LISA WESTBERG PETERS

Lisa Westberg Peters was born in 1951. She is 61 years old right now and still alive!! Lisa Westberg Peters

lives in Minneapolis near the Mississippi River!!

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Lisa Westberg Peters is married. Her husband’s name is Dave. She has 2 grown-up daughters, Emily

and Anna. They live close to her.

A photo of her daughters when they were younger.

Lisa Westberg Peters really enjoys science. She collects sand and rocks wherever she travels. She has been to Alaska, Florida,

Hawaii, Chile, Turkey, and all over Europe. Traveling gives her ideas

for her writing.

These are some photos from her travels.

Lisa Westberg Peters liked to write long stories about fairies to her grandmother. She would sit on the banks of the St. Croix River in Wisconsin and write poetry also. Her aunt gave her the idea to major in journalism in college.

Here are 3 examples of her poems:

River Meets Crack in the Earth

A river crosses the San Andreas fault.It turns right, then continues on,a little shaken up.

Obituary for a ClamClam. Marine.Age, 10 years.Died 300 million years agoin underwater landslide.Native of the Tethys Sea.Loving mother of 198 clams.Lived a good lifein the shallow wateroff the coast of Pangaea.Survived bydaughter clams,son clams,uncle clams,aunt clams,clam, clams, clams . . .She is missed dearly,but is fossilizedin the limestoneof a back yard pathin Memphis, Tennessee.

Instructions for the Earth's DishwasherPlease set thecontinental platesgently on thecontinental shelves.No jostling or scraping.Please stack thebasin right side up.No tilting or turningupside-down.Please scrape the mudout of the mud pots.But watch out!They're still hot.As for the forksin the river,just let them soak.Remember,if anything breaks,it's your fault.