About Becky :
Becky Titelman grew up in Forest Hill, Maryland, and she went to Mountain Christian School
and John Carroll High School. She has been acting since the age of six, dancing since the age of three, and writing for as
long as she can remember. She has performed in over 70 musical theatre productions and professional musicals in her 29 years
of life.
Her first full length story was "Prairie Life Isn't Very Easy", a book about daily life
for a family on the prairies. It was 120 pages, hand-written, and took up a whole notebook. She worked on it for four
years, from fourth grade through eighth. Becky has many stories, that she has written over the years, collected in a
folder, many of which are small, glued pages with stickers for the pictures.
Becky took creative writing classes in college. She attended Elon College in North Carolina,
where she majored in Music Theatre with a minor in Dance. After college, she taught dance in North Carolina for a year, choreographed
a production of "Gypsy" for Gallery Players, played "Shelby" in "Steel Magnolias" for Gallery Players, and concentrated
on her writing in her spare time. She has also performed professionally at Hersheypark in Pennsylvania, Seaside Music Theatre
in Florida, Allenberry Playhouse in Pennsylvania, Main Street Theatre in Pennsylvania, and Wild Adventures Theme Park in Georgia.
She now lives in Midtown, Manhattan in New York City. She tries to audition when she
can, but has been concentrating on her writing a lot recently. Becky has a dog named Nimbus, who is a beautiful pure-bred
Weimeraner, and a tabby cat named Oliver, or Kitty-face, as Becky calls him.
Becky loves children, writing, working on her website, singing, dancing, and just living
in New York. She hopes that "The Wonky Witch" will become widely sold throughout the U.S., and she wants everyone to help
spread the word. Currently, she is working on the third book in the series, "The Wonky Witch and the Witching Well".
Becky extends her love to all of her readers, and she tells them, "Grab your wands and
have fun with Maude!"
FUN FACTS ABOUT BECKY:
Favorite Books: "Alanna - The First Adventure" by Tamora Pierce (and the rest
of that quartet of books), "Sorcery & Cecelia -or- The Enchanted Chocolate Pot" by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer,
"Whispering to Witches" by Anna Dale, "The Secret Country" series by Pamela Dean, the "So You Want to be a Wizard" series
by Diane Duane, "A Handful of Magic", "A Land Without Magic", & "A Wild Kind of Magic" by Stephen Elboz, "Kringle" by
Tony Abbott, "Bully-Be-Gone" by Brian Tacang, all of the "Harry Potter" books, "Magyk" and "Flyte" by Angie Sage, "Wren to
the Rescue" by Sherwood Smith, "The Goblin Wood" by Hilari Bell, "The Revenge of the Shadow King" by Benz and Lewis, the "Charlie
Bone" series by Jenny Nimmo, "The Witch Catcher" by Mary Downing Hahn, "The Whitby Witches" by Robin Jarvis, "Eric Rex"
by Kaza Kingsley, "The Kingdom Keepers" by Ridley Pearson, "Crystal Doors" by Rebecca Moesta and Kevin J. Anderson, "May
Bird" by Jodi Lynn Anderson, "The Prophecy" by Hilari Bell, "Pirate Curse" by Kai Meyer, "Hatching Magic" and "The Dragon
of Never-Was" by Ann Downer, "The Wizard Test" by Hilari Bell, "Gideon" by Linda Buckley-Archer, "Ghost Ship" by Dietlof
Reiche, "Eragon" by Christopher Paolini, "Drift House" by Dale Peck, "Fly by Night" by Frances Hardinge, and "The Treasures
of Weatherby" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder, "The Candy Shop War" by Brandon Mull
Favorite Foods: Mac and Cheese (her home-made, baked in the oven), pizza, and
her mom's chicken quiche
Favorite Drink: Venti Skim with Whipped Cream Mocha from Starbucks
Favorite Color: Orange
Favorite TV Shows: "I Love Lucy" (her all-time favorite show!!), "Frasier", "Cheers",
"Ghost Whisperer", and all of the old shows on Nick at Night
Favorite Movies: "The Sound of Music", "The Odd Couple", "Overboard", "Parent
Trap", "Meet Me in St. Louis", "The Polar Express", "Mary Poppins", and all of the "Harry Potter" movies
Favorite Possessions: Her actual 1952 Quick News Weekly Magazine featuring
Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, and her first copy of "The Wonky Witch"
Favorite Things to Do: Write, read, work on this site, play with her dog, e-mail
with her readers, sing, teach dance classes
Favorite People: Her parents (who have been very supportive
and attended every signing), her younger brother (Bob), Lucille Ball (even though her comic genius is no longer with us),
Pam Lauer (Becky's first dance teacher), Laura Lang (Becky's director in her high school musicals), and her FANS and READERS
(without them, Becky thinks there would be no "Wonky Witch" series)
Favorite Job: when she used to teach dance and musical theater classes in New
Jersey
Favorite Memories: being in Disney World with her family when she was in third
grade, performing in her first show ("Annie") when she was six, doing mission work in Mexico building houses for the poor,
receiving her first copy of "The Wonky Witch" in the mail
