Torrey Maldonado (http://www.torreymaldonado.com) is the author of the critically acclaimed books What Lane?, Tight, and Secret Saturdays. He was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY where he still lives and teaches today.

Rosanne Orta (https://twitter.com/orta_rosanne) lives in Arizona and has taught high school English for 12 years and is an NWP teacher-leader.

Each episode of The Write Time includes prompts and time to write. You can view the full archive with all of our author-educator talks here (https://educatorinnovator.org/campaigns/the-write-time/).