Katherine Leiner has written fifteen books for children and one novel for adults. Leiner received a commendation from the Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature in 2001 for her children’s picture book Mama Does the Mambo (Hyperion) which was illustrated by Edel Rodriguez. Her book of illustrated profiles for middle-school grade readers, First Children: Growing up in the White House (Tambourine Books), received a starred review in Publishers Weekly, and was lauded in The New York Times for its “balance of levity and seriousness” (Nathalie Op de Beeck). Leiner’s book of profiles and recipes, Growing Roots: The Next Generation of Sustainable Farmers, Cooks, and Food Activists, received praise from Michael Pollan, Alice Waters, and Deborah Madison, and was a 2011 National Indie Excellence Award Winner in Green Living, and a Herman University Award for the Best Nonfiction Book of the Year, among others. Leiner has written about the many ways family dynamics, grief, history, and the natural world impacts children and the development of a poetic and social consciousness. Since 1995 she has lived in New York City, and when not being a grandmother to her five grandchildren, spends most of her time in Central Park, hooting to Flaco the owl (RIP), discussing the intricacies of squirrel politics, and getting to know each dog she meets on an individualized level. You’d be surprised how many stories dogs and owls have to tell….

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katherine@katherineleiner.com