Alison Woods is an amazing author and storyteller.

She was born in Chicago and attended Chicago Public Schools. Alison graduated from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota and began her career in Information Technology with IBM in 1974 and retired from PepsiCo in 2017.

As an author, she has written and self-published five children’s books:

My Name is Kayla is a delightful story of discovery as a baby girl learns her name. Kayla is Alison’s oldest granddaughter. Published:  December 2019

We Are Happy is a story of how two brothers figure out that they are twins. Hunter and Liam, the main characters in the book, are her grandsons. Hunter narrates the story. Published: June 2021

On Sundays We Go to Church – Kayla tells the reader all about the summers that she spends with her grandmother in Texas. Published: November 2021

My Name Is Kash – is the boy version of My Name is Kayla and features Alison’s youngest grandson – Kash! Published: May 2022

Me and Santa – Kayla is about 5 in this book and she’s reminiscing about her visits to see Santa Claus each year. Published: November 2023

As a storyteller, Alison entertained her children and now, her grandchildren, with her own bedtime stories. She took things one step further with her grands and challenged them to set the stage prompting them by saying: “Give me two words and I’ll give you a story.”  She calls this technique Spontaneous Fiction™.  You can imagine how crazy/funny/delightful the stories can be – as she must make them up right there, on the spot! You can hear her Spontaneous Fiction™ stories on InstaGram: instagram.com/alisonwoodswrites

Books are available to purchase on her website: alisonwoodswritescom

Alison lives in Irving, Texas with her husband, Charles. Her children and grandchildren live in Texas, Georgia, Alabama and North Carolina!