At the age of four Sharon Ellsberry was the youngest child in her neighborhood. When all of her playmates went off to school, Sharon had to use her imagination to find things to do. She really wanted to go to school, so she decided to hold “dog school” in the basement of her childhood home. With a box of treats she rounded up neighborhood dogs, then sneaked the dogs into the basement and played “dog school.” From that early time Sharon developed a love for animals and using her imagination.

After a career in marketing for over twenty years, Sharon began to yearn to do something with the stories she had written. In 2003 she started the journey to take her Spaniel Family stories into publication. To date, Sharon has authored two children’s books, “The Spaniel Family’s Pen Pal Adventure” and “The Spaniel Family Goes to the State Fair”. She is working on two more books about the Spaniel Family that will be in publication in the coming years. In all of her stories she weaves the threads of childhood fantasies and the joy of being with animals.

Sharon is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and is a founding member of the Athens Writers Critique Group. She is available for program presentations in schools, libraries, bookstores and club meetings.