M. Ann (Machen) Pritchard is the Author/Illustrator/Songwriter of the children's books, Phil the Pill and Friends Making Positive Choices and Val's World Featuring The Family Unity Roundtable. The books were written to help encourage children to stay in school to get their education, learn how to read and make positive choices. They also teach children positive communication skills and help bring families closer together. Her passion and mission is to encourage everyone that it is not the end of the world when things don't always go our way. She strongly believes that if we get a good education and learn to make positive choices at an early age, we can get through more difficult challenges now and later in life. Ann has appeared on several Radio and TV Shows including, Fox 9 Morning News, The Art Cunningham Show, Lovepower, Crossroads, Let's Learn to Get Along, Motivation with Ron Henderson, the Fitness King, WBEJ 1240 FM, KNOF 95.3 FM, KMTL760AM, the 3 minuteegg dot com and the ChildrenAuthorShow dot com. Also, in newspapers including, The Maywood Herald, Elizabethton Star, Johnson City Press, Spokesman-Recorder and The African News Journal. She is available to speak at schools, libraries, on Radio and TV shows or any events involving the community for positive interventions. The books were nominated in the MN Book Awards and Hollywood Book Awards. Ann is a Winner in 50 Great Writers You Should Be Reading, 2013-14 Edition. Her books have been received positively by many, including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Laura Bush and Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York.
