Hester Bass

Hester Bass grew up in a small town near Atlanta. She's been a singer in a Boston rock band, an actress/singing telegram messenger in Manhattan, and was on "The $50,000 Pyramid" with Dick Clark and "Millionaire" with Meredith Vieira. Hester's love for the work of artist Walter Anderson, and her years in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, led to THE SECRET WORLD OF WALTER ANDERSON, winner of the NCTE ORBIS PICTUS AWARD. Hester's most recent book SEEDS OF FREEDOM: THE PEACEFUL INTEGRATION OF HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA received two starred reviews, is a Junior Library Guild selection, and was reviewed in the Los Angeles Times. Hester offers energetic, informative, and inspiring presentations and loves to travel from her home in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Learn more at: www.hesterbass.com