SPIGOT Authors and Illustrators
Hall of Fame

The following authors or illustrators have contributed to Spigot Science Magazine.  We thank them!

David Cochran, EdD, has enjoyed writing all his life.  He has written several books on educational technology and many articles for educational journals.  He started writing for publication in high school and college where he was the sports editor for the school newspapers.  Now he's very interested in writing for kids.  He and Valeria Girandola started Spigot so they could write articles to help kids learn how science connects with everything in our lives.  He is a staff writer for Spigot, which means that he writes many of the articles about science and math.

Valeria B. Girandola, MSEd, has been writing stories, poems, articles, newsletters, lesson plans, unit plans, curriculum development, strategies and activities throughout her years of teaching.  Now it’s Spigot time…a special project for teachers and students to enrich and enhance classroom learning.  She is a staff writer, publisher, and editor-in-chief at Spigot and writes many of the articles, stories, poems, strategies and activities for the magazine.

Rebecca Creswell is a librarian in Bridgewater-Raritan School District in New Jersey.  She is very interested in gargoyles and adapted an ideas she had for a book to the article she wrote for Spigot.

Contribution:  Weird and Wonderful Waterspouts, Vol. 1, No. 1, Water, p. 22

Eileen Peluso is a lawyer and former teacher in the Trenton, NJ, school system.  She loves writing for children and often entertains with her clever and witty poems written for special occasions.

Contribution:  Water, Water, Vol. 1, No. 1, Water, p. 10

Patricia Richwine, PhD, is a former Curriculum Director and Associate Professor at Georgian Court University.  She serves on the Spigot Virtual Advisory Board.  Her specialty is children's literature.

Contribution:  Good Books about Water, Vol. 1, No. 1, Water, p. 31