Sharon Sharth

Sharon Sharth was an actor for twenty years starring on and off Broadway, and guest starring in numerous film and television roles before becoming a writer. She has written fifteen children's books for various publishers including RABBITS, WILDEBEESTS, JELLYFISH, FINCHES, ROBINS, SAXOPHONES, BRASS INSTRUMENTS, and the upcoming PAKISTAN for The Child's World. Ms. Sharth has been involved with children for many years as a Screen Actors Guild Book Pal reader where she reads books to elementary school students. She is a certified scuba diver and has worked with dolphins at the Kewalo Basin Marine Mammal Laboratory in Hawaii. For the Circle Rep West Theatre Company in Los Angeles she has written a series of plays, and her short story, 'Most Quiet,' was published in the literary magazine, Lines in the Sand. Ms. Sharth recently won the Young Adult Fiction Award from the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators for her manuscript, WILD MIND.