English Essentials for Compelling Communication: Great Grammar, Captivating Composition, and Decisive Discourse

Andrea Cladis Hodge holds an MFA in Writing from Fairfield University and is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of Elmhurst College with degrees in English Writing, Interdisciplinary Communications, French, and Secondary Education. She currently works as an English Writing and Rhetoric Professor at Columbia College in Chicago, an English Professor at Waubonsee Community College in Sugar Grove, IL, and a Latin instructor at Covenant Classical School in Naperville, IL. She also works as a freelance editor, writing consultant, and licensed fitness professional. She is an Advisory Board Member for Cambridge Scholars Publishing and has been published by SAGE Academic, NOVA Science Publishers, and several print and online publications. She is the author of the memoir, Tatsimou, Hold On!, the Christian nonfiction books, Finding the Finish Line and Fearless Stride, and the poetry collections, Forgotten Coffee and Exhale Again, which center on themes of love, loss, redemption, the fragility of beauty, and the resilience of the human spirit in the face of great adversity. Known for her acute attention to detail and openness to inquiry, Andrea’s writing attracts a wide array of enthusiastic readers. For more information, visit www.tanagerwriting.com. You can also follow her on Instagram: @writer_andi_hodge or on Facebook (Andrea Cladis, Author).