Ann McCallum Staats grew up near a remote small town in British Columbia, Canada. At her first ‘real’ job, she once crossed paths with a bear while teaching in a one-room schoolhouse. She was happy to move to Maryland soon after that experience! Here, she taught math while keeping tabs on much smaller animals: the local rabbit population (This helped to inspire her, later, to write Rabbits, Rabbits Everywhere: A Fibonacci Sequence). Up for another adventure, Ann moved with her family to the United Arab Emirates for nearly 5 years. She was happy to be somewhere with good skiing again- only this time it was on sand dunes instead of snow.
While overseas, Ann started work on her first book, The Secret Life of Math which went on to win ForeWord Magazine’s Gold Book of the Year award. Many books later, she is deeply passionate about writing and works at it nearly every day.
Ann lives in Virginia where her amazing family keeps her happy–and busy!
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