Three Whales Who Won the Hearts of the World

Suzanne Kita (Author) is a free-lance writer, a journalist, an editor, a poet, and an edu- cational consultant. She has earned a B.A. and M.A. from University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, and was an instructor and counselor at II community col- leges for over 20 years. She was inducted into the Honolulu Chapter of the National League of American Pen Women, and served as a correspondent for the Community Colleges news magazine and has served in leadership positions for numerous higher education organizations. Suzanne now resides with her family in Bailey, Colorado, and keeps busy writing, and doing presentations at literary confer- ences, schools, libraries, bookstores, and art enrichment programs. She also writes a monthly children’s column in the Mountain Connection community newspaper. She is professionally affiliated with the Denver Chapter of the NLAPW, the Denver Women’s Press Club, The Colorado and Wyoming Councils of the International Reading Association, and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.