Marcy Heidish is an award-winning author of twenty books: fiction, non-fiction and poetry. She is the recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and other awards. Her novel about Harriet Tubman, A Woman Called Moses, was made into a TV movie starring Cicely Tyson. She has lived in Colorado and Washington, DC. Ms. Heidish holds a B.A. Degree With Honors from Vassar College and an M.A. With Distinction from the American University. She has taught at Georgetown, Fordham, George Washington, and Howard Universities.