![]() I didn't know very much about her, though, until I read this well-written and engaging book. How wonderful to have a picture book featuring Maya Lin, whose design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial was chosen over all other submissions when she was 21! I'm old enough to remember the controversy that erupted over her selection and over her design as well as all the turmoil associated with the Vietnam War. Jeanne loves to take breaks by dancing in classes, hiking in nature, and gardening (especially growing flowers). As she prefers silence when she is writing, her cat is a perfect companion because she sits on her papers and only walks across her laptop when she wants to be petted. She has two wonderful grown sons and an adorable adopted cat. She studied literature and psychology at Stanford University, and volunteered for many years at the local public school library, the Marin County Literacy Program, as a docent for school groups at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, her local public library board, and now her local modern art museum board. Along the way she has had many jobs, ranging from being a roller coaster ride operator to an attorney for high-tech companies to a writer of magazine articles to a teacher of Language Arts and writing workshops at a public middle school. ![]() ![]() She hopes children will have a love of words and understand the power and beauty of words.Įver since she was a child, Jeanne dreamed of being a childrens book author. Jeanne loves finding a true story (especially about an inspiring creative person) that is engaging and fascinating, and then using her creativity to tell the story. ![]()
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