![]() ![]() When my daughter was born, I decided to try my hand at a writing career. I consider the children’s novel I wrote that year to be “practice” and although it will never be published, it kept me on the path, kept me writing. I was going to teach them everything I knew about writing, and they in turn would help me to become a better writer. I told my students we were going to write up a storm that year. I tinkered with writing while teaching, holding administrative positions, and getting my masters, but it wasn’t until I moved to Maine and returned to the classroom as first grade teacher, that I became determined to write a children’s book. While an undergrad at Lesley College, I took a course in children’s literature and fell in love with the genre. I kept a diary since the age of nine, and I won the Edith Bird Bass Essay Contest as a senior in high school in my hometown of Peterborough, NH. I didn’t always know I’d be a writer, but somehow it turned out that way. ![]() From her web site, here is a brief bio on the author:Ĭoming from a long line of educators, I always knew I’d be a teacher. ![]() ![]() On Tuesday, November 13th the Battle of the Books Club students were able to experience a virtual question and answer session with children and young adult books author, Jennifer Richard Jacobson. Health Sciences Academy at Monroe Middle.Benton Heights Elementary School of the Arts. ![]()
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