Carol Lucha-Burns is an award-winning author, playwright, teacher, performer, and director who has been involved in over 200 works of artistic creation. As a Professor of Theatre at the University of New Hampshire, she developed programs in Musical Theatre, Educational Theatre, Storytelling, Directing the Musical, and Puppetry. Although much of her work is centered in New England, where she won the NH Theatre Conference Lifetime Achievement Award and the New England Theatre Conference Award for Excellence in Theatre Education, she has also taught, written, designed, performed, and directed in Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, Utah, Syracuse, Manhattan, and Internationally in Tokyo and Vietnam. Learn Thru Play: Creative Activities That Build Attention, Curiosity, and Collaboration, and Learn Thru Play 2: The Plays¿ draws on her knowledge of various subjects and student abilities. Like the eclectic family in Georgia, A New York Story, her first work of fiction, Carol believes creativity, honesty, standing up for your beliefs, and humor are essential tools of creativity and survival in an ever-changing world. Her Choice Award-winning reference book, Musical Notes, now available on the web as Musical Notes N' More, is a valuable resource for those interested in Musical Theatre.