Born in Ventura, California but raised in Bakersfield, her chosen "hometown," S. Woffington is the daughter of an oil Landman and a housewife. Woffington lived abroad in her twenties: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; London, England; Rome, Italy. These early opportunities gave her a thirst for adventure, a desire to understand cultures other than her own, and a quest to paint page after page with words that capture it all. Woffington was a member of Sol Stein's Chapter One writing and critique group, which inspired her ambition to write. She attended the University of California at Irvine, where she completed the Humanities Honors Program. Woffington then attended Chapman University and obtained two masters degrees: MFA in Creative Writing and MA in English. While at Chapman, she had a poem and a short story published in Caliope, Chapman's literary journal. Her debut novel Unveiling received Honorable Mention from Writer's Digest SP e-book awards. Jake and Gabe, a screenplay she co-authored with Lisa Oster, was a Semi-Finalist in the CWA (Creative World Awards). Ms. Woffington lives in southern California. where she teaches middle school part-time. Otherwise, she works at home as a free-lance developmental editor and writes novels.
