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Birth Name:

Jen Bryant

Female

Birth Date:

Fri, May 13, 1960

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Easton, Pennsylvania, United States

Age:

63

Zodiac Sign:

Taurus

Astrology Data:

Sun

22°

Tau

52'

About Jen Bryant

Jen Bryant (born 1960) is an American poet, novelist and children's author. She has won several awards for her work, most notably the Robert F. Sibert International Book Medal for The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, the NCTE Orbis Pictus Award and the Charlotte Zolotow Honor Award for A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, and the Schneider Family Book Award for Six Dots: A Story of Young Louis Braille. Her books The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus and A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams have both been distinguished with Caldecott Honors for Melissa Sweet's artwork.

Link to Wikipedia biography

External Links:

• Official website

• Jen Bryant's manuscripts, correspondence, and memorabilia are held at Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA. Finding Aid

• “Author Interview: Jen Bryant,” Eerdmans Young Readers, 2005, accessed June 3, 2018

• “Interview,” by poet and author E. Kristin Anderson, April 2010, accessed June 3, 2018

• "'I'll Write What Needs to Be Remembered': The Use of Verse in Children's and Young Adult Historical Fiction about the Vietnam War," Rachel Rickard Rebellino, The Lion and the Unicorn, Johns Hopkins University Press, Volume 42, No. 2, April 2018, pp. 162-179

• “Interview Session: Jen Bryant, author of Six Dots,” Twenty by Jenny, August 30, 2016, accessed June 3, 2018

• “Jen Bryant,” Penguin Random House, author interview, undated, accessed June 3, 2018

• “Jen Bryant: an Award-Winning Career Influenced by Dr. Seuss, Obituaries, and Libraries,” Amy Meythaler, MackinVIA, July 1, 2015, accessed June 3, 2018

• "Jen Bryant: Inspiration for Six Dots, Mackin Educational, YouTube, January 23, 2017, accessed August 21, 2018

• “Jen Bryant,” Bookology magazine, interview, April 20, 2016, accessed June 3, 2018

• "Jen Bryant wins awards for children's book on Horace Pippin," Sarah Figorski, Daily Local News, July 7, 2014, accessed June 3, 2018

• "Kaleidoscope Eyes: Jen Bryant," Jen Robinson, Jen Robinson's Book Page, September 28, 2011, accessed August 21, 2018

• "Rhetorical Technique in the Young Adult Verse Novel," Mike Cadden, The Lion and the Unicorn, Johns Hopkins University Press, Volume 42, No. 2, April 2018, pp. 129–144

• “The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus, Jen Bryant Interview,” Texas Bluebonnet Award interview, YouTube, February 15, 2015, accessed June 3, 2018

• "The Right Word: Roget and His Thesaurus and More," Leonard S. Marcus, New York Times, Nov. 7, 2014, accessed June 3, 2018

• "The Right Word Trifecta," John Schumacher, Watch. Connect. Read., Sept. 16, 2014, accessed August 21, 2018

• "Young at Heart: The western suburbs seem to nurture authors with a knack for connecting to kids and young adults. Here are 14 you should know.," J.F. Pirro, Mainline Today, undated, accessed June 3, 2018

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Jen Bryant: Sun 22 Taurus, Moon 26 Sagittarius, Mercury 18 Taurus, Venus 12 Taurus, Mars 1 Aries, Jupiter 2 Capricorn, Saturn 18 Capricorn, Uranus 17 Leo, Neptune 7 Scorpio, Pluto 3 Virgo, Mercury Square Uranus, Mercury Conjunct Venus, Sun Conjunct Mercury, Sun Trine Saturn, Mercury Trine Saturn, Mercury Semi Square Mars, Mercury Sesquiquadrate Jupiter, Venus Opposition Neptune, Mars Square Jupiter, Mars Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Mars Quincunx Pluto, Jupiter Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Jupiter Trine Pluto, Saturn Quincunx Uranus, Saturn Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Neptune Sextile Pluto

Categories related to Jen Bryant: Living people, Pennsylvania, American women novelists, American women poets, 21st-century American poets, People from Chester County, May 13 births, 1960 births, Writers from Easton, Gettysburg College alumni