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Sarah Weeks

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Sarah Weeks
Weeks in 2015.
Weeks in 2015.
Born (1955-03-18) March 18, 1955 (age 69)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, US
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
GenrePicture books, chapter books, novels
Notable worksSo B. It, Jumping the Scratch
SpouseJim Fyfe
Children2
Website
sarahweeks.com

Sarah Weeks (born March 18, 1955) is an American writer of children's books, perhaps best known for the novel So B. It which has won several juvenile literature awards. In 2007 it won the Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award[1] and William Allen White Children's Book Award.

Biography

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Sarah Weeks was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1955, the daughter of an English professor. She has a brother and a sister. When she was a little girl, the things she liked to do best were playing music and writing. When she grew up, she went to New York City, married, and had two sons, Gabriel and Nathaniel.

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ Rebecca Caudill Young Reader's Book Award
  2. ^ "Hurricane city". Library of Congress Catalog Record. Retrieved 2014-02-13.
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