After attending Santa Clara University School of Law, Moira Donohue practiced law—and then became a published author of stories about punctuation marks! Her debut was Alfie the Apostrophe. Moira's second book was Penny and the Punctuation Bee.
She has also published two children's plays, including The Three Bears versus Goldi Locks. Seems you can't take the lawyer out of the children's writer. The Three Bears plot:
Judge Rip Van Winkle presides over the trial about Goldi Locks' trespassing into the home of the three bears. The sleepy judge has trouble staying awake as the attorneys try to present their arguments. The jurors include Grandma, Mother Gooses, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Hansel and Gretel. The Big Bad Wolf rudely interrupts the proceedings and is ejected from the courtroom. When Goldi gets to tell her version of the events, the sleepy judge dismisses the case.
When I knew Moira, I never spotted the inner punctuation geek. But she was very playful and loved spaghetti for breakfast. All in all, I was not surprised by this life-after-law story. Good for you, my old roommate!
Moira's blog.
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