Welcome to the website of award-winning poet and children's book author Valiska Gregory. Translated into seven languages, her work has received Parents' Choice Awards, been chosen for the American Booksellers' Pick of the Lists, and featured on PBS and national television.   A Writer-in-residence at Butler University, she writes for Publishers Weekly and enjoys speaking at schools, libraries, and conferences across the country.  Library reference source Something About the Author calls Ms. Gregory a "star in the children's literature scene.”