Kathryn Erskine
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Kathryn Erskine is an American children's writer. Her book, Mockingbird, won the 2010 National Book Award
, Young People's Literature.
, and Scotland
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She was a lawyer.
She presents workshops at the Writer's Center
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National Book Award
The National Book Awards are a set of American literary awards. Started in 1950, the Awards are presented annually to American authors for literature published in the current year. In 1989 the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization which now oversees and manages the National Book...
, Young People's Literature.
Life
She grew up in South AfricaSouth Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, and Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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She was a lawyer.
She presents workshops at the Writer's Center
Writer's Center
The Writer's Center, founded in 1976, is anindependent literary center that is housed in a 12,200-square-foot facility in the arts and entertainment district of Bethesda, Maryland. The organization consists of approximately 2,500 writers, editors, small press publishers and other artists who...
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Works
- Quaking, Penguin, 2007, ISBN 9780399247743
- Mockingbird, Penguin, 2010, ISBN 9780399252648
External links
- "Q & A with Kathryn Erskine", Publisher's Weekly, Sue Corbett, April 8, 2010