Nora Raleigh Baskin

Last updated
Nora Raleigh Baskin
BornNora Raleigh
(1961-05-18) May 18, 1961 (age 63)
New York City, US
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater State University of New York at Purchase
GenreYoung adult, middle grade and children's realistic fiction
Notable worksWhat Every Girl (Except Me) Knows, Anything but Typical
Website
www.norabaskin.com

Nora Raleigh Baskin (born May 18, 1961) is an American author of books for children and young adults. [1]

Contents

Biography

Nora Baskin was born in Brooklyn, New York City [2] and is Jewish. [3] When Baskin was three, her mother committed suicide, and many of her own feelings surrounding that incident have later fueled her writing. [1] When Baskin was seven, she and her family moved to upstate New York. [4] When she was 23, she graduated from the State University of New York at Purchase.

Her books are based on her life, with Baskin feeling as though she has been writing about the same character much of her life. [5] At first, Baskin began by writing fiction for adults and had been trying to get published for around five years. [6] During a writing course Baskin took, a woman suggested she try writing for children, and Baskin changed her target audience. [6] In 1999, the story of the "sad motherless little girl" that she felt had been inside of her became part of her first published novel, What Every Girl (Except Me) Knows. [5] In her novel Surfacing, Baskin describes grief and how for even small children a family tragedy can "scab over into guilt and blame," according to Kirkus Reviews . [7]

Baskin is the winner of the Cuffie Award from Publishers Weekly for Most Promising New Author. [8] Her book The Truth About My Bat Mitzvah was a 2008 Jewish Book Council Network selection. [3] In 2010, she won the American Library Association's (ALA) Schneider Family Award for her book Anything but Typical. [9]

Baskin teaches writing and literature in a school. She also holds writers' workshops for middle school. [10] She lives in Weston, Connecticut, with her family. [11]

Books

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lesléa Newman</span> American author, editor, and feminist

Lesléa Newman is an American author, editor, and feminist best known for the children's book Heather Has Two Mommies. Four of her young adult novels have been finalists for the Lambda Literary Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, making her one of the most celebrated authors in the category.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Libba Bray</span> American writer (born 1964)

Martha Elizabeth "Libba" Bray is an American writer of young adult novels including the Gemma Doyle Trilogy, Going Bovine, and The Diviners.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cynthia Leitich Smith</span> Muscogee-American writer

Cynthia Leitich Smith is a New York Times best-selling author of fiction for children and young adults.

Lois Jane Ehlert was an American author and illustrator of children's books, most having to do with nature. Ehlert won the Caldecott Honor for Color Zoo in 1990. Some of her other popular works included Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, Cuckoo/Cucú: A Mexican Folktale/Un cuento folklórico Mexicano and Leaf Man. She lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the time of her death in 2021.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sonya Sones</span> American poet and author

Sonya Sones is an American poet and author. She has written seven young adult novels in verse and one novel in verse for adults. The American Library Association (ALA) has named her one of the most frequently challenged authors of the 21st century.

Ellen Wittlinger was an American author of young adults novels, including the Michael L. Printz Honor book Hard Love.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Benjamin Alire Sáenz</span> American poet and author (born 1954)

Benjamin Alire Sáenz is an American poet, novelist, and writer of children's books.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eugene Yelchin</span> American writer

Eugene Yelchin is a Russian-American artist best known as an illustrator and writer of books for children.

Allan Woodrow is an American author of children's literature, mostly middle grade fiction. His books include The Curse of the Werepenguin, Class Dismissed and The Pet War. His first book, the Rotten Adventures of Zachary Ruthless, debuted in 2011 and was published by HarperCollins Children's Books.

<i>Burn Baby Burn</i> (novel) Young adult novel by Meg Medina

Burn Baby Burn is a 2016 young adult novel written by Cuban-American author Meg Medina. It was first published in March, 2016 through Candlewick Press and follows a young woman growing up during the summer of 1977, when the Son of Sam began targeting young women.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Maggie Thrash</span> American young adult fiction author and memoirist

Margaret Thrash is an American writer of young adult fiction and memoirist, best known for her graphic novel memoir Honor Girl.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ying Chang Compestine</span> American writer

Ying Chang Compestine is a Chinese American author, speaker, television host and chef. She has written over twenty-seven books including Revolution Is Not a Dinner Party (novel), based on her life growing up during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, and a middle grade novel, Morning Sun in Wuhan, set in Wuhan, China.

Gae Polisner is an American author of young adult and crossover to adult novels. She is also a practicing family law attorney/mediator. She lives in Long Island with her husband and two sons.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Vladimir Radunsky</span> Russian-American artist and author

Vladimir Radunsky was a Russian-born American artist, designer, author and illustrator who lived in Rome.

Anna-Marie McLemore is a Mexican-American author of young adult fiction magical realism, best known for their Stonewall Honor-winning novel When the Moon Was Ours, Wild Beauty, and The Weight of Feathers.

Brandy Colbert is an American author of young adult fiction and nonfiction.

Anica Mrose Rissi is an American author of children's books and young adult novels. Her first book, Anna, Banana, and the Friendship Split, was published by Simon & Schuster in 2015. Her nonfiction pieces have been published by the New York Times and The Writer magazine.

Eileen Spinelli is an American author of children's books and poetry.

Laurel Molk is an illustrator and author of children's books.

Carolyn Crimi is an American author of children's picture books.

References

  1. 1 2 Goddu, Krystyna Poray (March 14, 2013). "Q & A With Nora Raleigh Baskin". Publishers Weekly .
  2. ↑ "Nora Raleigh Baskin: Biography". HarperCollins. Archived from the original on February 9, 2010.
  3. 1 2 Kantrowitz, Anita K. (November 7, 2008). "If I Had Just One Jewish Book to Read..." The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles . Archived from the original on October 9, 2015.
  4. ↑ "Nora Raleigh Baskin". Walker Books. 2008. Retrieved April 5, 2020.
  5. 1 2 Comerford, Lynda Brill (June 25, 2001). "Spring 2001 Flying Starts: Nora Raleigh Baskin". Publishers Weekly .
  6. 1 2 Baskin, Nora Raleigh (June 2010). "Six Tips for Writing Young Adult Novels". The Writer.
  7. ↑ "Surfacing". Kirkus Reviews . December 1, 2012.
  8. ↑ "The 2001 Cuffies". Publishers Weekly . January 7, 2002.
  9. ↑ "Schneider Family Book Award: Winner List –All Years". American Library Association .
  10. ↑ Almond, Mary Beth (April 15, 2015). "Rochester Celebrates Authors in April". C&G Newspapers.
  11. ↑ "Nora Raleigh Baskin: Biography". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved 2 April 2010.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.