Award-winning author Susanna Reich has driven big trucks, designed flowers for the Emperor of Japan, and done graduate work in ancient Hawaiian hula—but she thinks writing for kids is more fun! Susanna writes fiction and nonfiction for all ages. Her newest book is Pass the Baby, illustrated by Raúl Colón (Neal Porter Books), which Betsy Bird on School Library Journal calls “utterly adorable and inarguably entrancing.” Other recent books include Stand Up and Sing! Pete Seeger, Folk Music, and the Path to Justice; Fab Four Friends: The Boys Who Became the Beatles; and Minette’s Feast: The Delicious Story of Julia Child and Her Cat. Among Susanna’s many honors are the Rip Van Winkle Award for Outstanding Contributions to Children’s Literature, the Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award for José! Born to Dance, and the NCTE Orbis Pictus Honor for Clara Schumann: Piano Virtuoso.  A former Chair of PEN America’s Children’s Book Committee, she lives in Briarcliff Manor, NY, with her husband, children’s book author Gary Golio.
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