Kirby Larson

Kirby Lane Larson is an American writer of children's books including Oppenheim Platinum Award-winner The Magic Kerchief, illustrated by Rosanne Litzinger. Her book, Hattie Big Sky, was a finalist for the 2007 Scandiuzzi Book Award of the Washington State Book Awards, and won a 2007 Newbery Honor. Kirby is retired from the faculty at the Whidbey Writers Workshop MFA program. Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival and Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle both have won a Show-Me Award.

She lives in Kenmore, Washington with her husband, Neil.

Bibliography

• Second-Grade Pig Pals (1994)
• Cody and Quinn, Sitting in a Tree (1996)
• The Magic Kerchief (2000)
• Hattie Big Sky (2006)
• Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship, and Survival (2008)
• Nubs: The True Story of a Mutt, a Marine & a Miracle (2009)
• The Fences Between Us: The Diary of Piper Davis, Seattle Washington, 1941 (2010)
• The Friendship Doll (2011)

External links

• Official website
• Kirby's Lane official blog
• Hattie Big Sky
• 2008 Audio Interview of Kirby Larson at Childrensbookradio
• MotherDaughterBookClub.com 2010 interview with Kirby Larson at MotherDaughterBookClub
• Kirby Larson at Library of Congress Authorities, with 19 catalog records