Kathryn Lasky
Författare till The Capture
Om författaren
Kathryn Lasky was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 24, 1944, and knew she wanted to be a writer from the time she was ten. She majored in English in college and after graduation wrote for various magazines and taught. Her first book, I Have Four Names for My Grandfather, was published while visa mer she was teaching. She has written more than seventy books for children and young adults on everything from historical fiction to picture books and nonfiction books including the Dear America books and the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series. Many of her books are illustrated with photographs by her husband, Christopher Knight. She has received many awards for her titles including Sugaring Time which was a Newberry Honor Book; The Night Journey which won the National Jewish Book Award for Children; Pageant which was an ALA Notable Children's book; and Beyond the Burning Time which was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. She has also received the Washington Post's Children's Book Guild Award for her contribution to children's nonfiction. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Serier
Verk av Kathryn Lasky
A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple, Mayflower, 1620 (1996) 2,657 exemplar
Dreams in the Golden Country: The Diary of Zipporah Feldman, a Jewish Immigrant Girl, New York City, 1903 (1998) 1,501 exemplar
Christmas After All: The Great Depression Diary of Minnie Swift, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1932 (2001) 825 exemplar
A Time for Courage: The Suffragette Diary of Kathleen Bowen, Washington, D.C., 1917 (2002) 685 exemplar
Guardians Of Ga'hoole Series Books 1 - 5 Collection Set by Kathryn Lasky (The Capture, The Journey, The Rescue,… (2020) 5 exemplar
Guardians of Ga'Hoole (Books #1-12) Capture, Journey; Rescue; Seige; Burning; Hatchling; Outcast... (2008) 2 exemplar
The Journey (Guardians of Ga'hoole, Book 2) by Lasky, Kathryn (2003) Mass Market Paperback 2 exemplar
Supplement to the flora of Norfolk 2 exemplar
Mortal Wounds 1 exemplar
Guardians of Ga'Hoole series 1 exemplar
O BIBLIOTECÁRIO QUE MEDIU A TERRA 1 exemplar
Dear America, Christmas After All 1 exemplar
The Siege [PB,2004] 1 exemplar
Guardians of GaHoole (Book 4) The Siege 1 exemplar
Guardians of Ga'hoole #3( The Rescue)[GUARDIANS OF GAHOOLE BK03 GUAR][Mass Market Paperback] 1 exemplar
My America: Hope in My Heart 1 exemplar
Der Clan der Wölfe 1/2/3: Der Clan der Wölfe: Donnerherz / Schattenkrieger / Feuerwächter (2015) 1 exemplar
Guardians of Ga'Hoole 1 exemplar
Wolves of the beyond-watch wolf Playaway 1 exemplar
My America: Home At Last 1 exemplar
O Resgate 1 exemplar
A Viagem 1 exemplar
O Cerco 1 exemplar
Guardians of Ga'Hoole, Book Six: The Burning 1 exemplar
La ragazza che spiava Hitler 1 exemplar
The Exile (Guardians of Ga'Hoole #14) 1 exemplar
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Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Knight, Kathryn Lasky
- Andra namn
- Swann, E. L.
- Födelsedag
- 1944-06-24
- Kön
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Födelseort
- Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
- Bostadsorter
- Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- Utbildning
- University of Michigan (English)
- Yrken
- children's book author
- Relationer
- Knight, Christopher (husband)
- Kort biografi
- Kathryn Lasky is a Newbery Honor author of over one hundred fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. Her books range from critically acclaimed nonfiction titles such as Beyond the Burning Time and True North to the wildly popular Guardians of Ga'hoole fantasy series about owls.
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
Fiction story with plot about girl living her ancestors memories i Name that Book (april 2013)
Born to Rule i Read YA Lit (juli 2011)
Recensioner
Listor
Dance! (1)
Newbery Adjacent (1)
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- Verk
- 206
- Även av
- 1
- Medlemmar
- 47,804
- Popularitet
- #330
- Betyg
- 3.8
- Recensioner
- 764
- ISBN
- 1,385
- Språk
- 13
- Favoritmärkt
- 16