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Tag: PB biography

Writing About a Living Person: A Conversation with Author Danna Zeiger and Dr. Kathleen Friel

September 2, 2025 Hilary Elizabeth Margitich

If you’ve been keeping up with our wildly engaging Writers’ Rumpus blog this summer, then you’ve already become well-acquainted with debut author Danna Zeiger and

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Manfish and the Sea by Jennifer Berne

April 2, 2024 Joyce Audy Zarins

Picture book author Jennifer Berne adventured on a sailboat for two years while deepening her understanding of the ever-evolving sea. Two of her eloquent, award-winning

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Hope Is an Arrow: The Story of Lebanese American Poet Kahlil Gibran

August 5, 2022 Joyce Audy Zarins

“There once was a boy shot from a bow like an arrow. / Strong and straight, he flew across the world, connecting many people with

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Interview of Talented Author, Hannah Holt

October 16, 2018 Kirsti Call

I first met Hannah Holt in the 12×12 forum and then later in person at an SCBWI conference.  She is a light in the kidlit

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Meet Heather Lang, Children’s Author of Lesser-Known Women

January 10, 2017 Carol Gordon Ekster

CAROL GORDON EKSTER: Heather, I love that you write children’s books about real women who overcame extraordinary obstacles and never gave up on their dreams. And

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New Picture book about scientist Dr. Kathleen Friel, who could--and DID--achieve what others said was impossible. Available today from Millbrook Press.

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