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Ruth Cashin Monsell Author

Ruth Cashin Monsell of Camden, Maine, winters in Charleston, SC. She has always actively pursued the arts, including music, painting and theater and enjoyed writing. This is her debut book.

She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Illinois Wesleyan University, began work on a Master's degree on a Fellowship at American University, and received her M.S. in Education at Hofstra University. In her 20's she began an-18 year career in education and taught English, American history, art, music, and theater arts, in New York, Connecticut and Maine. Ruth is the mother of two sons and has two grandsons.