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"When Fido Has to Fly"

Flying pets overseas without putting them into quarantine

"An American Driver on British Roads"

A tale of road blocks and roundabouts

“Home Sweet Catalogue Home”
Build your own dream home in just 90 days!

“Max Hess, Jr. Puts Allentown, PA on the Map”
Glitz and glamour in a Pennsylvania town

“Dodging Bullets”
Civil War stories
(for kids 8-12)


“Flood Alert!” & "Flood Busters"
Don't mess with "Mother Nature"
(for kids 8-12)


The Great American Medicine Show
An illustrated history of American health reformers

The Breakfast Book
Morning munchies in 1970s-era California

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Writer, historian and writing coach Elizabeth (Liz) Armstrong Hall covers the “odd corners” of history for the popular press and children's publications. Using interviews, historical documents, photographs, ads and other images, she spins facts into stories that bring history alive for anyone who loves a good read.

Liz Armstrong Hall's work has appeared in American History, St. Louis Magazine, Pennsylvania Heritage, Christian Science Monitor, Boston Globe, St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Cornwall Today.

She has also written kids' stories for Cobblestone, AppleSeeds, DIG, Highlights for Children and National Geographic World (National Geographic Kids).

A former English and writing teacher, Liz helps U.S. university-bound students prepare for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Writing Section and college application essays. In the U.K. she also coaches students, 8-15, on writing basics and preparation for the English Common Entrance Examination at 11+ and 13+ and GCSE (English). She is available as a guest writing instructor for school visits and residencies.

She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Thames Valley Writers' Circle, Group for Education in Museums, National Association for Writers in Education, New Writing South and the Authors' Guild.

A native of Pennsylvania, U.S.A., Liz Armstrong Hall lives in Silchester, Hampshire, U.K. with her husband, Ray, and Airedale Terrier, Gracie. She'll be returning to the U.S. in late June 2009.





Liz visits her muse, "Giant's Head," at The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall, U.K. Sculpture by Sue Hill and Pete Hill. (Photograph by R.S. Hall)


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