Liesel Moak Skorpen

Her works include Old Arthur, We Were Tired of Living In a House, His Mother's Dog, Elizabeth and Outside My Window.

Born in Germany, to Walter and Elizabeth Moak, she came to the US with her family, was raised and educated in Cleveland, Ohio.

[1] Liesel graduated from Wells College, Aurora, New York, and went on to Yale University where, while studying philosophy, she met a scholar named Erling Skorpen.

Together, Liesel and Erling built a family of seven children, two of whom they adopted, one from Korea and the other off an Indian reservation.

After suffering the loss of a young son, Per Anders, they moved to Maine - See more at: http://obituaries.bangordailynews.com/obituaries/bdnmaine/obituary.aspx?pid=164727431#fbLoggedOut Author biography [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]