Author Bio


Sylvia Fiorello is a Chautauqua County resident who lives with her husband in Jamestown, New York, and also in Ocala, Florida for part of the year. A former teacher, she retired in 2004 from a background that included English teacher, counselor, education coordinator, director of prevention education and a family literacy teacher in the adult education division of Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES.

Her favorite occupation now is being "nana" to three little preschool grandsons located in New York and Florida. Her second favorite job is writing about healthy eating in her fact/fiction book, My Best Friend Ever.

In this fact-filled fiction book, seventh graders, Olive and Amy O, best friends, decide to explore and take on the systems that sabotage healthy eating in their quest to be more fit. Empowered by their idea, they decide to write a how to book for all kids who want to eat and exercise healthy. During the course of the book they learn what true friendship is and become role models for their peers. The result is a humorous chapter book that is a fun ride filled with facts and ideas to help all kids to make informed choices about what they eat and do to be healthier for life.

This is her first book, but probably not her last.