Kopp, Rudell D.

As far back as Rudell can remember, books and storytelling played a huge part in her life. As an only child of two working parents, characters in books were her friends. During her summer vacations, she spent many hours putting pencil to paper, either practicing her penmanship or sketching the faces of her classmates. It seems only natural for Rudell's lifelong dream of unleashing the books that have been inside her for so long to finally take place-at the age of 62! Having been a single mother to her only son throughout the '70s, her career path took many turns. The common thread was that it