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Anne Mazer

The Darer: Anne Mazer grew up in a family of writers in upstate New York. Intending to be an artist, she studied at the School of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University. She then went to Paris for three years where she studied French and French literature and where she began to write.

She is the author of almost forty books, including the picture books, The Salamander Room, a Reading Rainbow Feature selection and a 1993 ABC Children’s Choice book, The Yellow Button, and most recently, The No-Nothings and Their Baby. She has also written seven novels, including Moose Street, a Booklist Editor’s Choice for Best Book of 1992, and The Oxboy, an ALA Notable Book and a Notable 1993 Children’s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies. Her short stories have been anthologized in a number of collections, and she has published a collection of her own short stories, A Sliver of Glass. She is also the editor of four anthologies: America Street, a New York Public Library Best Book for Teens; Going Where I’m Coming From, a New York Public Library Best Book for Teens; Working Days, a 1998 ALA Best Book for Teens and a New York Public Library Best Book for Teens; and A Walk in My World, which are widely used in elementary through college classrooms.

The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes

Anne is the author of the bestselling “The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes” series, which has extended over eleven years and twenty-two books. She has also written the “Sister Magic” series for young readers.

In 2010, Roaring Brook will publish Spilling Ink: A Handbook for Young Writers, co-authored with Ellen Potter.

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