Ann E. Eskridge has been involved with media for almost 30 years, starting as a news reporter in Oklahoma, Buffalo, and Detroit. She is a freelance writer and producer for video and film and a published author and scriptwriter. She has published articles in American Visions, American Profile, Learning Magazine, and the Detroiter. Her movie, Brother Future, which was aired on PBS nationally in 1994, has won numerous awards. Her children's book, The Sanctuary, published by Cobblehill, was the basis for a children's grief program at Children's Center in Detroit.