The SCBWI congratulates Jennifer Sommer of Kettering, Ohio, as the winner of the annual Karen and Philip Cushman Late Bloomer Award for authors over the age of fifty who have not been traditionally published in the children’s literature field. Jennifer received an M.F.A. in Creative Writing for Children and Young Adults from Hamline University and has worked as a children’s librarian for twenty years. Jennifer won the award for Octopus Capers, a fun and interesting twist on nonfiction in which octopuses are the culprit in aquarium mysteries around the world. Learn more about Jennifer at www.jennifersommer.weebly.com.
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