Editing Torey Hayden (section)

== Biography ==
Hayden attended high school in [[Billings, Montana]] and graduated in 1969. She attended [[Whitman College]] in [[Walla Walla, Washington]]. She received a master's degree in special education from [[Montana State University Billings]] in 1975 and moved to [[University of Minnesota]] in Minneapolis for a doctorate in educational psychology. While there, she also worked with the Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the university hospitals.

Hayden moved to Wales in 1980. She is divorced and has a daughter.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.torey-hayden.com/biography.htm |title=Biography |publisher=Torey Hayden official website |date= |accessdate=2012-08-17 |archive-date=2015-11-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151101202430/http://www.torey-hayden.com/biography.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In Wales Hayden has worked primarily with charities associated with [[child neglect]] and [[child abuse|abuse]], including Childline, the NSPCC, the Samaritans and the Citizens' Advice Bureau.<ref name=hayden>{{cite web|title=Hall of Fame 2007 Torey Hayden Author|url=http://www.nspcc.org.uk/get-involved/thank-you/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-celebs-2007/torey-hayden/torey-hayden_wda74788.html|publisher=National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children|accessdate=July 23, 2011}}</ref>

She has written five works of fiction in addition to her non-fiction books.