Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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Susan Campbell Bartoletti is an American
writer of children's literature
. She was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
, but eventually the family ended up in a small town in northeastern Pennsylvania. Susan started as an English teacher and inspired many students before deciding to pursue writing in earnest. She sold her first short story in 1989. Three years later in 1992 she published her first picture book, Silver at Night. She held a rigid routine, awaking early in the morning in order to write before she left to teach. In 1997 she turned to writing full time. Susan has since returned to inspiring future writers. She teaches writing classes at a number of MA and MFA programs, among them Spalding University
in Louisville, Kentucky
, and Hollins University
in Roanoke, Virginia
. Additionally she leads workshops offered through the Highlights Foundation.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
writer of children's literature
Children's literature
Children's literature is for readers and listeners up to about age twelve; it is often defined in four different ways: books written by children, books written for children, books chosen by children, or books chosen for children. It is often illustrated. The term is used in senses which sometimes...
. She was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
, but eventually the family ended up in a small town in northeastern Pennsylvania. Susan started as an English teacher and inspired many students before deciding to pursue writing in earnest. She sold her first short story in 1989. Three years later in 1992 she published her first picture book, Silver at Night. She held a rigid routine, awaking early in the morning in order to write before she left to teach. In 1997 she turned to writing full time. Susan has since returned to inspiring future writers. She teaches writing classes at a number of MA and MFA programs, among them Spalding University
Spalding University
Spalding University is a private, co-educational university affiliated with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth and located in Louisville, Kentucky.-History:...
in Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...
, and Hollins University
Hollins University
Hollins University is a four-year institution of higher education, a private university located on a campus on the border of Roanoke County, Virginia and Botetourt County, Virginia...
in Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke, Virginia
Roanoke is an independent city in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. state of Virginia and is the tenth-largest city in the Commonwealth. It is located in the Roanoke Valley of the Roanoke Region of Virginia. The population within the city limits was 97,032 as of 2010...
. Additionally she leads workshops offered through the Highlights Foundation.
Non-Fiction
- Growing Up in Coal Country (1996)
- Kids on Strike!Kids on Strike!Kids on Strike! is a 2003 non-fiction book written by award winning author Susan Campbell Bartoletti. It is set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, when child labor was prominent in the United States. It consists of eight chapters, which all focus on strikes led by kids, or affecting kids...
(1999) - Black Potatoes: The Story of the Great Irish Famine, 1845 to 1850 (2001)
- Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's ShadowHitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's ShadowHitler Youth: Growing up in Hitler's Shadow is a non-fiction children's book written by Susan Campbell Bartoletti, and published in 2005. It received the Newbery Honor medal in 2006....
(2006) - a Newbery Honor Book - They Called Themselves The K.K.K (2010)
Fiction
- No Man's Land: A Young Soldier's Story (1999)
- A Coal Miner's Bride: The Diary of Anetka Kaminska, 1896 (2000), Dear AmericaDear AmericaDear America is a series of historical fiction novels for older girls published by Scholastic in 1996. The series was cancelled in 2004 with its final release, Hear My Sorrow. However, it was relaunched in the fall of 2010. Each book is written in the form of a diary of a young woman's life during...
Series - The Christmas Promise (2001), Blue Sky Press
- The Journal of Finn Reardon, Newsie, and New York City, 1899 (2003), My Name is AmericaMy Name is AmericaMy Name Is America is a series of historical novels for older boys published by Scholastic Press. Each book is written in the form of a journal of a fictional young man's life during an important event or time period in American history...
Series - The Boy Who DaredThe Boy Who DaredThe Boy Who Dared is a 2008 fictionalized novel by American children's author Susan Campbell Bartoletti. It is based upon the true story of Helmuth Hübener, the youngest person to be sentenced to death by the Nazis during World War II. He was arrested and killed on October 27,1942 sent to a death...
(2008)