Laura Amy Schlitz
| Laura Amy Schlitz | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 28, 1955 Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| Pen name | Chloe Cheshire |
| Occupation | Writer, and Lower School Librarian at Park School |
| Language | English |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Goucher College |
| Notable works | |
| Notable awards |
Cybil Award 2006 A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama Newbery Medal 2008 Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Newbery Honor 2013 Splendors and Glooms |
Laura Amy Schlitz (born May 28, 1955) is an American author of children's literature. She is a librarian and storyteller at The Park School in Brooklandville, Maryland.
She received the 2008 Newbery Medal for her children's book entitled Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village,[1] and the 2013 Newbery Honor for her children's book, Splendors and Glooms.[2] Her other published books are The Night Fairy (2010), The Bearskinner: A Tale of the Brothers Grimm (2007), A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama (2006; the book won a Cybil Award that year), and The Hero Schliemann: The Dreamer Who Dug For Troy (2006).
Schlitz attended Goucher College in Towson, Maryland, and graduated in 1977.
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!
Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village comprises more than twenty one-person plays and two two-person plays. The 10 to 15 year old characters all live in or near a 13th-century English manor.[3]
The monologues were written for the 5th Grade curriculum at The Park School during an F. Parvin Sharpless Faculty and Curricular Advancement Program (FACA) at the school.[4]
The book was awarded the 2008 Newbery Medal for excellence in children's literature.
Splendors and Glooms
The main character, rich girl Clara Wintermute, lives with her parents in a wealthy section of London. Her greatest wish for her birthday is for the puppet troupe she saw in a park one day to perform for her and her party guests. So the puppet master, Grisini, and his assistants, 14-year-old Lizzie Rose Fawr and 12-year-old Parsefall Hooke, visit the Wintermute home and put on their show. Then, not long after they visit, young Clara goes missing. Alleged kidnappers demand ransom from her parents, and Clara's father, Dr. Wintermute, brings the ransom to the appointed place, but the kidnapper never shows up. Meanwhile, an old witch is using her magic to summon Grisini to her estate near Lake Windermere. All of the children's lives soon become entangled with Grisini; the witch, Cassandra; and the Wintermutes. And all the while, Clara is being hidden in plain sight.[5]
The book was awarded the 2013 Newbery Honor for excellence in children's literature.
List of Published Books
Candlewick Press published all six books that are listed under Schlitz's name in the U.S. Library of Congress catalog.
- A Drowned Maiden's Hair: A Melodrama (2006) Cybil Award winner
- The Hero Schliemann: the dreamer who dug for Troy (2006), (illustrated by Robert Byrd)
- The Bearskinner: a tale of the Brothers Grimm (2007), retold by Schlitz, (illustrated by Max Grafe)
- Good Masters! Sweet Ladies! Voices from a Medieval Village (2007), Newbery Medal Winner (illustrated by Robert Byrd)
- The Night Fairy (2010), (illustrated by Angela Barrett)
- Splendors and Glooms (2012), Newbery Honor Winner
Schlitz also wrote A Gypsy at Almack's, an adult romance novel, under the name of Chloe Cheshire.
References
- ↑ "2008 Newbery Medal and Honor Books". ala.org. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ↑ "2013 Newbery Medal and Honor Books". ala.org. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ↑ "Library of Congress Catalog Record that contains the complete list of contents".
- ↑ "Faculty & Curricular Advancement · The Park School of Baltimore". parkschool.net. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
- ↑ "Splendors and Glooms - Book Review". www.commonsensemedia.org. Retrieved 2015-04-20.
External links
- Baltimore Sun article about 2008 Newbery Medal at the Wayback Machine (archived October 10, 2008)
- Park School article about 2013 Newbery Honor
- Miss Erin's 2007 interview with Schlitz
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