Jennifer Armstrong: Award Winning Author
Jennifer Armstrong is well-known in the world of children's literature. She is an accomplished and award winning author of over 50 books for young people.Her work includes fiction, nonfiction, picture books, easy readers and chapter books.
Her fascinating account of Ernest Shackleton and his courageous adventure to reach the south pole, "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" was winner of the coveted Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction. "Shipwreck" also received the 1999 Boston Horn Book Honor in nonfiction.
Jennifer's book "Shattered" was published in 2002 and is an excellent book for young adults. Jennifer collected this volume of war stories told by other authors and reveals the many ways young peoples are affected by war.
Jennifer's most recently published book, "Audobon: Painter of Birds in the Wild Frontier", (Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Publishers) is a picture book biography of reknown bird artist John James Audobon. Working from his journals, Jennifer portrays the 19th century explorer and naturalist and his fascinating life. The illustrations by Joseph A. Smith add beauty and depth to the story.
Please visit Jennifer Armstrong's very informative and cleverly designed website. She shares compelling essays she has written on the subject of writing and her 1999 Orbis Pictus Award Acceptance Speech can be read here.
http://www.jennifer-armstrong.com
The many books Jennifer has contributed to the field of children's literature are excellent examples of good writing and are great books to read or purchase for yourself or someone who values exceptional literature.
Other books by Jennifer Armstrong include:
"Becoming Mary Mehan: Two Novels" (Laurelleaf, 2002)
"Black-Eyed Susan" (Bt Bound, 1999)
"Spirit of Endurance" (Crown Publishing, 2000)
"Dear Mr. President: Theodore Roosevelt, Letters from a Young Coal Miner'
Interview with Jennifer:
1. SR: What were the first signs that you remember that told you wanted to be a writer?
JA:I announced to my family in first grade that I was going to become an author. At the time, I attended a small school for English-speaking children in Zurich, Switzerland, and we had very small classes in which we wrote for each subject. We also had free reading in real books. I therefore was trained from the beginning of my school days to express myself in writing, and to draw my own conclusions and insights from the books I chose myself. This, I believed, fueled an innate love of story-telling (I was also a prodigious liar) and set my on my path.
2.SR: Was there anyone person or event from your childhood that inspired your writing aspirations?
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