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Jeanne Betancourt (born October 2, 1941 in Vermont) is an American author and television script writer best known for her ''Pony Pals'' series of books. ==Biography== Betancourt was born and raised in rural Vermont. She lived across from a dairy farm; this rural setting would later influence many of her works.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jeanne Betancourt )〕 During her childhood, she never considered being an author. Instead, she wanted to dance, and studied tap dancing.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jeanne Betancourt (1941–) – Sidelights )〕 When she grew too tall (at five feet, eight inches) to be a Rockette, she decided to become a nun in her junior year of high school.〔 After graduating high school, she moved to Rutland, Vermont where she entered the Sisters of St. Joseph, a teaching order of nuns.〔 She earned a Bachelor of Science in 1964 from the College of St. Joseph the Provider〔 and a Master of Arts degree〔 in film from New York University in 1974.''Women in Focus'', her first published work, focuses on her master's degree project.〔 Betancourt left the Sisters of Saint Joseph and moved to New York City, where she taught public high school.〔 She married and had a daughter, Nicole.〔 She wrote her first children's book, ''SMILE! How to cope with braces'', in 1982 when her daughter Nicole had braces,〔 and soon became a full-time author.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jeanne Betancourt (1941–) – Career )〕 She later divorced.〔 She currently lives either on the top floor of a sixteen-story building near the American Museum of Natural History in New York City or in her home in Connecticut.〔 In her free time she draws, oil paints, gardens, and reads.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jeanne Betancourt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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