Member library committee Office County Superintendent Schools, Santa Barbara, 1986-1990.
Member Authors Guild, Cat Writer's Association, American Institutes of Wine and Food, Santa Barbara High School Alumni Association (board directors 1986-1987, Distinguished Alumni award 1993), Association Booksellers for Children, Society California Council on Literature for Children and Young Adults, California Reading Association, Southern California Objectivist Association, Society Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Santa Barbara Writers for Children, Montecito Friends of the Library., International Reading Association.
Married Craig Zeisloft Jaffurs, August 27, 1983.