Audrey
Penn
started
her
career
as a
ballerina
dancing
with the
National
Ballet,
New York
City
Ballet,
Stuttgart
Ballet,
and the
Danny
Diamond
Dance
Theatre.
She also
served
as
alignist
and
choreographer
for the
US
Figure
Skating
Team in
preparation
for the
Pan
American
Games
(1973),
and for
the 1976
Olympic
Gymnastics
team.
In 1980
she
became
too ill
with
Juvenile
Rheumatoid
Arthritis
(JRA) to
continue
dancing.
Because
she had
done a
lot of
children’s
theatre
and
children’s
dance,
and she
has
always
enjoyed
children’s
literature,
she
turned
to
writing
children’s
books
for her
creative
outlet.
Her
passionate
advocacy
for
children
continually
molds
her
writing
style
and
subject
matter.
She has
taken
her one-woman
educational
program,
The
Writing
Penn,
into
schools,
libraries,
and
children’s
hospitals,
where
she
shapes
and
refines
her
story
ideas in
partnership
with
kids.
Ms. Penn
lives
with her
husband,
two
youngest
children,
and two
dogs in
Olney,
Maryland.
Her
married
son and
daughter-in-law,
both in
musical
theatre,
live in
New York
City.
Her
foster
daughter
lives in
nearby
Virginia.
Awards
1975
Outstanding
Young
Women
of
America.
1993
Chronicles
of
Courage:
Very
Special
Artists
(Chapter
11),
by
Jean
Kennedy
Smith
and
George
Plimpton.
2002
Helen
Keating
Ott
Award
for
Outstanding
Contribution
to
Children’s
Literature.
2005
Mom
of
the
Month
(March),
Parenting.com.
2006
iParenting
Media
Awards.
Book
Titles
Happy
Apple
Told
Me
(1975)
-
Caldecott
Medal
Nominee
-
Midstate
Library
Association
Award.
Blue
Out
Of
Season
(1984)
-
Mid-State
Library
Association
Award
-
Very
Special
Arts
Recognition
Award.
No
Bones
About
Driftiss
(1989).
The
Kissing
Hand
(1994)
-
New
York
Times
N°1
Bestseller
-
Educational
Press
Association
of
America
–
Distinguished
Achievement
Award
for
Excellence
in
Educational
Journalism.
Sassafras
(1997).
A.D.D.
Not
B.A.D.
(2002).
Feathers
And
Fur
(2003).
The
Whistling
Tree
(2004).
A
Pocket
Full
Of
Kisses
(2004)
-
New
York
Times
Bestseller
Mystery
At
Blackbeard’s
Cove
(2004).
A
Kiss
Goodbye
(2007).
Blackbeard
And
The
Sandstone
Pillar
Part
I:
When
Lightning
Strikes
(2007).
Blackbeard
And
The
Sandstone
Pillar
Part
2:
The
Gift
of
Silence
(2007).
Upcoming
Titles
Chester
Raccoon
And
The
Big
Bad
Bully
(2008).
Chester’s
Change
of
Heart.
Chester
The
Brave.
The
Miracle
Jar.
BOOKS &
COLLECTIONS
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