October 12, 2011
Big congrats to Debby Dahl Edwardson, whose new young adult book, My Name is Not Easy, was named as one of the finalists for a National Book Award today. Check out the trailer for her book <
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ler” href=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcsxHUgdymQ”>here. The Barrow, Alaska author had a great guest post at 49 Writers yesterday about Alaska Book Week and what it means to be an Alaskan author. She writes: “. . . Alaskan books are still largely on the fringes of the publishing world—voices in the wilderness, as it were, speaking of experiences as remote as the moon to mainstream readers.” We can hope today's announcement means more young people—and adults—will experience Edwardson's Alaska.
— posted by
Jamie
