Kathryn Erskine is an American writer of children's literature. She won the 2010 National Book Award for Young People's Literature and the 2012 Dolly Gray Children's Literature Award for her novel, Mockingbird.[1][2]

Kathryn Erskine
Erskine in September 2013
Born	Netherlands
Alma mater	College of William & Mary
Genre	Young Adult novelist
Notable awards	National Book Award for Young People's Literature
Website
www.kathyerskine.com

Life

Erskine's family traveled widely during her childhood due to her father's career. She was born in the Netherlands and has lived in South Africa, Israel, Canada, and Scotland. Erskine now^[when?] lives in Virginia with her husband, Bill. She has two children, Fiona and Gavin. She also has a dog named Maxine.

She was a lawyer for many years before writing. She presents workshops at the Writer's Center.[3]

Bibliography

• Quaking, Penguin, 2007, ISBN 978-0-399-24774-3
• Mockingbird, Penguin, 2010, ISBN 978-0-399-25264-8 — winner of the National Book Award[1][2]
• The Absolute Value of Mike. Penguin. 2011. ISBN 978-0-399-25505-2.
• "Seeing Red", Scholastic, 2013, ISBN 978-0545464406
• "Mama Africa!: How Miriam Makeba Spread Hope with Her Song", Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), ISBN 9780374303013

She has 2 children and 1dog and lives with her husband

References

External links

• Official website
• "Q & A with Kathryn Erskine", Publishers Weekly, Sue Corbett, April 8, 2010
• Kathryn Erskine at Library of Congress Authorities, with 4 catalog records