I fence, write, teach, and read a lot. Sometimes I get published, sort of by accident. No, the next book is not going to be out soon.
I fence sabre. Fencing is a wonderful sport--you can keep getting better even when your body is slowing down. Sabre fencers yell a lot.
I have competed several times in World Championships in Veteran age 50-59 Women's Sabre. In 2005 in Tampa, Florida, and 2008 in Limoges, France, I took silver, and in 2006 in Bath, England, I took the gold. In 2007 I didn't go because it was in Australia at the beginning of the school year.
The awards platform in Limoges - that's me on the left
My Ph.D. is in research on teaching, from the University of Pennsylvania. I taught elementary school science to 4th and 5th grade boys for 10 years, and now I'm teaching 6th grade English. I'm also the English department chair for my preK-12th grade independent school because nobody else would take the job.
I've been married since 1976. My husband Stephen is a computer consultant. We have one daughter, two cats, a changeable number of computers, relatively little debt, no savings, far too many books, and a good deal of second-hand furniture. Our daughter, Jessica, is a graduate student in English at Temple University, and I'm horribly proud of her.
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Mail me at: dmturner@dmturner.org
This page last updated March 9, 2009