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Brenda Reeves Sturgis
Brenda Reeves Sturgis
children’s book author
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10 Turkeys in the Road
Brenda Sturgis was born Brenda Lee Ferris on 
June 25, 1962, weighing in at a whopping 3.5 lbs. 
(That’s like 3 ½ packages of hot dogs!) She wore 
20-inch doll clothes and fit inside a shoebox! 
She was a ferocious looker of Golden Books, 
falling asleep with picture books in her hands
and a thumb in her mouth. When she grew up
she filled pages and pages and books and books 
with poetry. While in high school she missed 
out on many peer parties because she was 
hunkered in her house reading; but it was 
her favorite pastime then—and still is today.

In 1980 she graduated from Westbrook High School, in Westbrook, Maine. She joined the United States Air Force, where she proudly served at Aviano Air Base in Aviano, Italy. She married in 1981 and had four children in the following years. She traveled to wonderful, far-away places like Venice, Rome, Trieste, Florence, Spain, and South Dakota. 

In 2004 while with her daughter at an author visit, fate intervened and Brenda met picture book author Lynn Plourde. Brenda asked Lynn the question that would change the direction of her life: “How do I become a writer?” Lynn directed Brenda to the SCBWI
(Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.) Brenda became a member and never looked back. 

In 2007 Brenda won first place and an honorable mention in Roxyanne Young’s Smart Writers Contest, judged by famed writer and Blueboard creator Verla Kay, with her story, “The Football Game,” now retitled, “Touchdown!” In 2008 Brenda sold 10 Turkeys in the Road to Margery Cuyler after being paired with her at RUCCL (Rutgers University Council of Children’s Literature).

Brenda lives on a lake that she loves in Maine. When she is not busy enjoying life, she is researching and writing, writing and reading, and she is very busy grandparenting. Brenda is the mother of Seabren, Stephen, Stephanie, and Stacie, mother-in-law to Whitney, Courtney, and Shaun, and grandmother to Seabren IV, Sondre Reeves, Landen McIntyre and Hannah Reeves. She’s married to her perfect prince, Gary. She likes liver and onions, Brussel sprouts, and chocolate, but not all at the same time!
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Brenda Sturgis was born Brenda Lee Ferris on 
June 25, 1962, weighing in at a whopping 3.5 lbs. 
(That’s like 3 ½ packages of hot dogs!) She wore 
20-inch doll clothes and fit inside a shoebox! 
She was a ferocious looker of Golden Books, 
falling asleep with picture books in her hands
and a thumb in her mouth. When she grew up
she filled pages and pages and books and books 
with poetry. While in high school she missed 
out on many peer parties because she was 
hunkered in her house reading; but it was 
her favorite pastime then—and still is today.

In 1980 she graduated from Westbrook High School, in Westbrook, Maine. She joined the United States Air Force, where she proudly served at Aviano Air Base in Aviano, Italy. She married in 1981 and had four children in the following years. She traveled to wonderful, far-away places like Venice, Rome, Trieste, Florence, Spain, and South Dakota. 

In 2004 while with her daughter at an author visit, fate intervened and Brenda met picture book author Lynn Plourde. Brenda asked Lynn the question that would change the direction of her life: “How do I become a writer?” Lynn directed Brenda to the SCBWI
(Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators.) Brenda became a member and never looked back. 

In 2007 Brenda won first place and an honorable mention in Roxyanne Young’s Smart Writers Contest, judged by famed writer and Blueboard creator Verla Kay, with her story, “The Football Game,” now retitled, “Touchdown!” In 2008 Brenda sold 10 Turkeys in the Road to Margery Cuyler after being paired with her at RUCCL (Rutgers University Council of Children’s Literature).

Brenda lives on a lake that she loves in Maine. When she is not busy enjoying life, she is researching and writing, writing and reading, and she is very busy grandparenting. Brenda is the mother of Seabren, Stephen, Stephanie, and Stacie, mother-in-law to Whitney, Courtney, and Shaun, and grandmother to Seabren IV, Sondre Reeves, and Landen McIntyre. She’s married to her perfect prince, Gary. She likes liver and onions, Brussel sprouts, and chocolate, but not all at the same time!

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