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Connie McIntyre, M.Ed., helps people capture their stories in unique books. She has authored, or edited, and published dozens of books. Some were created as handcrafted keepsake books, and others were commercially bound, several under her Thumbprint Press imprint. Her published works include biographies, family stories, children's picture books, personal and travel memoirs, and collections of poetry.

Because she likes to share the fun, Connie teaches writing and bookmaking, and manufactures and markets her original Handmade Books from the Heart Kits. She is author of Old Marie and Flowers for Grandpa Dan, coauthor of High Styles: Stories from a World Class Hairdresser and Upside Downside Inside Out ~ Poems about Being a Kid, and editor of several volumes of poetry.

Connie lives in St. Louis, Missouri, with her husband, three tall children, and four-legged menagerie.