BIO

Jane Hanser is the author and developer of Easy Writer: Interactive Software for Learners of English, software for improving  writing, editing and grammar skills used throughout the United States and the world. Her poetry, essays and movie reviews have been published in numerous print and online journals and newspapers such as Poetica Magazine, The Persimmon Tree, Every Writer's Resource, The Jewish Journal, River Poets Journal, The Newton Tab, JNS.org, and others.  Ms. Hanser taught English as a Second Language and remedial writing for many years at several campuses of the City University of New York. She has an M.Ed. in English Education, subspecialty English as a Second Language, from Temple University Graduate School, in Philadelphia.

Ms. Hanser lives in Newton, MA, with her husband Phil, and their four bicycles.

Joey's descriptions of her in Dogs Don't Look Both Ways are, except for a few insignificant details of time and place, true and accurate.