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Steffens Wins Award For J.K. Rowling Biography

The San Diego Union-Tribune in CA posted the news that Bradley Steffens received the Theodor S. Geisel Award for his young adult biography of J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter books. J.K. Rowling (People in the News) was honored with this “The Best of the Best” award at the 14th Annual San Diego Book & Writing Awards ceremony. Click here to read more.

The biography was published by Lucent Books who specializes in non-fiction resources for upper-elementary to high school students. Ms. Rowling’s biography is part of their People in the News series which also includes the biographies of Colin Powell, Tiger Woods, and Christopher Reeve, written by other authors.

Bradley Steffens has also written essays, poems, and plays that include Free Speech (Ripped from the Headlines), From An Eighteenth Century Painted Tile And Other Poems, and Last Stand.

The award ceremony was sponsored by The San Diego Book Awards Association which promotes literacy through its Read-4-Fun program, focusing on fifth graders in the San Diego County schools and giving away approximately 2,500 books each year to young readers.

Note: Theodor S. Geisel was also known as "Dr. Seuss" who wrote about those green eggs and ham. smile

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by @ 1 Jun 2008 - 11:58

Thank you for bringing attention to my award. In my acceptance speech, I pointed out that no doubt the judges were responding to the quotes, struggles, and artistic vision of J.K. Rowling. It was my job to make her the star of the book. Interested readers can read a sample chapter at http://www.ibnalhaytham.net/, my website devoted to all my books, including my biography of the eleventh century scholar known in the West as <a href="http://www.ibnalhaytham.net"Z>Alhazen&l
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