2013 Judge: Donna Jo Napoli

Donna Jo Napoli did not grow up wanting to be a writer.  She loved books and she loved writing, but she loved just about everything else, too.  School was a haven, particularly school libraries.  It was after a personal tragedy that she came to writ...

Donna Jo Napoli did not grow up wanting to be a writer.  She loved books and she loved writing, but she loved just about everything else, too.  School was a haven, particularly school libraries.  It was after a personal tragedy that she came to writing, almost as a kind of whacked-out therapy.  It worked; she got over her grief.  But she didn’t get over writing.  She has five children and two grandchildren (and she hopes to have a third by the time you read this).  She teaches linguistics, gardens, dances, does yoga, bakes bread, pots, and draws.  As of 2013 she has over 70 fiction books in print.

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