Deanna Csomo McCool

Deanna Csomo McCool is a former newspaper reporter who has practiced arts and crafts since she could tie her shoes. A mother of two daughters, she developed a love for children's fashion and became an accessories and clothing pattern designer for her company Birdsong Patterns, blogged at www.sewmccool.com, and worked as a freelance writer and technical editor in the sewing and crafting industry. After spending a decade working from home until her girls got older, she returned to school to pursue her master's degree in science writing through Johns Hopkins University. McCool now writes about science at the University of Notre Dame.