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About Fran Slayton

Fran Slayton

Fran Slayton

Location: Charlottesville, Virginia

Fran Cannon Slayton spent her childhood growing up in Manassas and Haymarket, Virginia. She was a mean unicycle rider and pogo stick hopper, and prided herself as an all-around terror on the kickball field. Other favorite pastimes included exploding caps (with or without the use of a magnifying glass), catching salamanders with her bare hands, and using them as bait when she went fishing.

In high school she played first trumpet in the Bishop Ireton-Saint Mary’s Academy Symphonic Wind Ensemble, and lettered in four varsity sports (soccer, basketball, softball and field hockey). In college she went to the Junior Olympics in fencing, played in the Award Winning Virginia Fighting Cavalier Indoor/Outdoor Precision? Marching Pep Band and Chowder Society Review Unlimited!!! And graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Virginia with a double major in Psychology and Religious Studies (a liberal arts degree if ever there was one!)

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  • Contest alert: WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS giveaway (04/07/09 – 04/20/09)
  • CONTEST ALERT: Win 30 Advance Copies of WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS For Your School Library or Classroom! (01/1/09 – 12/15/09)
  • WHEN THE WHISTLE BLOWS by Fran Cannon Slayton