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                Winner of the 2013 PEN/Steven Kroll Award for Picture Book Writing
                            Illustration by Amanda Hall.
                            The judge's citation can be found at the PEN America website


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                                                   With judges Barbara Shook Hazen and
                                                   Cheryl Willis Hudson at the PEN Literary Awards
                                                   Ceremony in New York City on October 21, 2013
                   Illustration by Melissa Sweet

Brave Girl: Clara and the Shirtwaist Makers' Strike of 1909 was chosen as one of 2013's Best Nonfiction Children's Books of the Year by School Library Journal, one of the top titles for 2013 by Book Links, and a Nerdy Book Award winner for nonfiction.

It was featured in the TABLET magazine article:

"Not Just for Kids: Three Knockout Biographies Bring Three Awesome Jews to Life"

and came out in a PJ Library edition.

Classes

UCLA Extension's Writers' Program
Writing the Picture Book: A Beginning Workshop
Mondays, 6:30-9:30 pm
April 28 - June 9, 2014

Events

Writer in Residence
Crossroads Elementary School
Santa Monica, California
February 25 - 26, 2014

UCLA Extension's Writers' Program

Writing for Children: A Beginning Workshop
Mondays, 6:30-9:30 pm
October 28 - December 9, 2013

UCLA Extension Writers Faire
August 25, 2013
11-3 pm
Panel: Writing for the Youth Market

August 2, 2013
Sparkling Nonfiction Picture Books (Breakout Session)
SCBWI National Summer Conference

April 13, 2013
12 - 4 pm
Writing Nonfiction That Rocks (Workshop)
SCBWI British Isles
Theodore Bullfrog Pub, London

April 6, 2013
12 pm - 1:30 pm
Writing Workshop for Kids, Ages 9 - 12
American Library in Paris

December 1, 2012
Co-presenter of Workshop,
"Writing for Zombies and More"
826LA Echo Park

UCLA Extension Writers Faire
August 26, 2012
11-3 pm
Panel: Writing for the Youth Market