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Award-Winning Children's Author Coming to Westminster College

Posted on Thursday, March 11, 2004

Patricia Reilly Giff, a Newberry Award winning author, will speak at Westminster College Friday, March 26, at 1 p.m. in the McKelvey Campus Center Witherspoon Room.

Her presentation, "Writing¦The Story of My Life," will be followed by a book signing.

Giff is well known for two series of books that deal with friendship, "The Kids of the Polk Street School" and "Polka Dot Private Eye."  She is also the author of "All the Way Home," "The Gift of the Pirate Queen," and "Lily's Crossing," which was named a Newberry Honor Book, an American Library Association (ALA) Notable Book for Children, and a Boston Globe Horn Book Honor Book.  "Nory Ryan's Song" was named an ALA Best Books for Young Adults and an ALA Notable Children's Book.  Her book, "Pictures of Hollis Woods," is a 2003 Newbery Honor Book, an ALA Notable Book for Children, and an ALA Best Book for Young Adults.  Her most recent book, "Maggie's Door," has already won numerous awards.

The event, sponsored by the Westminster College Department of Education, is free and open to the public.  For more information, contact Dr. Amy Camardese, instructor of education and coordinator of the event at Westminster College, at (724) 946-7183 or e-mail camardah@westminster.edu.

Patricia Reilly Giff