Linda Sue Park
Forfatter af A Single Shard
Om forfatteren
Linda Sue Park was born in Urbana, Illinois on March 25, 1960. She received a B.A. in English from Stanford University. After graduating, she worked as a public-relations writer for a major oil company for two years. She obtained advanced degrees in literature from Trinity College, Dublin in vis mere Ireland and from the University of London. Before becoming a full-time author, she held numerous jobs including working for an advertising agency, teaching English as a second language to college students, and working as a food journalist. Her first book, Seesaw Girl, was published in 1999. Her other books include The Kite Fighters, Tap Dancing on the Roof: Sijo (Poems), and A Single Shard, which won the 2002 Newbery Medal. She also wrote Storm Warning, which is the ninth book in the 39 Clues series. Her title A Long Walk to Water made the New York Times bestseller list. (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: Linda Sue Park gives a presentaiton on the Children's Green Stage at the National Book Festival, August 31, 2019. Photo by David Rice/Library of Congress. By Library of Congress Life - 20190831DR0213.jpg, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82899176
Serier
Værker af Linda Sue Park
Seeing the World Through Purple Eyes [video] 1 eksemplar
זהירות: סופה 1 eksemplar
Live to Tell 1 eksemplar
Manh Gom Vo 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Chronicles of Harris Burdick: Fourteen Amazing Authors Tell the Tales (2011) — Bidragyder — 856 eksemplarer
Our Story Begins: Your Favorite Authors and Illustrators Share Fun, Inspiring, and Occasionally Ridiculous Things They… (2017) — Bidragyder — 86 eksemplarer
Totally Middle School: Tales of Friends, Family, and Fitting In (2018) — Bidragyder — 17 eksemplarer
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- Fødselsdato
- 1960-03-25
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Urbana, Illinois, USA
- Bopæl
- Rochester, New York, USA
- Uddannelse
- Stanford University (English)
Trinity College, Dublin
University of London - Erhverv
- novelist
Medlemmer
Discussions
(M62'12) A Single Shard, Linda Sue Park i World Reading Circle (september 2012)
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Sonlight Books (3)
Newbery Adjacent (1)
Asia (1)
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- ISBN
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