Jennifer Elvgren is an American author and journalist, and has worked as a

press secretary A press secretary or press officer is a senior advisor who provides advice on how to deal with the news media and, using news management techniques, helps their employer to maintain a positive public image and avoid negative media coverage. Duti ...

for the American politician

Rob Bell Robert Holmes Bell Jr. (born August 23, 1970) is an American author, speaker and former pastor. Bell founded Mars Hill Bible Church in Grandville, Michigan, and pastored it until 2012. Under his leadership, Mars Hill was one of the fastest-g ...

. She is known for her books ''Josias, Hold the Book'' and ''The Whispering Town'', the former of which won the 2006 ''

Américas Award The Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature is literary award presented annually that recognizes high quality "children’s and young adult books that portray Latin America, the Caribbean, or Latinos in the United States, and ...

''.

Awards

*''Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Educational Publishing'' from the

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(2004, won) *''Américas Award'' for ''Josias, Hold the Book'' (2006, won)

Bibliography

Books

*''Josias, Hold the Book'' (2006, illustrated by Nicole Tadgell) *''The Whispering Town'' (2014, illustrated by Fabio Santomauro)

Magazine articles

*''Aislinn’s Caper'' (Illustrated by Sandy Rabinowitz, published in ''

Highlights for Children ''Highlights for Children'', often referred to simply as ''Highlights'', is an American children's magazine. It began publication in June 1946, started by Garry Cleveland Myers and his wife Caroline Clark Myers in Honesdale, Pennsylvania (the pr ...

'', March 2003) *''Well Done, York'' (Illustrated by Gavin Rowe, published in ''

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'', July 2005) *''First Taste Sweet'' (Illustrated by Erica Pelton Villnave, published in ''

Spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

'', March 2009) *''Gatherin’ Up the Mountain'' (Illustrated by Claire Ewert, published in ''Spider'', April 2010) *''Nelly’s Sweet Song'' (Illustrated by Eric Freeberg, published in ''Spider'', December 2011)

References

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Kathryn Erskine Kathryn Erskine is an American writer of children's literature. She won the 2010 National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 2012 Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award for her novel, '' Mockingbird''. Life Erskine's family travele ...

Interview
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