{"id":118,"date":"2022-02-02T13:20:59","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T13:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emilymatheis.com\/?page_id=118"},"modified":"2023-05-09T04:04:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T04:04:05","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/emilymatheis.com\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"118\" class=\"elementor elementor-118\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7121d9e elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"7121d9e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;gradient&quot;,&quot;shape_divider_top&quot;:&quot;opacity-fan&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-shape elementor-shape-top\" data-negative=\"false\">\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 283.5 19.6\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\">\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.33\" d=\"M0 0L0 18.8 141.8 4.1 283.5 18.8 283.5 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.33\" d=\"M0 0L0 12.6 141.8 4 283.5 12.6 283.5 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" style=\"opacity:0.33\" d=\"M0 0L0 6.4 141.8 4 283.5 6.4 283.5 0z\"\/>\n\t<path class=\"elementor-shape-fill\" d=\"M0 0L0 1.2 141.8 4 283.5 1.2 283.5 0z\"\/>\n<\/svg>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1266135\" data-id=\"1266135\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efee412 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"efee412\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 10-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-81 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/emilymatheis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emily-M-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"176\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilymatheis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emily-M-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/emilymatheis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emily-M-643x1024.jpg 643w, https:\/\/emilymatheis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emily-M-768x1223.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emilymatheis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Emily-M-rotated.jpg 838w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 176px) 100vw, 176px\" \/>Emily Matheis writes\u00a0books for both children and adults with characters in intelligent, adaptable, and exemplary roles. She is an active member of the Society of Children\u2019s Book Writers &amp; Illustrators and is a first-place award-winning writer through the organization.<\/p><p>She got her first taste of writing books as a member of the Young Author\u2019s Club in elementary school, where she wrote and illustrated a story titled \u201cThe Silly Crocdiel [sic]\u201d that, sadly, is not likely to be published. She worked as a journalist for her university newspaper interviewing anyone from mayors and nonprofit leaders to student activists. Her post-graduate opportunities moved her into technical proposal writing. A few years later, she was inspired to write books for children, as she found published books to be woefully lacking in stories of female heroism. From there, she branched out into novels, adhering to the same focus and drive for women in intelligent, adaptable, and exemplifying roles.<\/p><p>Whether it\u2019s romantic comedies that flourish with charming hope for a Happily Ever After, or the all-important genre of picture books and the profound windows and mirrors they provide for children to be seen and valued, Emily explores it all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-82eb1fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"82eb1fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 10-04-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"811\" src=\"https:\/\/emilymatheis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Books-and-Coffee.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-148\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emilymatheis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Books-and-Coffee.png 988w, https:\/\/emilymatheis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Books-and-Coffee-296x300.png 296w, https:\/\/emilymatheis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Books-and-Coffee-768x778.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emily Matheis writes\u00a0books for both children and adults with characters in intelligent, adaptable, and exemplary roles. 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