Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Amy Krouse Rosenthal | |
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 Rosenthal speaking at the TEDx Waterloo conference, February 25, 2010 | |
| Born | April 29, 1965 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | (aged 51) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Occupation | Author, filmmaker |
| Alma mater | Tufts University |
| Genre | Children's literature |
| Spouse | Jason Brian Rosenthal |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | |
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Amy Krouse Rosenthal (April 29, 1965 – March 13, 2017) was an American author of both adult and children's books, a short filmmaker, and former radio show host.[1]
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Early life
[change | change source]Rosenthal was born in Chicago, Illinois. She graduated at Tufts University. She married Jason Brian Rosenthal. They had three children.
Career
[change | change source]She was best known for her memoir Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life, her children's picture books, and the movie project The Beckoning of Lovely.[2][3][4][5][6] She was a prolific writer, publishing over 30 children's books between 2005 and her death in 2017.[3][4][7]
She is the only author to have three children's books make the Best Children's Books for Family Literacy list in the same year.[8] She was a contributor to Chicago's NPR affiliate WBEZ and to the TED conference.[9][10]
Death
[change | change source]Rosenthal died in Chicago, Illinois from ovarian cancer on March 13, 2017, aged 51.[11]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Amy Krouse Rosenthal, best-selling author, dead at age 51". Archived from the original on March 13, 2017. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Youth library programs offered in Evesham," South Jersey Local News, March 10, 2011[permanent dead link], accessed March 29, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bruce Handy, "Children's Books: Happy to Be Me ... or Me!" New York Times, May 8, 2009; accessed March 29, 2011.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sally Lodge, "Q & A with Amy Krouse Rosenthal", Publishers Weekly, May 21, 2009; accessed March 29, 2011.
- ↑ "Amy Krouse Rosenthal" at HarperCollins Publishers Archived August 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 16, 2011.
- ↑ "Amy Krouse Rosenthal Readies 'Beckoning of Lovely' Project", Chicago Magazine, November 2010; accessed May 16, 2011.
- ↑ Amy Krouse Rosenthal website, accessed May 16, 2011.
- ↑ "The Pennsylvania Center for the Book presents the 2010 A Baker's Dozen: The Best Children's Books for Family Literacy," Pennsylvania State University, 2010 Archived December 30, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 30, 2011.
- ↑ Mission Amy KR blog, WBEZ Archived May 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 16, 2011.
- ↑ "TEDActive 2011: Projects: Public Heart, Ted Conferences website, May 9, 2011 Archived June 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, accessed May 16, 2011.
- ↑ "Children's book author Amy Krouse Rosenthal dead at 51". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved March 13, 2017.
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