A librarian at Park School in Baltimore, Maryland, Schlitz had been writing for many years when Candlewick Press decided to release her novel A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama as well as her nonfiction title The Hero Schleimann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy. Laura Amy Schlitz made a name for herself in 2006, when her first two books were published to widespread critical acclaim. (Adaptor) The Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm (based on "Der Bärenhäuter"), illustrated by Max Grafe, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2007.Īlso author of short plays for children that have been produced throughout the United States. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village (monologues), illustrated by Robert Byrd, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2007. The Hero Schleimann: The Dreamer Who Dug for Troy, illustrated by Robert Byrd, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2006.
Great Lakes Good Books Award for Nonfiction, for The Hero Schliemann Judy Lopez Honor Book designation, 2006, and Cybils Award for Children's Literature in Middle-School Fiction Category, 2007, both for A Drowned Maiden's Hair Cybils Award for Poetry nomination, School Library Journal Best Books designation, and Booklist Editor's Choice designation, all 2007, and Newbery Medal, Association for Library Service to Children, 2008, all for Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! WritingsĪ Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA), 2006. Park School, Baltimore, MD, lower school librarian professional storyteller. Hobbies and other interests: Theatre, reading, music, crafts.
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