Nancy Churnin

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Nancy Churnin is an American author and journalist. [1] Churnin is a former theater critic for The Dallas Morning News and has published ten children's books as of October 2021. [2]

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Early life

Churnin was born and raised in New York City. She received a bachelor's degree from Harvard University and an M.S. in journalism from Columbia University. [1]

Journalistic career

Churnin worked as a theater critic for the San Diego edition of the Los Angeles Times from 1986 to 1992. In 2000, she joined the staff of The Dallas Morning News, writing about such topics as health, lifestyles, children's entertainment, and parenting. In January 2014, Churnin became the primary theater critic for The Dallas Morning News, a position she left in January 2019. [3]

Children's books

Churnin's first picture book, The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game was published in 2016. [4] Manjhi Moves a Mountain, another children's picture book by Churnin, was published in 2017. [5] Three children's books by Churnin were released in 2018, Charlie Takes His Shot: How Charlie Sifford Broke the Color Barrier in Golf,Irving Berlin, the Immigrant Boy Who Made America Sing, and The Queen and the First Christmas Tree, Queen Charlotte's Gift to England. [6] Churnin's sixth book, Martin & Anne, the Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank, was released on March 5, 2019. [7] Beautiful Shades of Brown, the Art of Laura Wheeler Waring [8] and For Spacious Skies, Katharine Lee Bates and the Inspiration for "America the Beautiful" [9] were released in 2020. Dear Mr. Dickens, published in 2021 [10] , received a National Jewish Book Award [11] and a Sydney Taylor Book Award [12] . A Queen to the Rescue, the Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah was published in 2021 [13] and also received a Sydney Taylor Book Award [14] .

Personal life

Churnin met her husband, Michael Granberry, while they were both writing for the San Diego edition of the Los Angeles Times. [1] They have four sons. [15]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Critic and children's author Nancy Churnin on churning out the new stories: "As long as you don't look down, you don't fall"". lonestarliterary.com.
  2. ↑ "Amazon.com: Nancy Churnin: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon.com.
  3. ↑ "Dallas Morning News lays off another round of employees in restructuring". dallas.culturemap.com.
  4. ↑ Churnin, Nancy; Tuya, Jez (March 1, 2016). The William Hoy Story: How a Deaf Baseball Player Changed the Game. Albert Whitman & Company. ISBN   978-0807591925.
  5. ↑ Churnin, Nancy; Popovici, Danny (November 6, 2017). "Manjhi moves a mountain". Creston Books, LLC – via sno-isle Library Catalog.
  6. ↑ "Amazon.com: Nancy Churnin: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon.com.
  7. ↑ Churnin, Nancy; Nayberg, Yevgenia (March 5, 2019). "Martin & Anne The Kindred Spirits of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Anne Frank". Creston Books, LLC – via The Seattle Public Library Catalog.
  8. ↑ Churnin, Nancy; Marshall, Felicia. Beautiful Shades of Brown: The Art of Laura Wheeler Waring. Creston Books, LLC. OCLC   1138133122.
  9. ↑ Churnin, Nancy; Baumert, Olga. "For Spacious Skies, Katharine Lee Bates and the Inspiration for "America the Beautiful"". Albert Whitman & Company.
  10. ↑ Churnin, Nancy; Stancliffe, Bethany (October 2021). "Dear Mr. Dickens". Albert Whitman & Company.
  11. ↑ "2021 National Jewish Book Award Winners". www.jewishbookcouncil.org.
  12. ↑ "The 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Awards" (PDF). www.jewishlibraries.org.
  13. ↑ "Speaker Profile - Nancy Churnin". Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.
  14. ↑ "The 2022 Sydney Taylor Book Awards" (PDF). www.jewishlibraries.org.
  15. ↑ "About the Author". Nancy Churnin.
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