Clare Vanderpool

Clare Vanderpool
Born 1965
Wichita, Kansas
Occupation Author
Nationality United States
Notable works Moon Over Manifest (2010)
Website
www.clarevanderpool.com

Clare Vanderpool (born 1965) is an American children's book author living in Wichita, Kansas. Her first book, Moon Over Manifest, won the 2011 Newbery Medal,[1] becoming the first debut author to achieve the feat in thirty years.[2] She is also the first Kansas native to win the Newbery Medal.[3] Clare is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.[4] Her book "Navigating Early" was named a 2014 Printz Honor Book.

Life

she attended Blessed Sacrament elementary school, and later graduated from Newman University in 1987.[5][6]  Clare decided she wanted to be a writer in the fifth grade, and realized her childhood dream at the age of 45 when her first book was published.[7]  As a young adult in the late 80s and early 90s she worked for the local Catholic diocese as  Director of Youth and Young Adult Ministry, where she was known as a lovable goof.   She is married and lives with her husband in the College Hill neighborhood of Wichita, Kansas with their four children. She has college degrees of English and elementary education. She also has six kids [8]

Her maternal grandparents lived in Frontenac, Kansas, which provides the backdrop for the fictional town of Manifest in her first novel.[9]

Works

The Watermark Books and Cafe in Wichita has hosted the book launches for both novels.[10]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberymedal.cfm
  2. ↑ Random House speakers. "About Clare Vanderpool". Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  3. ↑ Udagawa, Avery Fischer (22 May 2011). "An Interview with Clare Vanderpool". Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Kennedy, Elizabeth. "An Interview with author Clare Vanderpool". Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  5. ↑ http://news.newmanu.edu/2010/10/22/alumni-luncheon-to-feature-author-clare-vanderpool/
  6. ↑ http://www.tla1.com/children_author2.php?id=256
  7. ↑ KidsPost staff writer (8 February 2011). "Interview with Clare Vanderpool, Newbery Award winner". Washington Post. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  8. ↑ http://www.kansas.com/2011/01/10/1667798/wichita-author-clare-vanderpool.html#ixzz1ID64xy89
  9. ↑ http://www.randomhouse.com/author/103927/clare-vanderpool
  10. ↑ Watermark Books. "Clare Vanderpool event". Retrieved 14 June 2013.

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