Cora Gilliam is a retired educator from suburban Michigan Public Schools, where she was an elementary teacher for many years..

She is married and has two adult sons. Her family, six grandchildren, friends and memoirs of the students that she taught for many years serve as the catalyst for the stories she writes. She finds that by captivating shared moments of happenings and events through storytelling will preserves precious memories

through books and storytelling. She also aspires to kindle and encourage children at a early age to read more books for pleasure and information.