F172. Nonfiction for Kids and Teens: The Art of Writing Fact Not Fake Information

F152, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Friday, March 29, 2019
10:30 am to 11:45 am

 

Five experienced, award-winning writers offer a window into the creation of the vibrant and imaginative nonfiction books being published for teens and kids today. How a writer discovers her subject, chooses a form (from longer narrative nonfiction to graphic nonfiction to picture books) completes the research for both text and image, and persists to the final fact-checking will be featured. The participants share their own work, as well as innovative books that inspire them.


Participants

Moderator:

Claire Rudolf Murphy is the author of eighteen award-winning books of nonfiction and fiction for children and young adults, including her 2018 book Martin and Bobby: a Journey to Justice. Since 200,8 Murphy has taught in the low residency MFAC program for children's writers at Hamline University.

Mary Cronk Farrell writes with passion about little-known women from history who faced great adversity with courage. Her critically acclaimed, award-winning books include Fannie Never Flinched and Pure Grit: How American World War II Nurses Survived Battle and Prison Camp in the Pacific.

Phyllis Root has written over fifty books for children, including award-winning natural history picture books. She is an instructor in the Hamline University Master of Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults program.

Jacqueline Briggs Martin is the author of twenty children's books, including Snowflake Bentley, which was awarded the Caldecott Medal in 1999. Her most recent books are the Sibert Honor book Chef Roy Choi and the Street Food Re-Mix (cowritten with June Jo Lee) and the Green Earth Award-winner Creekfinding.

Carmen T. Bernier-Grand is the author of eleven books for children and young adults. Three of her biographies have won Pura Belpre honors. Among other recognitions for her contributions to children's literature is the Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award.

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