Cammie McGovern is the author of four novels for children and young adults: ''The Art of Seeing'',
[ ''Eye Contact, Neighborhood Watch'','' Chester & Gus'','' and Say What You Will.]
Early life
McGovern was born in Evanston, Illinois
Evanston ( ) is a city, suburb of Chicago. Located in Cook County, Illinois, United States, it is situated on the North Shore along Lake Michigan. Evanston is north of Downtown Chicago, bordered by Chicago to the south, Skokie to the west, ...
, the daughter of Katharine Wolcott (née Watts), a high school teacher, and William Montgomery McGovern, Jr., a university professor. Her older sister is actress Elizabeth McGovern
Elizabeth Lee McGovern (born July 18, 1961) is an American actress and musician. She has received many awards, including a Screen Actors Guild Award, three Golden Globe Award nominations, and one Academy Award nomination.
Born in Evanston, Ill ...
.UCLA School of Law
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and the McGoverns moved to Los Angeles
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. Her paternal grandfather was adventurer William Montgomery McGovern, her maternal great-grandfathers were U.S. diplomat Ethelbert Watts and Admiral Charles P. Snyder, and her maternal great-great-grandfather was congressman Charles P. Snyder. 3]
She currently lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with her husband and three sons, the oldest of whom has autism. Many of her life experiences with her family, autism and starting Whole Children influenced her writings.
Selected works
* 2010: ''Neighborhood Watch'' - L''Buurtwacht'' (2011)
External links
Cammie McGovern
References
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Writers from Evanston, Illinois
Writers from Massachusetts
Writers from Los Angeles
21st-century American women writers
American women novelists
21st-century American novelists