AVA CAPOSSELA grew up on an orange grove in East Highlands, California. Graduating from Stanford University with a BA in English with emphasis on creative writing, she later earned both an MA and PhD from Claremont Graduate University. Becoming a copywriter at McCann- Erickson, San Francisco, in 1968, gave her unique insight into that time and place. Ava has taught copywriting at Cal State Fullerton and Chapman University, as well as middle school English and Latin, and now tutors young readers and writers.
The fourth generation Californian loves to hike her native mountains, read, write, and travel with family.