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Miriam Hurdle
Children's, Poetry, Biographies & Memoirs, Religion & Spirituality
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12006
- Books
1
- Member Since
Nov 2019
- Gender
Female
- Country
United States
- Born
22 November
- Profession
Retired School Adminstrator and Teacher
About
Miriam Hurdle is an Amazon Best-Selling Author. She is the solo "Medalist Winner" in the Poetry category of the 2019 New Apple Summer eBook Awards. She writes poetry, short stories, memoir and children’s books.
Miriam Hurdle grew up in Hong Kong where she finished college and worked for several years before coming to the United States. While in Hong Kong, she taught Chinese as a Second Language in Hong Kong Baptist University and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She was also the Director of Children’s Department for Asian Outreach where she published four Children’s books.
She came to the United States for her graduate studies and received three master’s degrees in Education, Counseling, and School Administration, and earned a Doctor of Education from La Verne University in California. After being a counselor for two years, a teacher for fifteen years and a school district administrator for ten years, she retired and lives with her husband in southern California.
In her retired life, she enjoys reading, writing, blogging, singing, watercolor painting, gardening, photographing, and traveling.