About

Author, seeker, tinkerer, wonderer, and wanderer, M.E. Torrey shares her journey through the written word.

 

Torrey is the author of twelve books for children. She is a two-time Thurber House Residency in Children's Literature nominee, plus a two-time winner of the Pacific Northwest Writers Associations (PNWA) Zola Award. Among other honors, her books have received starred reviews from “Publisher’s Weekly” and “Kirkus,” been chosen by the Junior Library Guild, been nominated for numerous state medals. (www.micheletorrey.com)

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Fox Creek is Torrey's first novel for adults.

 

Torrey has a B.S. in Microbiology and Immunology and an M.A. in Religion. She currently resides in Washington State, and has lived and traveled extensively throughout the world. In addition to her writing and traveling, Torrey is a co-founder of Orphans Africa, a 501(c)3 nonprofit charity (www.orphansafrica.org). Orphans Africa works primarily in Tanzania, building boarding schools for children orphaned by disease and poverty. Her organization now educates over 650 children, ages 3-19.