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Kathy L. May
Kathy attended the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville where she began writing for adults. She earned an M.F.A. in creative writing at Indiana University and published poems and stories in literary journals. After Kathy had two children of her own she started writing stories for younger readers.
Molasses Man, her first picture book, describes how a farm family works together to make sorghum molasses in an all-day process that includes harvesting the cane, cutting and milling it, and then slow-cooking the green juice until it's a rich, dark syrup. The book was inspired by her hands-on work with Virginia molasses makers, but also draws upon family stories about her great-grandfather. Kathy wrote this story to help preserve and celebrate a traditional rural foodway that's fading into the past.
Kathy L. May lives with her husband and two children in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she teaches college writing classes and gives book talks and writing workshops at elementary schools.
Molasses Man
ages 5-9.
In early autumn, a boy and his family spend a day outdoors slow-cooking a batch of sorghum molasses. Grandpa's in charge now but who will be the next Molasses Man? Booklist calls Molasses Man "a down-home story of familial love and tradition, with all the makings of a sweet read."
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