Biography:
Crystal Bowman is a former preschool teacher, author, and speaker. She graduated from Calvin College with a degree in elementary education and studied early childhood development at the University of Michigan. Her writing career began in 1990 as a lyricist for children’s piano music. She began writing children’s books in 1993 and has since written more than fifty books for children. She has written books for many popular children’s series such as Little Blessings, BOZ the Bear, MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers), I Can Read!, and is the sole author of the best selling holiday board book series published by Zonderkidz. She has also written two books of humorous poetry for children, three books for women, numerous magazine articles, Bible study materials, and educational resource books. Her books have been published by Zondervan, Tyndale, Baker, Standard, Cook, Eerdmans, and Focus on the Family. As a speaker, Crystal enjoys sharing her stories and poems in author’s assemblies as well as teaching writing workshops in the classroom. She also speaks at teachers’ conventions, writers’ conferences, women’s seminars, and MOPS groups. Crystal and her husband, Bob, have enjoyed thirty-five years of marriage and are the parents of three grown children. They live in Grand Rapids, Michigan and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.