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Niles native Carol Ann Kauffman, retired from teaching in the Niles City School District, is the author of 26 books, including âJanuary Black Ice.â
NILES Carol Ann Kauffman believes everyone should write a book.
“I think there is a book in everybody, and everybody should write,” Kauffman said. “And my advice would be after you write the first book, sit down and write another.”
Kauffman, who has authored 26 books since her retirement from teaching at Niles City Schools and has more in the works said there is joy and satisfaction in writing.
A lifetime area resident, Kauffman, 73, grew up in Niles. She went to Youngstown State University to study art, but decided that wasn’t her path.