Meet
our
authors
Shelley
Watson
Author · Publisher · Educator
Shelley is a former teacher and principal who spent 15 years turning reluctant readers into eager learners. She has taught students with a wide range of learning differences—and she’s raised two daughters, including one whose neurodivergent mind brings a beautifully unique perspective, so she knows every brain blooms in its own way.
​Sheri
Skousen
Author · Teacher · Curriculum Specialist
Sheri is a veteran first-grade teacher and early literacy expert with over two decades of classroom experience. During her years teaching young readers, she developed her own structured phonics program—designed to make reading easier, faster, and more joyful for beginning learners.
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Brittney
Watson
Debut Author Collaborator · Content Creator
Brittney is a master of survival—especially when it comes to sketchy apartments, burnt toast, and the emotional rollercoaster of early adulthood. She’s an actress, a bartender, a former reality TV escapee (don’t ask), and now—an author.
Ashley
Cosgrove
Digital Strategist · CEO · Education Collaborator
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Ashley Cosgrove is a digital marketing expert with over a decade of experience turning ideas into impact. As the founder and CEO of Ashley Cosgrove Digital Consulting, she’s helped countless entrepreneurs grow their audiences, refine their online presence, and build sustainable income through smart, intentional digital strategy.
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Today, Shelley writes playful, brain-boosting books for kids, teens, and adults under her Blooming Wits label. Whether she’s helping a kindergartener master sight words, a teen gear up for life after high school, or a grown-up spark fresh curiosity, her mission is clear: grow your mind at any age.
Sheri's approach is classroom-tested and proven effective across diverse learners, earning her recognition as a curriculum specialist and teacher trainer.
As the co-creator of the Alphabet Guy series and lead developer of its phonics instruction, Sheri brings both heart and expertise to every book she helps write. Her passion for foundational literacy, creative teaching, and empowering kids through reading is at the core of everything she creates for Blooming Wits.
Known for her deadpan delivery and spicy sense of humor, Brittney writes the way she lives: unscripted, unfiltered, and a little bit chaotic.
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Her work with Blooming Wits captures what it really feels like as a Gen-Z to be figuring it out in real-time—and she’s got plenty of stories left to tell.
​​Ashley has already launched multiple successful online courses in the business and social media space — and now she’s channeling her expertise into something new. She’s currently collaborating with Blooming Wits on a top-secret project for parents and educators that’s equal parts practical and powerful.
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Let’s just say… you’ll want to be on the email list when it drops.
