Giblin is the award-winning author of over twenty nonfiction books for young readers, including Chimney Sweeps: Yesterday and Today, The Mystery of the Mammoth Bones, and The Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin, and The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler, which received the 2003 Sibert Informational Book Medal.  Prior to becoming a full-time writer, Giblin was editor-in-chief of Clarion Books for twenty-two years, and he remains a contributing editor at Clarion.

James Cross Giblin. Photo courtesy of the Highlights Foundation.

Each year, the scholarship fund will provide access to Highlights Foundation workshops for a number of writers, with a focus on aiding those who have a strong talent and passion for children’s nonfiction.

In addition, the Highlights Foundation has designated $100,000 to be used as a dollar-for-dollar match to multiply the impact of Giblin’s gift.

“This is an incredibly generous scholarship established by an incredibly talented man,” says Kent Brown, executive director of the Highlights Foundation. “We…are not only awed by Mr. Giblin’s body of work and continual devotion to children’s literature,we are also profoundly grateful for his generosity.”