Coert Voorhees

Coert Voorhees was born and raised in New Mexico. He holds an MFA in Fiction from the University of Houston, and he is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship in the translation of Chilean theatre as well as fellowships from Houston Arts Alliance and Rice University, where he served as Visiting Writer in Residence. Coert is the author of the novels THE BROTHERS TORRES (2009 ALA Top Ten best Books for Young Adults) LUCKY FOOLS (2012 Junior Library Guild Selection) and the forthcoming IN TOO DEEP (Summer 2013). Coert is the founding Mayor of GRAMMAROPOLIS, a multi-platform grammar education company based on successful lessons from his 7th grade Writing classes, and his books for children include the Meet the Parts of Speech series and STORM WRANGLER. He lives with his family in Houston.