Mon Trice

Mon Trice was born in East Saint Louis, IL and spent most of her early childhood there. At an early age she chose books over toys and often made up stories and plays. During the teenage years, the family moved to St. Louis where she attended Mehlville Sr. High School. After receiving her B.S. in Psychology from Southeast Missouri State University, she obtained her MBA Degree from Lindenwood University.

Mon Trice is a poet and former columnist for Pure News USA. She is also the author of

Changing Seasons (Pageway Publishing/Red Duck Books), her first children’s book for

ages 4-8 years old.

A desire for children’s literature to reflect our pluralistic society is the passion that drives her. She believes children should be able to see themselves reflected in the literature they read. Inadequate representation and in some cases a lack of representation sends a damaging message of being unimportant. It is her firm belief that if elementary literacy statistics can be used to forecast the number of prisons to build, those same statistics can be used to make sure those prisons remain empty, one book at a time.

Her affinity for children led to the decision to have a portion of proceeds from Changing Seasons donated to the Joshua Miller Benefit Foundation. Mon Trice now

resides in St. Louis, Mo with her husband Tony, their son Cannon and Bob the goldfish.