Laurel Snyder
Laurel Snyder | |
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| Born | 1974 (age 49–50) [citation needed] Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Alma mater | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Iowa Writers' Workshop |
| Occupation | Children's author |
| Children | 3 (Max, Ruby, Zach) |
| Website | laurelsnyder |
Laurel Snyder is an American poet and writer of children's books, including novels and picture books. She has also edited a number of literary journals and is a commentator for NPR's All Things Considered.[1]
Snyder was born in Baltimore, Maryland,[2] and holds degrees from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the Iowa Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa.[3] She lives in Atlanta, Georgia,[4] with her husband and children.
Published books
- Daphne and Jim: A choose-your-own-adventure biography in verse (Burnside Review Press, 2005)
- The Myth of the Simple Machines (No Tell Books, 2007)
- Inside the Slidy Diner (Tricycle Press, 2008)
- Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains, or The Search for a Suitable Princess (Random House, 2008)
- Any Which Wall (Random House, 2009)
- Penny Dreadful (Random House, 2010)
- Baxter, the Pig Who Wanted to Be Kosher (Tricycle, 2010)
- Nosh, Schlep, Schluff: Babyiddish (Random House, 2011)
- Bigger Than a Bread Box (Random House, 2011)
- Good Night, laila tov (Random House, 2012)
- The Longest Night: A Passover Story (Schwartz & Wade, 2013)
- Seven Stories Up (Random House, 2014)
- Orphan Island (Walden Pond Press, Harper Collins Publishers, 2017) National Book Award Longlist
- Charlie & Mouse (Chronicle Books, 2017) - Winner of the 2018 Geisel Award
- As editor
- Half/Life: Jew-ish Tales from Interfaith Homes (Soft Skull Press, 2006)
References
- ^ "Laurel Snyder". Haaretz. Haaretz. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Laurel Snyder and her very big year". My AJC. My AJC. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "The Sit Down with Laurel Snyder". Little Village Mag. Little Village Mag. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "City Lights: 'Orphan Island'; Chamber Music; And More". WABE 90.1 FM. WABE 90.1 FM. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
External links
- Official website
- Laurel Snyder at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Laurel Snyder at Library of Congress, with 15 library catalog records
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Categories:
- 1974 births
- Living people
- American children's writers
- American fantasy writers
- American online publication editors
- Poets from Maryland
- Poets from Georgia (U.S. state)
- University of Iowa alumni
- Writers from Baltimore
- Writers from Atlanta
- American women poets
- American women children's writers
- Women science fiction and fantasy writers
- Novelists from Maryland
- Novelists from Georgia (U.S. state)
- 21st-century American poets