Name:  LORRIE FARRELLY

Where are you from: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, USA

A little about your self, your education, Family life, etc:

I’m the daughter of a Naval officer and moved around quite a lot as a child. When my dad retired, we settled in the San Francisco Bay Area in California, and I attended the nearby University of California at Santa Cruz.  Following graduate school at Northwestern University, I began a career in education that included teaching art to 4th graders, drama to 8th graders, and finally, math to high school students.

I’m a three-time winner on the Jeopardy! television quiz show. I’ve shepherded wide-eyed foreign exchange students along Hollywood Blvd and have happily curried and shoveled as a ranch hand at Disneyland’s Circle D Ranch. And always, I’ve loved to write.

I’ve won a Presidential Commendation for Excellence in Teaching Mathematics and been a Renaissance nominee for Teacher of the…